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			<Headline><![CDATA[Deal close in east DR Congo talks]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Talks on the future of eastern Congo are coming to a head, with a peace agreement now close to being signed]]></Description>
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			<Date>2008-01-20 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Talks]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7199412.stm]]></URL>
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			<Location>Congo</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Report: 5 million killed in Congo conflict]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Hopes are high that the government of the DR Congo and armed groups can end a decade of fighting]]></Description>
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			<Date>2008-01-23 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Collateral Damage]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/23/congo]]></URL>
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			<Location>Congo</Location>
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			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/congo.gif]]></image>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[At least 30 people have been killed and more than 300 hurt. The 2 most powerful occurred hours apart with magnitudes of 6.0 and 5.0]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-02-03 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Earthquake]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7224925.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>Rwanda</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Ranger held over gorilla killings]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A senior wildlife park officia has been arrested amid claims that he organised the killing of rare mountain gorillas]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-03-19 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Arrest]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7304650.stm]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Air crash kills more than 80]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 crashed shortly after taking off from the Goma airport, killing 83 passengers and crew on board]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[The plane was heading from the city of Goma in the eastern mountains to the city of Kisangani when it plummeted into a neighborhood near the runway]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-04-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Takeoff Accident]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/15/congo.crash]]></URL>
			<importance>5.0</importance>
			<Location>Congo</Location>
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			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/congo.gif]]></image>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Plane crash kills 38; others missing]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Rescue workers were still searching for 20 people, a day after a plane crashed into a busy market]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[There were charred bodies amid the wreckage that had not been removed. The DC-9, operated by Hewa Bora airlines, tore through a crowded marketplace in the Birere neighborhood before breaking apart and bursting into flames]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-04-16 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Takeoff Accident]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/16/congo.crashCNN3]]></URL>
			<importance>2.0</importance>
			<Location>Congo</Location>
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			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/congo.gif]]></image>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[UN troops 'armed DR Congo rebels']]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The UN has covered up claims that its troops in DR Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-04-27 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Arms]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7365283.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>5.0</importance>
			<Location>Congo</Location>
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			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/congo.gif]]></image>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Ex-Congo VP faces war crimes charges]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba was extradited from Belgium to stand trial before an international war crimes tribunal]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-07-03 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Justice]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/03/congo.crimes.ap]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>UN Tribunal</Location>
			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/un.gif]]></image>
		</article>

		<article>
			<Headline><![CDATA[47 dead, 100 missing in boat accident]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[47 bodies had been recovered from the Ubangi River. 27 survivors were helped to shore]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2008-07-25 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[River Accident]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/25/congo.boat.ap]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>Congo</Location>
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			<image><![CDATA[images/flags/3/congo.gif]]></image>
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