Foreign Envoys Rescued Amid Kinshasa Battle
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U.N. and European peacekeepers rescued a group of foreign ambassadors in the Democratic Republic of Congo trapped by fierce fighting between soldiers loyal to President Joseph Kabila and
supporters of an election rival.
Uruguayan troops supported by Spanish legionnaires escorted the U.N. and foreign envoys from the house of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba in the capital, Kinshasa, where they were pinned
down by gun battles.
It was the second day of armed clashes in the country formerly known as Zaire, after the announcement of a presidential runoff between the two men.