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The US Treasury said Rwanda's defence ministry directed thousands of troops to fight alongside M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, providing weapons, equipment, logistics and training.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
With Rwandan help, the M23 movement has seized swathes of the eastern DRC -- home to valuable minerals coveted by world powers -- since it took up arms again in 2021.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Our results show that eastern and western European populations were not as genetically isolated as previously assumed," says first author Pere Gelabert, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Arizona’s 6th Congressional District is anchored in eastern Tucson and its suburbs, sprawling north toward Phoenix, east to New Mexico and south all the way to the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
The eastern shore of Maryland, where Crisfield was, was on the land between the bay and the ocean.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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