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DR Congo's Kabila Denies Repression
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Congolese President Joseph Kabila has rejected charges that his forces had violently broken up pro-democracy protests, using his first press conference in five years to accuse demonstrators of attacking police and arson.
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(DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila. Credit: Reuters)
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