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    <text>The UK government suspends financial aid and imposes economic sanctions on several high-ranking Rwandan officials over the country's military support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. </text>
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      <text>M23 rebel forces, backed by Rwanda, initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern DRC, following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>M23 rebel forces backed by Rwanda initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern DR Congo, following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and &quot;the immediate withdrawal of the March 23 Movement rebels from the occupied areas.&quot; </text>
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