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                UN Chief Arrives in Goma After Renewed Fighting

   United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in the eastern
   Democratic Republic Congo, where renewed clashes between rebels and
   army troops broke out this week.
   Fighting ended just hours before Mr. Ban`s visit Thursday to the
   flashpoint city of Goma. The fighting marked the third straight day of
   clashes between the Congolese army and rebel group M23, following
   months of relative calm.
   There was no fighting reported in the area early Thursday.
   Mr. Ban arrived in the DRC capital, Kinshasa, on Wednesday, at the
   start of a three-day trip aimed at promoting peace and development in
   eastern Congo. His trip also includes stops in Rwanda and Uganda.
   Mr. Ban has called for faster deployment of a U.N. "intervention
   brigade" that is authorized to combat the many militia and rebel groups
   active in the eastern DRC. He also says the region needs to see more
   development before it can be stabilized.
   World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is traveling with Mr. Ban on his
   Great Lakes trip, as is the U.N. envoy to the region, Mary Robinson.
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