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Congolese Revolution Army takes control

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OVERRUN: A United Nations peacekeepers' armoured vehicle passes Congolese rebels patrolling a street in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday. Picture: REUTERS

Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda claimed control of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, walking through the frontier city of one million people past U.N. peacekeepers who did nothing to stop them.