The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing for its first free elections since independence in 1960. On Sunday, 33 candidates will be vying for the presidency and another 9,000 for the 500-seat parliament.

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Campaigning officially began Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's first free presidential election since the country gained independence in 1960.

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At least nine U.N. peacekeepers were killed in the central African nation of Congo Friday when attackers ambushed a patrol in the mostly uncontrolled northeastern province of Ituri.

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Congolese residents greeted French troops with cheers of "liberated, liberated" as a U.N. contingent arrived Friday in the town of Bunia, the first wave of an armed U.N. deployment aimed at quelling the country's violent tribal warfare.

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