July 8 Photo Brief: Roger Federer wins seventh Wimbledon Title, rebels seize towns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Roger Federer wins seventh Wimbledon Title, M23 rebels seize three towns over the weekend in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in their men’s singles final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London July 8, 2012. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
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- Andy Murray of Britain reacts during his men’s singles final tennis match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London July 8, 2012. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
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- Colonel Sultani Makenga (seated), leader of M23 rebel group, speaks during an interview with Reuters in the eastern DRC town of Bunagana, near the Uganda border, July 8, 2012. Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday they seized the town of Rutshuru in North Kivu province after government forces abandoned it. (James Akena/Reuters)
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- Young Congolese refugees queue for porridge at the Nyakabande refugee transit camp in Kisoro town, 324 miles southwest of Uganda’s capital Kampala July 8, 2012. (James Akena/Reuters)
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- A man stands inside a house damaged by floods in the town of Krymsk in the Krasnodar region, southern Russia, July 8, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered investigators to find out if enough was done to prevent 144 people being killed in floods in southern Russia after flying to the region to deal with the first big disaster of his new presidency. (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)
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- An employee of a workshop works on a coffin at a city cemetery in the town of Krymsk in Krasnodar region, southern Russia, July 8, 2012. (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)
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- Acquaintances of Pyotr Ostapenko, 35, a flood victim, mourn inside a church during a religious ceremony before the funeral in the village of Moldavanskoye outside Krymsk in Krasnodar region, southern Russia, July 8, 2012. (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)
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- A plastic bag containing thousands of confiscated elvers (young eels) are shown to media at a cargo terminal in Ninoy Aquino International airport in Manila July 8, 2012. Airport authorities confiscated some two million elvers, weighing around 949 kg and amounting to 22,000 pesos ($524) per kilo. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)
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- Palestinian policemen stand at attention before the arrival of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso for the inauguration of the Palestine College for Police Sciences (PCPS) in the West Bank city of Jericho July 8, 2012. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
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- A man transport sacks of cement on a donkey cart to a construction site early morning in Karachi July 8, 2012. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
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- Supporters of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega throw a woman in the air during celebrations for the 33rd anniversary of the ‘Repliegue’ (Withdrawal) in Managua July 7, 2012. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)
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- A woman sells drinking water near the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai July 8, 2012. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
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- A boy plays in a swimming pool at the Jiangtan park, near the Yangtze River in Wuhan July 8, 2012. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- Competitors take part in bicycle jousting at the Chaps Olympiad at Bedford Square in central London, July 8, 2012. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
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- A couple walk past a public telephone booth painted by Brazilian artists, daughter and father, Julia and Ricardo Paoliello during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao Paulo July 7, 2012. The Call Parade is a street art exhibition involving 100 artists who decorated and painted 100 public telephone booths around Sao Paulo, which are falling into disuse as mobile phones become cheaper, according to the organizers. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)
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- South Sudanese celebrate on the street on the eve of of the country’s first anniversary marking its independence from Sudan in Juba on July 8, 2012. (Giulio PetroccoGiulio Petrocco/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Indian villager Kaka Ramesh reveals his injuries in the village of Kothaguda on July 7, 2012, after being injured in an encounter between Maoist rebels and security forces in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People walk along Westminster Bridge during a rain shower in central London on July 8, 2012. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Pakistani firefighters use a hose as they attempt to extinguish a fire at a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) warehouse in Peshawar on July 8, 2012. Relief supplies including thousands of tents have been destroyed in the fire at the warehouse in the Chamkini area of the city. (A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An Afghan woman and a child rest on the ground as they beg in the city of Jalalabad on July 8, 2012. The war-torn country still faces poverty, unemployment and lack of infrastructure.Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A reveller sleeps next to a cardboard cutout of U.S. boxer Muhammad Ali in the Ciudadela Park at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 8, 2012. The cutout is part of a creative campaign by a publicity agency. (Eloy Alonso/Reuters)
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- A man stands in a crater, which anti-government activists say was caused by a bomb by pro-government forces, at al-Zapharaneh near Homs July 7, 2012.(Shaam News Network/Reuters Handout)
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Congo rebels seize strategic eastern town
Reuters
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo seized a second town from fleeing government forces on Sunday, witnesses and a rebel spokesman said, a further embarrassment for the U.N.-backed army after the insurgents took a mineral transit town.
The capture of the town of Rutshuru on Sunday opens the way for a possible rebel advance on Goma, the provincial capital about 70 km (43 miles) to the south.
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