REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

A PENNSYLVANIA JUDGE ORDERED BILL COSBY TODAY,TO STAND TRIAL ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES.

                 Today tuesday,a Pennsylvania judge ordered Bill Cosby to stand trial on sexual assault charges over allegations that he drugged and assaulted a woman in 2004.The ruling came after a preliminary hearing that 78 Cosby attended in Montgomery County,Pennsylvania,in which witnesses testified about statements that Cosby and his accuser,Andrea Constand,gave to police in 2005.In court,Cosby responded with ''thank you'' when Judge Elizabeth McHugh announced her decision.She wished him luck.Constand,a former basketball coach at Cosby's Temple University alma mater,is the only woman whose accusations of sexual assault have resulted in criminal charges against Cosby.Constand told police she was attacked as she lay on a sofa ''paralyzed'' by drugs Bill Cosby had given her,said a former detective reading from a transcript of Constand's police interview.Cosby has been hit by a wave of sexual assault allegations from more than 50 women,although most of the cases are too old to be prosecuted,he has denied ever assaulting anyone.More photos below.                                                    

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