175 Rebels Slain, Angola Reports
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LISBON —
The Angolan army has killed 175 U.S.-backed UNITA guerrillas in recent fighting across the country, Angola’s state-run news agency, Angop, said Thursday.
In a report monitored in Lisbon, Angop said troops also captured five rebels and rescued 44 civilians kidnaped by UNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. The report said the fighting took place Feb. 7-13.
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