38 Killed as Rebels Renew Attacks
From Times Wire Reports
Thirty-one civilians and seven soldiers were killed in a rebel ambush in eastern Sierra Leone, the military said, raising fears of renewed fighting after months of relative calm. It said fighters of the Revolutionary United Front attacked a government position Monday in Foindu, about 200 miles east of Freetown, the capital.
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