 The UN has confirmed that seven of its peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being held captive by rebels in the east of the country. The men, who are all from Nepal, were taken hostage after clashes with the FNI militia. One Nepalese peacekeeper was killed in the fighting. A UN spokesman told the BBC indirect contacts has been made with the group and the men were alive and well. The peacekeepers had been trying to disarm militias when they were seized. The spokesman for the UN mission in DR Congo (Monuc), Kamal Saiki, said the FNI (Nationalist and Integrationist Front) leader, Peter Karim, would be held personally responsible for the safety of the peacekeepers. They were captured in an area 62 miles (100km) west of the town of Bunia in the volatile north-eastern Ituri district. ...
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