DRC: Over 150 rebels killed in recent fighting

More than 150 rebels were killed when U.N. peacekeepers fought off a rebel offensive in east Congo last week, officials said on Tuesday (5 December 2006), adding that the heavy losses had led to surrenders among the divided insurgents. The casualty figure was the highest recorded from fighting involving U.N. troops in Democratic Republic of Congo, where the U.N. has its largest peacekeeping mission in the world.