But the package falls short of the heavy weapons and high-tech equipment sought by the rebels.
The British force secured the capital and rescued UN troops captured by the rebels.
Last week its troops took Cazombo, the last provincial capital held by the rebels.
The town's main hospital is closed, as medical workers have fled and medicines were looted by the rebels.
When he was only four, he was captured by the rebels while on his way home from the fields.
Five of the captives had been held by the rebels for more than a year, while three others were kidnapped in September.
Much of Syria is in a similar situation, and even areas controlled by the rebels are subject to intense bombardment from the air.
The move marked a serious escalation by the rebels, who went on to take the town of Bossembele early Saturday, said military spokesman Lt.
Speaking in Bamako on Saturday, Mr Hollande pledged more French aid to its former colony and vowed to restore cultural sites damaged by the rebels.
At San Juanito, barely 60 kilometres from Bogota, 16 men were killed and eight were wounded when a unit of 40 soldiers was overwhelmed by the rebels.
These were not the first Americans killed by the rebels.
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Government participation in an internationally-mediated peace effort and the unilateral ceasefire called by the rebels had made it possible to market the Island as a safe destination once more.
An even more delicate question, raised by the rebels' poor military performance, is whether there would be any circumstance in which coalition (though not American) ground forces might go in.
Western analysts say the plan by the Economic Community of West African States to deploy some 3, 000 troops to reclaim areas held by the rebels may just make the situation worse.
The city was a scene of deadly clashes between Congo's United Nations-backed national army and the M23 rebels late last year, culminating into its brief capture by the rebels in November 2012.
In Sri Lanka, the ceasefire between the government and Tamil rebels and ensuing peace talks allowed journalists to operate more freely, especially in getting access to previously closed areas controlled by the rebels.
From 2003 to the end of 2008, Unicef recorded more than 6, 000 cases of child recruitment by the rebels but the number is thought to have soared in the final months of the war.
Vincent Harushimana, an adviser to the governor of Muramvya Province, said the attack on Bukeye, 55 km (34 miles) north-east of Bujumbural, was carried out on Wednesday by the rebels who came from nearby Kibira National Forest.
Fiji's military spokesman, Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini, said Mr Speight was arrested because of his failure to comply with the terms of an accord under which he had agreed to release the hostages his gang had held inside the Parliament complex for 56 days and hand back weapons which had been stolen by the rebels.
Sudan's government says they bombed towns in Darfur to put down a regional uprising by the African rebels.
At best, the Malaysian authorities managed the situation by ensuring that the rebels kept a low profile.
Almost everyone saw the front-page colour photograph of 16 Zimbabwean soldiers held prisoner by the Congolese rebels.
Sir John Sinclair reported to Adam Smith that the British army had been defeated by the American rebels.
Correspondents say Mr Younes was not trusted by all the rebels because of his previous role in cracking down on dissidents.
Jazzfest's brass bands trace a century's worth of expression, from the Treme band's strict tradition to Friday's rap-infused set by The Soul Rebels.
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Friday that the Russian leader had long warned the West about the dangers posed by the Chechen rebels.
This small, professional force succeeded where a much larger but poorly-organised UN force had failed, by hitting the rebels hard and restoring some basic functions of government.
The framework deal was signed by the chief negotiators of the government and the rebels, and witnessed by President Benigno Aquino and MILF leader Murad Ebrahim at the presidential palace in Manila.
Suspicions that he may be behind the hostage-taking in Moscow were given credence by reports that the rebels themselves claimed he had ordered the attack.
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