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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/experts-forecast-cost-failure-compromise-022928110.html Experts Forecast the Cost of Failure to Compromise By  NELSON D. SCHWARTZ  |  New York Times  –  12 hours ago Email Recommend Tweet Print RELATED QUOTES Symbol Price Change MS 18.59 -0.03 Even if President Obama and Republicans in Congress can reach a last-minute compromise that averts some tax increases before Monday's midnight deadline, experts still foresee a significant drag on the economy in the first half of 2013 from the fiscal impasse in Washington. While negotiators in the capital focus on keeping Bush-era tax rates in place for all but the wealthiest Americans, other tax increases are expected to go into effect regardless of what happens in the coming days. For example, a two percentage point jump in payroll taxes for  Social Security  is all but certain after Jan. 1, a change that will equal an additional $2,000 from the paycheck of a worker earning $10...

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/Rwanda/News/M23-big-story-that-just-wont-go-away/-/1433218/1653300/-/item/0/-/hhf51k/-/index.html Home Rwanda News NEWS Region sucked into conflict as eastern Congo becomes theatre of war again SHARE   BOOKMARK PRINT RATING M23 rebels withdraw through the hills having left their position in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 30, 2012. Hundreds of Congolese rebels left their frontline positions around Goma following a regionally brokered truce. Photo/AFP  By Edmund Kagire, Rwanda Today Posted  Friday, December 28  2012 at  19:03 IN SUMMARY The timeline of arguably Rwanda's big story of 2012 as it unfolded. SHARE THIS STORY       0 in Share RELATED STORIES M23: Year's big story that just won't go away It all started in April with a group of soldiers formerly under National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) — who had been integrated in the national forces under a March ...

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Insight/Rwanda-schemed-M23-war---UN-expert/-/688338/1653698/-/rnvj12/-/index.html Rwanda schemed M23 war - UN expert SHARE   BOOKMARK PRINT RATING M23 rebels in Kivu recently. PHOTO BY AFP  By Steve Hege Posted  Sunday, December 30  2012 at  02:00 IN SUMMARY The investigation. Rwandan involvement and orchestration of the M23 rebellion becomes more comprehensible when understood as a determined and calculated drive to spawn the creation of an autonomous federal state for eastern Congo. Since the outset of the M23 rebellion, the government of Rwanda has provided direct military support to the rebels, facilitated recruitment, encouraged desertions from the Congolese army and delivered ammunition, intelligence and political advice to them. Rwanda, in fact, orchestrated the creation of M23 when a series of mutinies led by officers formerly belonging to the group's predecessor, the Congrèsnational pour la défense du people (CN...

Final report of the Group of Experts on the DRC submitted in accordance with paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 2021 (2011) (S/2012/843) Report from UN Security Council Published on 15 Nov 2012 — View Original Print Email Download PDF (4.91 MB) Full Report Executive summary The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo remains plagued by dozens of foreign and national armed groups. Instability has increased since the mutiny by former members of the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple and the subsequent creation of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) earlier in 2012. The rebels expanded their control over Rutshuru territory with extensive foreign support in July 2012 and have recently taken advantage of an informal ceasefire to enhance alliances and command proxy operations elsewhere. The Government of Rwanda continues to violate the arms embargo by providing direct military support to the M23 rebels, facilitating r...

Rapport final du Groupe d’experts sur la République démocratique du Congo conformément au paragraphe 4 de la résolution 2021 (2011) du Conseil de Sécurité (S/2012/843) Report from UN Security Council Published on 15 Nov 2012 — View Original Print Email Download PDF (4.71 MB) Résumé L’est de la République démocratique du Congo demeure la proie de dizaines de groupes armés congolais et étrangers. L’instabilité s’est accentuée depuis la mutinerie d’anciens membres du Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) et la création subséquente, cette année, du mouvement du 23 mars (M23). Les rebelles ont, en juillet 2012 et avec une aide considérable de l’étranger, étendu leur emprise sur le territoire de Rutshuru et ils ont récemment profité d’un cessez-le-feu informel pour consolider leurs alliances et pour faire mener par des supplétifs des opérations dans d’autres zones.

http://www.victoire-ingabire.com/Eng/victoires-quotes/ Victoire Ingabire's Speech and Quotes I agree that there was a genocide by Hutu extremists against the Tutsis, that is the reality. The people who did this need to face justice. But there were also other crimes against humanity, including the killing of Hutus. I don't believe in violence and war is not the solution to the problems that face this country. People say there's stability in Rwanda but this stability is based on repression … We need stability based on freedom. I don't understand how democratic countries can remain friends with a government that doesn't allow democracy. The democratic UK is supporting a dictatorship. Shall I die or live, be detained or released what we have achieved will not go back. This movement is stronger than me. Remanding me in captivity or silencing my voice can only postpone the revolution. It cannot stop the movement. Unity and Reconciliation Speech at Gisozi Genocide Memori...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/opinion/rwandas-rampaging-rebel-force.html?_r=1& OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Rwanda's Rampaging Rebel Force By  PHILIPPE BOLOPION Published: December 28, 2012 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL SHARE PRINT REPRINTS Despite supporting a brutal rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda is about to take a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Related in News Troops Mass in Fought-Over City, Raising Fear of New Violence in Congo  (December 17, 2012) News Analysis: U.N. Ambassador Questioned on U.S. Role in Congo Violence  (December 10, 2012) Related in Opinion News Analysis: The World's Worst War  (December 16, 2012) Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion  and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT . Few countries dare challenge the Security Council the way Rwanda does; even fewer get away with it. Yet on Tuesday, despite backing an abusive rebel group that has attacked U....