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(AP) KINSHASA, Congo – Rebels have seized a town on volatile eastern Congo after the army fled their advance, a local official said Sunday. Omar Kavota says the M23 rebels seized the town of Rutshuru Sunday. Kavota says the army looted during their retreat. “We appeal to the international community to do something to protect the civilians who fled the fighting and are living in fear,” he said. Panicked residents were fleeing Rutshuru on Friday night amid reports that the rebels had advanced within shelling distance, according to a statement from the North Kivu Civil Society. Fears were heightened by the evacuation of U.N. and independent aid agencies, followed in the late afternoon by the retreat of Congolese army soldiers, it said. An Indian peacekeeper was killed overnight on Thursday as M23 fighters attempted to take the town of Bunagana, said Madnodje Mounoubai, the United Nations spokesman in Congo. Congo’s two-year-long peace was shattered in April when an army unit led by Gen. Bosco Ntaganda defected. They fled into the bush, where they regrouped as the M23 rebels, named for the date in March 2009 when the former rebels signed a deal with the Congolese government, a deal brokered as the army was in full retreat and the dissidents threatened to take the eastern provincial capital of Goma. Under the accord, the rebels were integrated into the very army...

(CBS) Just as the new season of “Weeds” is about to begin, there is already chatter about the show coming to an end. Even series creator Jenji Kohan doesn’t know whether Nancy Botwin will be back after this season ends. Pictures: Mary Louise Parker “I don’t know. My deal’s up in January and I haven’t heard anything yet from the network or the studio, so I honestly couldn’t tell you,” she told the Los Angeles Times. When asked if she was writing the show as if the end is near, Kohan said she’s keeping her options open. “I’ve got two plans,” she laughed. “My favorite thing is having options.” (Warning: Spoilers from tonight’s season premiere ahead!) Season 7 picks up three years after last season left off, with Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) being released from prison and moving into a halfway house in New York City. Meanwhile, Andy (Justin Kirk), Shane (Alexander Gould), Silas (Hunter Parrish) and Doug (Kevin Nealon) have been living in Copenhagen. According to E! Online, the Botwins will pick up their weed-dealing ventures again in NYC, 상주출장마사지 but their business angers some college kids who are also dealing in the area. The season premiere airs tonight at 10 p.m. EDT on Showtime. Tell us: Are you going to watch the “Weeds” premiere? And should the show end after this...

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