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UN Admits It 'Failed' to Stop Mass Rapes in Congo

By Betwa SharmaSep 7th 2010 – 7:46PM
Marc Hoffer, AFP / Getty Images

Marc Hoffer, AFP / Getty Images

UNITED NATIONS (Sept. 7) -- The United Nations today admitted that it had "failed" to prevent the systematic rape of hundreds of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo this summer by rebel forces, and then failed to go public with the information on the mass atrocities committed over four days. The U.N. said more than...

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