Congolese President Joseph Kabila has made a televised appeal for people in the east to take up arms against rebel general Laurant Nkunda.
His comments came after Gen Nkunda said he wanted to "liberate" the whole of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Meanwhile, the UN peacekeepers said rebel forces had withdrawn from an army base captured earlier this week.
Gen Nkunda was persuaded to withdraw from Rumangabo base with captured arms and supplies, a spokesman said.
Forces loyal to the general had overrun the base on Tuesday, forcing thousands of people to flee and capturing weapons abandoned by the fleeing government troops.
Full story: BBC - DR Congo president's call to arms - Saturday Oct 11, 2008.
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