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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 7 Jun 2014

    At least 30 people, including women and children, killed in eastern DR Congo ethnic clashes, local officials sayhttp://bbc.in/1ovoldF 

    7:33 AM - 7 Jun 2014
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    • Sairamkarimi mike hunt grows Katja Joachim Paul Mackie Katherine Jahnes Dawn Gwen Young Justine Johnson BBC News (World)
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      1. Dixon‏ @alexdixon1318 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @EverydaySexism

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      2. Jake spooky name  💀 💀 💀 💀‏ @ja1kee 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking As horrific as this is, why do "women and children" need to be specified?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. James Taylor‏ @aeronut3 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @ja1kee

        @ja1kee @BBCBreaking It us somehow more ghastly if women and children are killed..men are dispensable. .always have been

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      4. Jake spooky name  💀 💀 💀 💀‏ @ja1kee 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aeronut3

        @aeronut3 @BBCBreaking It's ludicrous when high-ranked media such as the BBC partake in such passive sexism. It's unnecessary

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. James Taylor‏ @aeronut3 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @ja1kee

        @ja1kee @BBCBreaking Agreed. BBC should take the lead in getting the media to stop using such terms as #womenandchildrenalsokilled

        0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
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      1. Sonja‏ @Sonja_Tee 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking it is unbelievable, the ways in which humanity continues to find lines along which to continuously divide and subdivide itself.

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      1. Roman & Associates‏ @RomanAssociates 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking #Congo Ethnic Clashes victims tortured, raped, killed. if there was oil, would we care more...?http://bbc.in/1ovoldF 

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      2. Clement La-Touche‏ @redzworth 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking but let's not divert from the point, HUMAN beings have been killed!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. James Taylor‏ @aeronut3 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @redzworth

        @redzworth @BBCBreaking Men are dispensable. Women bear and raise kids and kids are the future..men?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Clement La-Touche‏ @redzworth 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @aeronut3

        @aeronut3 certainly raises an interesting point... I wonder if any #feminist would consider this #everydaySexism

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. tiggatoes‏ @tiggatoes 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld Quote "the problem is everyone carries guns around here" America! Take note.

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      1. Sandra Heavens‏ @SandraHeavens 7 Jun 2014
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        @bbcbreaking dats stil sad bt hopefully d situation wil norwalise soon..

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      1. VINCENT OJO IYANIYI‏ @VIYANIYI 7 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking God we need your help in the continent of Africa. When will the wars in the continent come to an end?

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      1. Carol Thomas‏ @pathomas626 7 Jun 2014
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        “@BBCBreaking: At least 30 people, including women and children, killed in eastern DR Congo ethnic clashes, local officials say At it again

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      1. Joshua k. Korvah jr‏ @kkorvah 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking are we not the same Africans,while we are killing our brothers and sisters all because of enthic tribes.

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      1. Ian‏ @428418c14af14c7 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld Poverty, ruthlessness and crime, who is fault?

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      1. Arron‏ @iarron90 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking there's a lot of oil in the 'democratic' republic of Congo. #MERICUH

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      1. AfrikaYetu‏ @AfTEF 7 Jun 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Mama Afrika, what happened to you?

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      1. Giraffe Marius‏ @GirafeMarius 7 Jun 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Guinea,Congo, and no word about a punitive operation in Eastern Ukraine, about killing civilians in Europe. Is it free press?

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