Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, U.N. officials said Saturday. Two South African peacekeepers were killed Friday, while a Uruguayan Blue Helmet was killed Saturday,

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government's last stronghold in the North Kivu province,

Six foreign peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the Congolese army and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters intensified on Saturday, officials said. Fighting raged in the region despite calls from the international community for the Rwandan-backed M23 to halt its advance on Goma,