Congo’s government ruled out direct talks with Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, saying on Tuesday any meeting was “impossible” outside the framework of a January peace deal the rebels have already rejected. Nkunda’s month-long campaign against chaotic government forces in the eastern province of North Kivu has displaced 250,000 people and prompted the U.N. Security Council to send 3,000 more troops to its biggest peace force. (Full Story)