http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39613213&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As rockets from Gaza reach deeper into Israel than ever before, they may be weakening what has long been a cornerstone of Middle East peace efforts — the prospect of exchanging land for peace.
Archives for December, 2008
Zimbabwe activists kept in prison over alleged Mugabe plot
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39612465&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A leading human rights campaigner and 15 other activists were ordered Wednesday to remain in prison over an alleged plot to topple President Robert Mugabe, heightening fears for a faltering unity accord.
Sights and sounds of Israel’s Gaza offensive
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39612272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK GAZA, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft pressed on with their strikes against Hamas militants and rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck deep inside Israel on Wednesday, with no end in sight to five days of bloodletting.
France summons Iran envoy over treatment of Ebadi
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39612112&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK PARIS, Dec 31 (Reuters) – France, acting in the name of the European Union, has summoned Iran's ambassador to Paris to protest about the treatment of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, the French Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Iraq offers up giant oilfields to foreign firms
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39612051&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Iraq on Wednesday opened up some of its most prized oil and gas fields to international firms that have been excluded for decades, part of new deals that could more than double its output within a few years.
Turkish PM in push for Israel-Hamas truce
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39611907&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ANKARA, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew to Syria on Wednesday as part of a four-country diplomatic push in the region to end hostilities between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.
Bomb explodes in Spain’s Basque area, 1 injured
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39611232&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a regional television station in northern Spain following a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, police said.
Israel rejects truce call, attacks Gaza
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39611231&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel rejected international pressure for a two-day cease-fire with Hamas and sent warplanes Wednesday to demolish smuggling tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza's Islamic rulers.
Pakistan kills 3 in Afghan supply route operation
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39611230&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani troops killed three militants in an operation to secure the major supply route to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.
Vulnerable Israeli homefront rethinks withdrawals
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39611151&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As Arab rockets reach ever deeper into Israel, they may be weakening what for years has been a cornerstone of Mideast peace efforts — an exchange of land for peace.