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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41448045&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Senior officials in the Islamic group Hamas are indicating a willingness to negotiate a long-term truce with Israel as long as the borders of Gaza are opened to the rest of the world.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41445138&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United Nations launched an emergency appeal Thursday for 3 million to help Palestinians recover from Israel's three weeks of military operations in Gaza.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41445132&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Veteran ethnic Pashtun politician Mohammad Afzal Khan refuses to leave home in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley even though the Taliban have tried to kill him, and says the people should stand up to the militants.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41444996&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force, sanctioning a company whose image was irrevocably tarnished by the 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41442699&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan says the United Nations will help organize an international effort to overcome the country's massive security and economic problems.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41438681&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghanistan's presidential elections will be delayed four months until Aug. 20 to allow extra international forces enough time to bolster security, the election commission said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41438640&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – NATO said on Thursday it was pleased an election date had been announced in Afghanistan and said it would give the alliance enough time to deploy sufficient reinforcements to help protect the vote.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41438617&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Reuters) – After decades of strong-arming tiny neighbour Sri Lanka, India finds itself jostling for influence as the civil war nears an end, its power blunted by the island nation's growing ties with Pakistan and China.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41433004&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Reuters) – India is speeding a nearly billion domestic weapons development programme to modernise its armed forces, the defence research department said on Thursday, following renewed tensions with Pakistan over the attacks in Mumbai.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41427144&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama already is testing whether Europe will match its enthusiastic words about his administration with concrete actions. After seeking help shutting the Guantanamo Bay prison, Obama now has a potentially more contentious request: He wants more European troops fighting in Afghanistan.