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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41289348&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he would be very skeptical about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan beyond those already requested by the top commander there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41283485&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program were "essential" to diplomatic approaches to the isolated Communist state.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41281933&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party said Tuesday it is prepared to form a government on its own if the opposition won't join it — a move certain to anger the West.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41280207&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK CAIRO, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Egypt warned European countries on Tuesday to think carefully before sending ships to patrol Gaza's coastal waters to prevent arms smuggling, saying such a move could have significant consequences on ties with Arab states. The warning by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit came after British Prime Minister Gordon [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41275186&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) – A joint Rwandan-Congolese operation to crush Rwandan Hutu rebels hiding in Congo could force large numbers of civilians to flee and trigger further human rights abuses, senior U.N. officials said on Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41274235&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The armies of Congo and Rwanda, battling together against Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, clashed with fighters trying to retake a village and killed four of them, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41272526&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thousands of Congolese civilians have fled across the border to South Sudan to escape rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41273559&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Israeli soldier killed in bomb attack on border

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41271640&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thousands of U.S. troops originally destined for Iraq have deployed south of Afghanistan's capital in the first illustration of a new military focus on the increasingly difficult fight in the South Asian nation, NATO said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41270439&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Pacific leaders on Tuesday demanded Fiji's military regime hold elections to restore democracy by the end of the year or face tough sanctions, including the withholding of aid money.