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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41252041&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Crouching against piled mattresses in a room crammed with refugees, Bissan Abu al-Eish focused on her homework, blocking out the relentless shrieks of dozens of toddlers and the stench of overflowing latrines.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41245628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy told President Barack Obama Monday that France stood ready to help with the planned closure of the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41241171&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia plans to start building a naval base in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region this year, the leadership of the Black Sea province said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41241102&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks broadcast Monday that he wants a dialogue with the United States but there should be no preconditions by the Obama administration.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41224050&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran is condemning a decision by the European Union to remove an Iranian opposition group from its terror list and lift restrictions on its funds. The country says the EU decision encourages terrorism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41222558&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sunni merchant Omar Waeel is too scared to return to his Baghdad home but wants to make sure his voice is heard in this week's Iraqi provincial elections.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41212311&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (Reuters) – European Union countries failed on Monday to agree on concerted help for U.S. President Barack Obama's move to close the Guantanamo jail, concluding that each nation must decide by itself whether to take in inmates.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41210390&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the alliance must engage with Iran to secure regional support for the escalating war in Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41201579&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Jan 26 (Reuters) – Hardline Islamist insurgents captured Somalia's parliament on Monday after Ethiopian troops completed their pullout from the Horn of Africa nation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41201233&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Sixteen Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi officials, including former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz and Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed — nicknamed Chemical Ali — faced a new trial on Monday for repressing Shi'ite Kurds.