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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41201227&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK THE HAGUE, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga trained child soldiers to kill, pillage and rape, a prosecutor told the International Criminal Court at the start of its first war crimes trial on Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41200816&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb rigged to a bicycle exploded in a northwest Pakistani city on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 20 in the latest attack to rattle the volatile region.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41198936&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The musician formerly known as Cat Stevens released a charity song on Monday to help the children of Gaza.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41195239&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK DAMASCUS, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Syria is trying to capitalise on Israel's failure to crush its Islamist ally Hamas to enhance its regional clout in peace talks with the Jewish state and forge good ties with the new U.S. administration.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41193782&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Jan 26 (Reuters) – Israeli political leaders are back on the campaign trail for a Feb. 10 election following the end of the Gaza war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41198647&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congo's most powerful rebel leader, captured last week by the Rwandan army as it switched alliances, is not in prison but is in a "safe" place in Rwanda, an army spokesman said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41193776&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK European Union leaders said Monday they were willing to take in prisoners being released from the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay — but stressed that American authorities must show ex-inmates pose no security threat before they can be resettled.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41193700&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The front-runner in Israel's election next month said he would allow existing West Bank settlements to expand for "natural growth" — a policy likely to face opposition from the Palestinians and the new U.S. administration.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41193622&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Iraqi prime minister says he expects the U.S. to withdraw its troops faster than the three-year timeline laid down in the U.S.-Iraq security agreement.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41190868&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two U.S. helicopters crashed Monday in northern Iraq, killing four American troops, the U.S. military said, in the deadliest single incident for U.S. forces in more than four months.