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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41116211&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK DJIBOUTI, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Somalia's parliament met in neighbouring Djibouti on Saturday to discuss how to include the moderate Islamist opposition in a new government that can try and bring peace to the Horn of Africa nation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41115366&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK CAIRO, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Israel has proposed to Egyptian mediators an 18-month ceasefire with Hamas, but the Islamist group that controls Gaza said it wants a one-year ceasefire, a Hamas official said on Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41114752&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KHARTOUM, Jan 25 (Reuters) – A bomb attack by Sudanese government planes on a town in southern Darfur killed and wounded civilians, peacekeepers said on Sunday in the first independent verification of civilian fatalities.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41114620&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hugo Chavez on Sunday welcomed a U.S. offer to improve diplomatic relations across the world — but said the United States needs to make the first move.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41114604&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ethiopia has withdrawn all of its troops from Somalia, an Ethiopian official said Sunday, the day before Somali legislators are scheduled to vote for a new president.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41114605&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK GOMA, Congo, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Congolese Hutu rebels said on Sunday they had clashed for the first time with a Rwandan-Congolese force deployed to crush them and civilians expressed fears they would be caught up in the violence.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41112455&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Jan 25 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan troops on Sunday dealt the Tamil Tiger separatists a third major blow this month, seizing the last big town held by the rebels, Mullaittivu.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41112419&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers' last major stronghold in the country's north, the army announced Sunday, a victory that left the remaining rebel fighters confined to the tiny slice of jungle they still control.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41110217&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK GOMA, Congo, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Congolese Hutu rebels said on Sunday they had clashed for the first time with a Rwandan-Congolese force deployed to crush them and civilians expressed fears they would be caught up in violence.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41108645&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan formally took control Sunday of the main operational facility of a charity allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks, underscoring its ongoing effort to ease international pressure over militancy on its soil.