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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41070132&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK GOMA, Congo, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A Congolese-Rwandan force has killed nine Rwandan Hutu rebels in Congo over the last two days, Congo said on Saturday, in a further sign of cooperation between the two former foes.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41067761&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Provincial elections Saturday will be Iraqis' fourth national ballot since the 2003 collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41055152&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The American coalition in Afghanistan opened a joint U.S.-Afghan investigation Saturday into an overnight raid that American commanders say killed 15 armed militants but that two Afghan officials say killed 11 civilians.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41054570&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK GOMA, Congo, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A joint Congolese-Rwandan army force has killed nine Rwandan Hutu rebels in fighting in eastern Congo over the last two days, a Congolese commander of the joint operation said on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41053194&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KIBATI, Congo, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Congo said on Saturday it had received no official response to its request for the extradition of Tutsi rebel Laurent Nkunda, whose arrest was greeted by Congolese with a mixture of relief and scepticism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41044465&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan urged President Barack Obama to halt U.S. missile strikes on al-Qaida strongholds near the Afghan border, saying Saturday that civilians were killed the previous day in the first attacks since Obama's inauguration.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41048882&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK SANAA, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Yemen said on Saturday it expected the repatriation soon of 94 Yemenis held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp, and vowed it would make sure they did not rejoin the ranks of Islamic militants.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41044408&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BERLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) – France has drafted a plan for European Union countries to accept 60 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp that U.S. President Barack Obama wants to close, German magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41043752&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congo's government urged Rwanda on Saturday to extradite detained rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, whose arrest has spurred hopes of a new era of peace in central Africa.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41042853&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TAIPEI, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Taiwan's president on Saturday unveiled two giant pandas presented by rival China, but played down the political implications of the gift.