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Archives for January, 2009

Uranium nations urged not to sell to Iran – report

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41035619&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Western powers believe Iran is running short of raw uranium for its nuclear programme and are urging producer nations not to sell to Tehran, The Times reported on Saturday.

Sudanese forces bomb town in Darfur — U.N.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41033202&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KHARTOUM, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Sudanese government planes bombed a key town in south Darfur on Saturday, a week after it was seized by Darfuri JEM rebels, peacekeepers and insurgents said.

Iraq asks Iran opposition group to move voluntary

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41032759&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq will not forcibly expel members of an Iranian opposition group living north of Baghdad, but the the group is not wanted and the government has urged them to leave the country voluntarily, an Iraqi spokesman said Saturday.

Afghan students back in class after acid attacks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41031749&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Teenage girls in blue and green burqas pour into the schoolyard, where they pull off their coverings, stuff them in their book bags and head to class. It almost seems as if the acid attacks never happened.

Family survives Gaza war, returns to destruction

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41031708&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Mohammed Zayid returned to his northern Gaza neighborhood after the war to find nothing as it was.

Suicide car bomb kills 14 in Mogadishu – witnesses

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41032306&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MOGADISHU, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb aimed at African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital missed its target and killed 14 civilians on Saturday, witnesses said.

Kim Jong-il alone can decide N.Korea successor-son

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41031758&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, said on Saturday his father is the only figure that can decide on his successor.

CORRECTED – Russia says "ice thawing" with NATO – envoy

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41031640&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MOSCOW, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Russia sees its relations with NATO improving and wants the military alliance to succeed in Afghanistan, to reduce a regional threat, Russia's NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

Pakistan hails Guantanamo closure

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41030899&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Pakistan Saturday welcomed the closure of Guantanamo Bay by US President Barack Obama as "an important step towards upholding the primacy of the rule of law."

At Maliki rally, desperate Iraqis plead for help

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41031624&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BASRA, Iraq, Jan 24 (Reuters) – When Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came to Basra to whip up votes for an upcoming election, it felt more like a giant cry for help from the southern oil city's desperate poor than a campaign rally.