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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41599149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma could literally see the writing on the wall after his election some two months ago: Supporters of President Hugo Chavez had spray painted graffiti reading "Out With Ledezma!" across City Hall.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41601321&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Hamas should be part of the Middle East peace process, Tony Blair, envoy to the region of the international "quartet" of powers, said in comments published on Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41601209&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Egypt has begun installing cameras and motion sensors along its border with the Gaza Strip to try to combat smuggling to the Hamas-run territory, security sources said on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41600867&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KABUL, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Plans are being drawn up to form a new Afghan security unit to patrol dangerous areas where the Taliban insurgency is most acute, government officials said on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41596463&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41594569&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said Saturday that Japan would send Navy vessels to the waters off Somalia, joining a coalition of countries fighting piracy in the area.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41600164&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK HARARE, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders on Saturday to help rebuild Zimbabwe's economy after the opposition agreed to join a government with Robert Mugabe.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41596241&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The saga of a ship suspected of carrying arms from Iran to Gaza grew more complicated Saturday as Cypriot authorities searched the ship, then backed away from previous assertions that it was violating U.N. resolutions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41596205&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinian militants fire a rocket from Gaza on Saturday that landed close to the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon without causing any damages or injuries, an Israeli military spokesman said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41592026&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S.-funded program to train and arm community members in Afghanistan's most dangerous regions as a way to defend against the Taliban has begun, the country's interior minister said Saturday.