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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41591021&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A roadside bomb hit a Pakistani army convoy near a Taliban stronghold, killing three soldiers and wounding another six, the army said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41589792&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The director of an Iraqi orphanage says a sculpture honoring an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush has been removed.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41590104&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BANGKOK, Jan 31 (Reuters) – About 5,000 Thai police took up positions around Government House in Bangkok on Saturday ahead of a rally by anti-government protesters trying to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva from power.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41589733&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A moderate Islamist leader was sworn in as the country's new president Saturday after parliament elected him to stabilize a country wracked by violence and anarchy for nearly 20 years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41587579&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A look at the main political blocs in Saturday's provincial elections in Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41587517&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Facts and figures about Saturday's provincial elections in Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41587371&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Sri Lankan military claimed Saturday it had destroyed a Tamil Tiger suicide boat, as the government ruled out a cease-fire in the northern war zone where hundreds of thousands of civilians are reportedly trapped.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41587080&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sharpening its rhetoric, North Korea is trumpeting its refusal to honor accords designed to keep the peace with South Korea — particularly along a disputed maritime border that has long been a flashpoint.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41586206&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TIKRIT, Iraq, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Three mortar shells landed on Saturday, without causing any casualties, near voting stations in the city of Tikrit as Iraq held a milestone provincial election, police said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41586155&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK YANGON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – United Nations envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari arrived in the army-ruled former Burma on Saturday in another bid to coax the junta and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi towards talks on political reform.