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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41559897&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JENIN, West Bank, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Israel's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip brought back painful memories for residents of the West Bank town of Jenin.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41553559&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's foreign minister said Friday his government is very encouraged by reassurances from the new U.S. administration that there will be no quick withdrawal of American forces or irresponsible decisions regarding his country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41553161&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States voiced skepticism Friday over a power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's opposition and said U.S. aid would come only when a representative government was in place.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41544494&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lanka ruled out a cease-fire with the Tamil Tigers on Friday despite growing reports of casualties among civilians trapped in the northern war zone, as the military pushed ahead with its offensive against the rebels.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41540267&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK PARIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) – An umbrella group of Jewish groups sought assurances on Friday from French President Nicolas Sarkozy that authorities would do more to stem a rise in anti-Jewish crime due to the war in the Gaza strip.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41538524&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Nigeria's main militant group warned of a "sweeping assault" on the country's oil and gas industry on Friday, saying it was calling off a ceasefire after a military strike on one of its camps.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41530914&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The often chaotic and wasteful 5 billion international rebuilding effort in Iraq will face new trouble and uncertainty this year despite the decline in violence there, a new report said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41530912&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A would-be suicide bomber who tried to detonate a nail bomb in a restaurant but injured only himself was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41530824&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration on Friday made an emergency contribution of more than million for urgent relief efforts in the Gaza Strip, a day after the United Nations launched a flash appeal for 3 million to help Palestinians recover from Israel's three-week military operation there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41529543&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A former Congolese militia fighter testified Friday that he trained children to use assault rifles and fought alongside them in the ethnic conflicts of eastern Congo.