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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41527221&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq began Friday sealing its borders, halting air traffic and ordering overnight curfews in some of its largest cities on the eve of its nationwide provincial elections.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41526745&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK PARIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Israel has blocked attempts to get a water purification station into Gaza and the equipment must now be brought back to France, the French Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41526458&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MADRID, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Armed separatist group ETA on Friday vowed to keep fighting as it marked its 50th anniversary and said demand for an independent Basque Country was stronger now than when it formed under the Franco dictatorship.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41526243&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK DJIBOUTI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Somalia's parliament elects a new president on Friday. [nLU388960]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41525620&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Israeli government official said Friday it has good relations with the Vatican despite a recent controversy over Pope Benedict XVI's decision to readmit an ultraconservative bishop who denies the Holocaust to the Roman Catholic Church.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41523730&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi police imposed a curfew Friday in the northern city of Mosul, banning vehicles and barring its residents from leaving their homes until they go to cast their ballot on Saturday, an Iraqi police official said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41520846&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TEHRAN, Jan 30 (Reuters) – An influential Iranian cleric criticised the new U.S. administration on Friday for signalling that it reserved all its options, ranging from diplomacy to military action, to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41520663&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, Jan 30 (Reuters) – On the eve of Iraq's provincial polls, reports of attempts to buy votes and fears about fraud threaten to cast a shadow over an otherwise vibrant campaign that will test the country's growing security.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41520337&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Chief Warrant Officer James Brad Smith broke five ribs, punctured a lung and shattered bones in his hand and thigh after falling more than 20 feet from a Black Hawk helicopter in Baghdad last month.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=41518504&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Germany's foreign minister urged Iran Friday to respond positively to the new U.S. administration's offer of direct engagement, calling on its leaders to "be sensible" for their own people's sake.