http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43690914&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi officials say two Iraqi soldiers have been killed and 12 other people wounded in a roadside bombing in Baghdad.
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Obama to deliver address on Iraq Friday
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43679021&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will deliver an address Friday on "the way forward" in Iraq, officials said, in which he is widely expected to announce steps to begin pulling U.S. combat troops out of Iraq.
Mutinous border guards surrender in Bangladesh
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43673771&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bangladesh's Home Minister Shahara Khatun says Bangladeshi border guards have begun surrendering following a 20-hour mutiny to demand better pay.
Pakistan urges rethinking of US drone attacks
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43673633&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan wants the United States to rethink its use of drones to attack militant targets and has asked Washington to transfer the pilotless aircraft to Islamabad, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday.
Panetta: CIA to limit countries getting detainees
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43673538&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama may limit the countries to which the U.S. sends alleged terrorists to those with good human-rights records, and will be less inclined to hand prisoners over in general, to help make sure they are not tortured or abused, CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
Bangladesh troop mutiny kills nearly 50 – minister
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43673479&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * About 50 killed in border guard rebellion, minister says
FEATURE-Isolation shields Afghanistan from financial crisis
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43672192&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KABUL, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Devastated by nearly three decades of war, Afghanistan's isolation from world trade and global finance might for once be to its advantage, shielding the country from the economic and financial meltdown abroad.
‘Die with us’ rebels tell Sri Lanka’s refugees
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43670805&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The Tamil Tigers gave V. Rasamalar no choice in how she would die — the separatist rebels told her she would die alongside them in Sri Lanka's war zone.
CIA thinks Kim is still in control of North Korea
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43670653&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK LANGLEY, Va. (Reuters) – CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday it appears North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is still in control of the reclusive country.
US will boost supplies for Afghan force-general
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43668225&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will be able to ramp up supplies for thousands of extra troops being sent to Afghanistan even though convoys have come under attack in Pakistan, a top U.S. general said Wednesday.