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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43641631&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK India charged the lone surviving gunman from the deadly Mumbai attacks on Wednesday in a 11,000-page document marking the beginning of a legal process that could lead to his execution — and raise tensions with Pakistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43641871&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 25 (Reuters) – The Palestinians hope to raise .8 billion at an international conference next month on repairing damage to the Gaza Strip from Israel's offensive, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43624429&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BANGUI, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Ugandan rebels crossed into Central African Republic and ambushed an army patrol triggering clashes that killed several fighters, a colonel in the republic's armed forces said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43625087&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Turkish news agencies are reporting that U.S. Middle East special envoy George Mitchell has met with the president of Turkey as part of his quest for peace in the region.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43622238&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reinstated his pointman to Egyptian-brokered truce talks with Hamas on Wednesday after the envoy apologised for publicly criticising the government's negotiating strategy.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43622240&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three men jailed for more than three years in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were set free on bail on Wednesday, days before an international tribunal was to begin trying the case.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43622222&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Iran says 6,000 centrifuges operating, 50,000 in five years * Iran denies nuclear slowdown indicated by IAEA report * Bushehr power plant said closer to launch after first tests

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43619493&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel on Wednesday and Israeli planes attacked smuggling tunnels in retaliation as a stable truce between the two sides remained elusive.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43619490&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The prime minister in Zimbabwe's new coalition government said Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe has agreed to free political prisoners, but the attorney general was "willfully obstructing" releases.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43619071&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Feb 25 (Reuters) – Police charged the man they say is the lone surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks with "waging war" against India and included two Pakistani soldiers among 37 others charged on Wednesday, government officials said.