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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43618910&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An artillery shell killed two schoolchildren in the Somali capital on Wednesday during the second day of fighting between AU peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents, witnesses and officials said. Elsewhere, Islamists seized a key southern town from pro-government forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43618780&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) – The withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 19 months, faster than agreed in a bilateral security pact, will not pose a problem so long as Iraq can equip its forces in that time, an official said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43618768&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MUMBAI, 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.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43618755&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Conditions in Sri Lanka's overcrowded war zone have rapidly deteriorated as stranded families packed fields filled with human waste, water supplies dwindled and a makeshift hospital ran out of essential medicines, the top health official in the region said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43617025&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.N.-sponsored war crimes court is delivering verdicts Wednesday on three rebel commanders accused of crimes against humanity. Prosecutors say the three men — Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao — are responsible for the criminal acts of their subordinates. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43616967&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Russia has intercepted an attempt by a group of naval officials to smuggle million worth of anti-submarine missiles and aviation bombs from Russia to China, officials said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43616909&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Modernization of Russia's strategic nuclear forces is a top priority for the government, a senior Cabinet official said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43616894&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday lifted the immunity of a Sunni legislator, paving the way for his arrest on charges of orchestrating a series of sectarian murders and attacks, including a suicide bombing in parliament.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43615807&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Pakistan plunged towards a debilitating power struggle on Wednesday as the Supreme Court destabilised a provincial government controlled by President Asif Ali Zardari's main rival, former premier Nawaz Sharif.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43615758&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft bombed smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border on Wednesday after two rockets hit southern Israel, an Israeli military spokeswoman said.