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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43613551&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MANAMA, Feb 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. navy has no information that Iran has begun construction of planned new naval bases on the eastern approach to the Gulf, a senior commander said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43612460&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday barred opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from elected office, raising the prospect of fresh political instability in the country as its shaky government struggles against rising Islamist militancy.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43611354&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with NATO allowing the alliance to send non-military supplies through the Central Asian nation en route to Afghanistan, news agencies quoted the Uzbek president as saying Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43611343&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Spain has told the United States it is open 'in principle' to accepting prisoners from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43608794&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's government welcomed reports Wednesday of a U.S. combat troop withdrawal next year and said Iraqi forces would be ready to take full responsibility for security.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43608801&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction released some 40 Hamas prisoners in the West Bank ahead of a reconciliation summit hosted by Egypt, a lawmaker from the Islamist group said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43607558&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan soldiers killed 18 militants targeting a poppy eradication force in the country's volatile south, officials said Wednesday. Two soldiers were also killed in the battle

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43607510&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TONGREN, China, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama marked their traditional New Year on Wednesday in quiet defiance and mourning a year after the region erupted in deadly riots and protests against Chinese rule.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43607471&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK SRINAGAR, India, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Thousands of Indian police and soldiers locked down Kashmir's main city on Wednesday to prevent separatist protests over the killings of two Muslim men, blamed on the army.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43605945&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish Likud party invited right-wing factions for talks on Wednesday on forming Israel's next government after he failed in initial efforts to enlist his main centrist rival in a broad coalition.