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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43554010&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A tribunal that will prosecute suspected assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will probably request the transfer of suspects from Beirut, an official said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43542865&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's president ushered in a right-leaning parliament Tuesday and gave lawmakers a tall order: conclude an elusive peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of their term.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43535045&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK OTTAWA(Reuters) – Canada is investigating allegations that two Afghan children died after handling unexploded munitions left behind when Canadian troops held a firing practice session, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43535166&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. soldiers were wounded and an interpreter was killed in an attack on a police station Tuesday, the U.S. military announced — the third brazen assault in the past two weeks on American forces in northern Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43534879&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The British government says it won't publish minutes of top-level government meetings held prior to the Iraq war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43531582&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Two former officials of Saddam Hussein's government will face trial in mid-April on war crimes charges for the execution of two British soldiers during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, a court official said on Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43531486&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Feb 24 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka dismissed calls for a truce with the Tamil Tigers on Tuesday, with its soldiers battling for control of the last town held by the separatists just a few kilometres away from the site of an expected final showdown.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43528843&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK COLOMBO, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan soldiers battled on Tuesday inside the last town the Tamil Tiger separatists control, and the government said it had no plans for a truce amid U.N. and E.U. calls for a halt to fighting.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43528840&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK NAIROBI, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Delays in setting up a tribunal on post-election violence last year threaten Kenya's stability, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43528750&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A prominent Sunni politician rallied Tuesday behind a lawmaker accused of running a private terror cell and demanded full probes into Shiites and others parliament members suspected of links to violence.