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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43446539&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Devi Segaram kept on the run for two years, forced to move time and again to stay ahead of the civil war sweeping across northern Sri Lanka. Then there was nowhere left to shelter.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43443051&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels, facing likely defeat on the battlefield, appealed for a cease-fire Monday — a call immediately rejected by the government as a final effort by the separatists to "save their miserable skins."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43439981&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's Interior Ministry says it has arrested a Shiite police gang accused of killing the Sunni vice president's sister.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43433003&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KINSHASA, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Congolese soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers will launch a new wave of operations against Rwandan Hutu rebels despite the planned withdrawal this week of Rwanda's army, Congo said on Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43430915&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Palestinians said on Monday the Israeli-controlled municipality of Jerusalem was preparing to evict 1,500 Palestinians and demolish over 80 homes in the eastern part of the disputed city.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43423406&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Pakistani forces expect to have the region of Bajaur, a major route for militants entering eastern Afghanistan, under control by mid-March, the general in charge of the campaign said on Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43410220&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Envoy had criticised government strategy

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43410100&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When the United States was served an eviction notice from its only military base in former Soviet Central Asia last week, Russia scored a tactical victory in its quest to restore military and diplomatic dominance over the energy-rich region.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43409579&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Feb 23 (Reuters) – Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian citizen with British residency, returned to Britain a free man on Monday after being held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43405274&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The following is a statement released Monday by former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed: