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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43407334&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK PUTHUKUDIYIRUPPU, Sri Lanka, Feb 23 (Reuters) – After 25 years of war, Sri Lanka army Brigadier Shavendra Silva is measuring the last of the fighting in days.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43403473&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Key dates in the life of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, who returned to Britain on Monday:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43402515&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fired his lead Gaza negotiator for publicly criticizing the Israeli leader's handling of the truce talks, a move that threatens to set back the already troubled contacts.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43404177&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TEHRAN, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it had been invited by Group of Eight president Italy to an international meeting on Afghanistan, which is also expected to be attended by Tehran's old foe the United States.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43402547&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Militants' Internet statement warns of more strikes

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43395861&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's Labor Party leader declined an invitation Monday by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to join his government, the second rejection in as many days in the hawkish leader's efforts to form a moderate coalition.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43392142&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea recently deployed a new type of medium-range ballistic missile capable of reaching northern Australia and the U.S. territory of Guam, South Korea's Defense Ministry said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43369644&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) – South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Monday that North Korea had deployed a new type of mid-range ballistic missile that can travel about 3,000 km (1,865 miles).

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43343941&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of travelers left blockaded Gaza for Egypt on Sunday, in one of the sporadic openings that enable students, patients and others with Egyptian visas to cross the border.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43341674&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Netanyahu and Livni agree to hold further talks