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Archives for February, 2009

Israel’s Livni, Netanyahu agree to further talks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43340710&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday she had agreed to hold further talks for a possible joint government with right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu, but that "substantial differences" remained.

Grenade attack in Cairo bazaar kills 1, injures 17

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43340093&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An attacker threw a grenade into a famed bazaar in medieval Cairo, killing a Frenchwoman and wounding at least 17 people — most of them foreign tourists, officials said.

11 killed in attack on peacekeepers in Somalia

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43339383&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital Sunday killed 11 people and injured 15, the AU said, but it denied insurgent claims of a suicide attack.

AP INVESTIGATION: Army charity hoards millions

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43339235&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Gulf states launch Arab aid plan to rebuild Gaza

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43338498&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK RIYADH, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states proposed on Sunday a joint plan for Arab aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip.

11 killed in attack on peacekeepers in Somalia

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43338441&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital Sunday killed 11 people, the AU said, but it denied insurgent claims of a suicide attack.

Netanyahu says he can work for peace with Obama

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43337804&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's hard-line prime minister designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised Sunday to work with the United States to promote peace in the region as he sought to forge a moderate government with his chief rival.

Iraqi lawmaker faces charges as attack mastermind

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43337218&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The confessions told of high-stakes terror and street-level thuggery: former bodyguards accused a combative Sunni lawmaker on Sunday of directing a wave of violence that ranged from a 2007 suicide blast inside the parliament building to kidnappings seeking just ransoms.

Pakistan to arm village militias to fight terror

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43336415&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an official said Sunday.

Correa: US diplomat directed CIA in Ecuador

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43335597&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa accused an expelled U.S. diplomat of directing CIA operations in the South American nation, but offered no proof.