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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43306967&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK COLOMBO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Sunday the air wing of the Tamil Tigers no longer posed a threat after the last two rebel planes crashed on suicide raids on Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43306361&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's outgoing prime minister called on hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government quickly as coalition bargaining shifted into high gear Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43306334&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK Feb 22 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was the latest Western politician to visit Damascus over the weekend and demand that Syria plays a constructive role in Lebanon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43306292&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A battle just outside southern Afghanistan's largest city has killed at least six Taliban fighters, while an airstrike against militants elsewhere in the south killed eight, officials said Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43306176&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Pakistan's foreign minister has said he will try to allay U.S. fears about a pact with a group of Islamists in the troubled northwest, during a trip to Washington this week.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43302981&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BOSASSO, Somalia, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped a Pakistani national working on a farming project in Somalia's semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland on Sunday, a government official said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43290748&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Sen. John Kerry said after talks with Syria's president Saturday that there are possibilities for "real cooperation" between the two nations, which have been at odds for years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43289551&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK DAMASCUS, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Syria has indicated it is willing to help bring about a Palestinian unity government that could restart peace talks with Israel, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43286641&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday told former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that it is impossible to deprive Tehran of nuclear technology for peaceful uses.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43287182&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KILAMBO, Congo, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Rwandan troops winding up an operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Congo began preparations on Saturday for a withdrawal next week, while peacekeepers worked out how to protect areas they will leave.