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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43849421&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Southeast Asian leaders were embroiled in a fresh row over human rights on Saturday after Myanmar's junta and Cambodia blocked activists from attending rare face-to-face talks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43848462&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK MOGADISHU, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United Nations urged Somalis living abroad to condemn violent insurgents and support President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's new administration as it meets in Mogadishu for the first time on Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43848444&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top U.S. defense official praised China's contribution to anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia on Saturday, following two days of talks in Beijing that marked a resumption of military consultations after a half-year suspension.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43846885&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United States is looking to stronger Chinese cooperation on Afghanistan, piracy, and other international troubles, a Pentagon official said on Saturday after talks that he said also addressed strains over Taiwan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43846873&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ASHKELON, Israel, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip exploded near a school in Israel on Saturday, causing damage but no injuries, Israel's military said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43845937&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Japan's foreign minister arrived in China Saturday for a two-day visit that will see the two sides discuss the economic crisis and North Korea, amid a flare-up in tensions over a territorial dispute.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43824405&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The United States has begun operating two types of radar-evading aircraft, a bomber and a fighter, for the first time together in the Pacific, the head of U.S. air forces in the region said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43825877&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The chief of U.N. humanitarian efforts urged Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday to let tens of thousands of civilians leave the war zone, saying there are "credible reports" that some people trying to flee have been shot.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43824712&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Chiquita Brands International asked a judge Friday to dismiss lawsuits claiming the banana company paid Colombian paramilitary groups that killed hundreds or even thousands of people.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43822945&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sen. Judd Gregg, President Barack Obama's former nominee for commerce secretary, won taxpayer money for redevelopment of a shuttered Air Force base where he and his brother had invested in commercial property, an Associated Press investigation found.