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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43787041&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Canada's defense minister said fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian bomber in the Arctic on the eve of President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa last week.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43786997&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sen. John McCain, who lost the presidency to Barack Obama last fall, is supporting Obama's new plan to pull most U.S. troops out of Iraq by the fall of 2010.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43786959&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian fighters scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa last week, Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43786855&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China and the U.S. resumed military-to-military consultations Friday after a five-month suspension over American arms sales to Taiwan, but a top Chinese officer warned the exchanges remain in a "difficult period."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43785764&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Death toll reaches more than 70, mass grave found

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43785743&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A court ordered the Japanese government to pay 5.6 billion yen (.7 million) to compensate people whose lives are disrupted by the noise of warplanes at a U.S. air base on the southern island of Okinawa, the Defense Ministry said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43783154&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police fought running battles with supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif near Pakistan's capital Friday as protests against a court order barring him from elected office continued for a third day.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43783178&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The ousted chief minister of Pakistan's biggest province called on Friday for support for a lawyers' protest movement which is set to challenge the rule of a year-old civilian government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43783062&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TEL AVIV, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Israeli right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist Tzipi Livni met on Friday but failed to agree on forming a coalition government and left it unclear whether negotiations between their parties would continue.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43782203&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his centrist rival, Tzipi Livni, to join him in a broad coalition Friday, increasing the likelihood that Israel's next government will be an alliance of hawks and hard-line religious parties opposed to substantial concessions for peace.