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Archives for March, 2009

Sudan’s wanted president welcomed at Arab summit

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46158778&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Qatar's leader embraced Sudan's president in a red-carpet welcome Sunday as he arrived to attend an Arab Summit in his most brazen act of defiance against an international arrest warrant on charges of war crimes in Darfur.

Militants kidnap, kill police in NW Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46150749&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Militants fired rockets at police chasing them after a kidnapping, killing a senior police official and five other people in Pakistan's northwest Sunday, a government official said.

US envoy: Don’t expect warmer relations with Iran

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46149306&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top American diplomat is not getting his hopes up for a breakthrough with Iran during an upcoming international conference.

U.S. has no plans to down N.Korean missile – Gates

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46150382&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * U.S. sees planned launch as part of ICBM program

Israel: Militants smuggled tons of weapons to Gaza

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46148718&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinian militants have smuggled nearly 70 tons of explosives and bomb-making materials and other weapons into Gaza since Israel ended an offensive meant to choke off the arms flow, a senior Israeli defense official said Sunday.

Afghan court says Karzai president till August polls

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46149555&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KABUL, March 29 (Reuters) – Afghanistan's Supreme Court has recommended that Afghan President Hamid Karzai stay in office after his term ends on May 21 and until elections are held on Aug. 20, Afghan media said on Sunday.

Obama: U.S. expects ‘accountability’ from Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46146757&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will give Pakistan the tools it needs to defeat al Qaeda, but it expects accountability in return, President Barack Obama said in an interview about his new Afghan strategy aired Sunday.

Iraqi troops round up Sunni fighters in Baghdad

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46144297&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S.-backed Iraqi forces swept through a central Baghdad slum Sunday, disarming government-allied Sunni fighters who launched a two-day uprising to protest the arrest of their leader.

Arab summit to back Bashir, ease divide over Iran

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46144296&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Summit seeks to back Sudan over Bashir warrant

Obama: won’t speed up Iraq pull out

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46144154&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama says he won't consider speeding up the troop pullout from Iraq even though security has improved and violence has decreased.