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Spain says U.S. understands Kosovo troop pullout

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46057857&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Biden tells Zapatero U.S. understands Kosovo pullout

Report: North Korea launch would go before UN

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46056126&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea, the United States and Japan warned that North Korea's planned rocket launch would violate a U.N. resolution and said they would take the issue to the Security Council if the North goes ahead with it, a news report said Saturday.

Pakistan’s Zardari lets Sharif take back Punjab

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46056149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Zardari wants to end central govt rule in Punjab

Argentina demands Falklands talks with UK

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46056127&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez Saturday asked British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for negotiations on sovereignty of the disputed Falkland Islands, a day after he said he would not discuss the issue.

China challenges US global financial leadership

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46055953&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The only major economy still growing at a fast clip, China is being unusually forthright in challenging the U.S.-led global order ahead of an April 2 summit on the financial crisis.

Thai protesters promise not to seize airports

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46055912&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand said Saturday they will not take over Bangkok's airports — as protesters did last year — but they will exert mounting pressure until the prime minister steps down.

Arab summit to take stand on Bashir indictment-Qatar

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46055959&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Arab summit to seek joint stand on Bashir indictment

Egypt releases detained blogger

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46052748&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK CAIRO, March 28 (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have released a 22-year-old blogger and activist after holding him for nearly seven weeks, a human rights group said on Saturday.

Troops kill 12 militants in southern Afghanistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46045495&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan and coalition forces killed 12 militants during a gunbattle that erupted as troops raided a compound in the heartland of the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Saturday.

Official: Intel predicts rising Afghan violence

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46040627&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. intelligence suggests that violence in Afghanistan will rise through 2009 despite the Obama administration's new strategy for combatting the Taliban and shoring up the Afghan government, a top intelligence official said Friday. Violence in Afghanistan has steadily risen for the past three years as the ousted Taliban has staged a comeback, and [...]