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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46033944&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WUXI, China, March 28 (Reuters) – Communist China and Taiwan are for the first time jointly hosting a Buddhist forum at this lakeside city on Saturday, as Beijing turns to Buddhism as a balm for global economic turmoil and internal unrest.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46018626&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama on Friday ordered 4,000 more military troops into Afghanistan, vowing to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" the terrorist al-Qaida network in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. In a war that still has no end in sight, Obama said the fresh infusion of U.S. forces is designed to bolster the Afghan army and [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46018709&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Ruling AK Party to win new mandate despite crisis

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46014491&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Japan took the rare step Friday of ordering battleships and missile interceptors to protect its northern coast in case a rocket launch by North Korea goes awry.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46010136&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to dismiss a million lawsuit against the United States over President Bill Clinton's 1998 decision to order missile strikes in Sudan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46006361&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The success of President Barack Obama's new war strategy depends heavily on factors beyond his control: Afghan competence, Pakistani cooperation and a greater willingness by Europeans and other allies to adopt the American view that al-Qaida is at the core of the conflict.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46003479&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KABUL, Reuters (March 27) – An Afghan army soldier shot dead two U.S. servicemen and wounded a third before killing himself in northeast Afghanistan on Friday, U.S. military said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46001839&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal judge on Friday ordered Iran to pay million plus interest to the family of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman, who was kidnapped and executed by Hamas in 1994.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45995874&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Major dates in the war in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, once the center of the insurgency:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45995268&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan welcomed the new strategy President Barack Obama unveiled Friday for dealing with the worsening conflict in the two countries. The Afghan president said it would increase the chance of successfully facing the rising militant threat.