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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45796770&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Czechs opposed to hosting part of a U.S. missile shield hailed the collapse of their government as the latest setback for a defense system whose fate was already in doubt.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45802526&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK KABUL, March 25 (Reuters) – Two Afghans shot dead by U.S.-led forces were not civilians, U.S. military said on Wednesday, after a police chief said they were Afghan farmers watering their land.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45797578&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK *U.N. official says shipments into Gaza insufficient

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45791994&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his government would be a "partner for peace with the Palestinians," softening his hawkish rhetoric a day after the centrist Labor Party joined his coalition in exchange for vaguely worded promises to pursue negotiations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45791960&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BAGHDAD, March 25 (Reuters) – Turkish President Abdullah Gul's recognition of the Kurdistan government in northern Iraq and his talks with the autonomous region's leader on fighting Kurdish guerrillas mark a breakthrough for regional stability.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45791748&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Shelling killed 54 civilians Wednesday in a supposed "no-fire" zone in Sri Lanka's war between the government and separatist Tamil rebels, and the exodus of people fleeing the fighting picked up pace, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45789743&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Myanmar's opposition party urged the U.S. to open talks with the country's junta, a spokesman said Wednesday, the last day of an American diplomat's visit amid signs of a shifting U.S. approach to the military rulers.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45789600&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China is increasing its military power more rapidly and developing new "disruptive technologies" that are shifting the military balance in its region and possibly beyond, a new Pentagon report said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45789597&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. officials have noted an increase in attacks against Iraq's police and military in an area south of Baghdad, even as violence nationwide has dropped to levels of mid-2003, military officers said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45789546&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK (Changes dateline, updates death toll, adds details, background)