http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45760729&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, lending a moderate voice to a coalition dominated by hard liners and easing concerns of a head-on confrontation with Washington over Mideast peacemaking.
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Sources: Obama to roll out Afghanistan plan Friday
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45760686&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama will lay out a new Afghanistan strategy on Friday that calls for more U.S. troops and civilian officials and increased aid to combat militants along the ungoverned Pakistan border, officials said.
Centrist Labor joins new Israeli government
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45759143&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, lending a moderate voice to a coalition dominated by hard liners and easing concerns of a head-on confrontation with Washington over Mideast peacemaking.
Zimbabwe’s prime minister ready to return to work
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45759029&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prices in Zimbabwe have started to fall after years of devastating inflation that left the national currency nearly worthless — a rare piece of good news for an economy that remains a shambles.
Sudan’s President Bashir to visit Egypt
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45758825&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK CAIRO, March 24 (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir plans to fly to Cairo on Wednesday in a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted him on accusations of war crimes in Darfur. Bashir risks arrest when he leaves Sudan because of the warrant issued for him by the [...]
US’s Iran offer can aid Mideast security-ElBaradei
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45758494&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK QUITO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama's offer of better ties with Iran could help improve security in the Middle East, U.N. atomic watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday.
Rudd, Obama avoid Afghanistan troop level issue
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45756550&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday after meeting with President Barack Obama that his country is committed to keeping Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorists. Both leaders, however, sidestepped the contentious issue of whether Australia would be asked to send more troops.
Syrian leader: Syria to wait before judging Obama
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45756293&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Syria's president says it's still too early to judge the Obama administration's Mideast policies but noted there is a change in the American tone toward Damascus.
N.Korea charged US reporters with spying-US
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45756289&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. journalists detained by North Korea since last week appear to have been charged with espionage, the State Department said on Tuesday.
YouTube blocked in China; official says video fake
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45752034&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A video that appears to show police fatally beating a Tibetan protester was a fake concocted by supporters of the Dalai Lama, China said Tuesday — the same day the video-sharing network YouTube said its service had been blocked in China.