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A look at North Korea’s missile arsenal

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46297035&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A look at North Korea's missile arsenal:

Suicide bomber kills 7, wounds 17 in Mosul

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46297012&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide truck bomber plowed through a sandbag barrier to strike a police station in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 17, police said.

China, Taiwan military to meet in U.S. -report

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46290485&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) – Senior Chinese and Taiwanese military officers will meet for the first time since the end of a civil war in 1949 at a forum in Hawaii this summer, state media said on Tuesday, in a further sign of improving ties between the political rivals.

Warships set sail ahead of N. Korean rocket launch

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46284122&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea's imminent rocket launch, as Pyongyang stoked tensions Monday by detaining a South Korean worker for allegedly denouncing the North's political system. North Korea says it will send a communications satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8.

North Korea to put U.S. journalists on trial

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46284755&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK SEOUL, March 31 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Tuesday that it would put on trial for "hostile acts" two U.S. journalists arrested earlier this month on its border with China.

Meeting to launch new commitment to Afghanistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46282883&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A 72-nation conference on Afghanistan will launch a broader international commitment to the security of the region, including neighboring Pakistan, special U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said Monday.

Sen. John Kerry: Mexico is not a failed state

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46282724&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Mexico's government may be stretched thin but it's not on the brink of collapse in its bloody war with powerful, well-armed drug cartels, Sen. John Kerry said Monday during a hearing.

Iran: U.S. troops in Afghanistan raise "radicalism"

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46282530&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TEHRAN, March 30 (Reuters) – The presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is encouraging "radicalism" there and will not lead to peace and stability, the official IRNA news agency quoted a senior Iranian official as saying in The Hague on Monday.

Obama says Sudan facing ‘immediate crisis’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46281372&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said Monday that Sudan faces an immediate crisis over the Sudanese government's decision to expel some aid groups in Darfur.

Clinton seeks Iran help on Afghanistan, no talks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=46280093&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Clinton hopes Iran can help border security, drugs fight