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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48696071&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK It's more than just a tough sell for Attorney General Eric Holder this week to persuade European allies to accept Guantanamo detainees.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48691365&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Washington has not sent Iran sufficient signals on whether the U.S. wants warmer relations and President Barack Obama's support for Israel during its offensive in Gaza was "a major mistake," Iran's president said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48691353&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli forces have detained a Palestinian man suspected of killing an Israeli child and wounding another during a rampage in a West Bank settlement earlier this month, authorities said Sunday.

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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48689589&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A roadside bombing in Afghanistan killed two members of a new U.S.-funded civil defense force Sunday, while authorities destroyed 6.5 tons (6 metric tons) of drugs and chemicals seized in the battle against the rampant narcotics trade.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48690204&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lanka's rebels declared a unilateral cease-fire Sunday, but the government refused to halt its offensive into the last strip of land the insurgents hold despite concerns for tens of thousands of civilians trapped there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48688756&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's foreign minister said Sunday that he was willing to sit down immediately with Syria to talk peace if there would be no preconditions, just days after saying that Damascus was not a partner for peace.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48688523&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been assigned to the country's all-powerful National Defense Commission, a possible sign that he is being groomed as his father's successor, a news report said Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48688512&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A commission investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending has found serious deficiencies in training and equipment for hundreds of Ugandan guards hired to protect U.S. military bases in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.