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Archives for April, 2009

Appeals court tosses Gitmo suit _ again

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48550650&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal appeals court on Friday for a second time rejected a lawsuit by Guantanamo Bay detainees who say they were tortured and denied religious rights.

Canada may appeal ruling on Guantanamo detainee

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48544119&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Canada's foreign minister said Friday it will appeal a court ruling requiring it to ask the U.S. to return the last Western detainee at Guantanamo Bay to Canada. But the Conservative government later said it has 30 days to decide on an appeal.

2 killed, 6 injured in Madagascar unrest

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48542882&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Madagascar police and supporters of the African country's ousted president clashed in running street battles Friday, leaving two people dead and six injured, officials said.

Thousands of Armenians mourn WWI mass killings

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48533745&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tens of thousands of Armenians marched through the capital on Friday to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the start of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, many calling on Turkey to recognize the slayings as genocide.

US: Pakistan focus should be Taliban, not India

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48528056&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States is urging Pakistan's military to focus more on the Taliban and extremists advancing inside their borders instead of the nation's longtime enemy — India.

Canadian woman soldier found dead in Afghanistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48529956&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK

Afghan officials: clash kills least 12 Taliban

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48524617&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK International and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents in heavy fighting that left at least 12 militants dead in central Afghanistan on Friday, officials said.

Russia’s Medvedev sacks military spy chief

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48522196&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK

No talks unless peacekeepers quit Somalia-opposition

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48521401&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK

Lebanese parliament based on sectarian split

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48520173&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A new parliament to be elected in Lebanon on June 7 will be apportioned among Christian and Muslim sects under a power-sharing formula that also divvies up Lebanon's main leadership positions by religion.