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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48519461&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK With quiet campaigning and moderate talk, Hezbollah is building its strength for Lebanon's June 7 parliament elections — and the militant Shiite Muslim group and its allies stand a good chance of winning.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48519436&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds who fled intense fighting in Sri Lanka's war zone were awaiting evacuation from this tiny coastal village Friday as the U.N. reported that nearly 6,500 ethnic Tamil civilians were killed in the last three months.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48519376&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who rioted in Bangkok last week called Friday for a new protest rally, just hours after Thailand's current leader lifted an emergency decree and said the country had returned to normal.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48518843&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.S. military commander in the Mideast says attacks in Iraq will continue for some time, and they may be the work of a network of foreign fighters from Tunisia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48518820&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, the U.N.'s top anti-torture envoy said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48515959&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Leaps in unmanned aircraft technology have military authorities clamoring to use more drones for everything from coastal patrols and border surveillance to tracking natural disasters. But fears of midair collisions are slowing any broad expansion of their domestic use.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48515937&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.S. military officer in charge of the African coastline plagued by pirates says shipping companies should take a hard look at hiring armed guards to protect their ships.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48514400&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.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48512399&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48512365&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Back-to-back suicide bombings killed 60 people Friday outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, a day after the country was rocked by its most deadly violence in more than a year, police officials said.