http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48468582&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran is preparing a set of new proposals aimed at restarting talks on the country's nuclear program, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Obama legal team wants to limit defendants’ rights
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48467353&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule long-standing law that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, another stark example of the White House seeking to limit rather than expand rights.
Lawsuit: Detainee was tortured by US in late ’01
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48464779&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Tunisian man detained after the Sept. 11 attacks was tortured at CIA-operated secret prisons in Afghanistan months before a Justice Department memo sanctioned the practices, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
Blasts kill 78 in Iraq’s bloodiest day in a year
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48463923&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq's deadliest day in more than a year.
Paris talks don’t budge Sudan on aid groups
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48459895&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK French and British negotiators failed at talks this week to persuade Sudan to allow expelled aid groups back into Darfur, officials said Thursday.
Clinton: Pakistan realizing threat from insurgents
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48459366&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan is beginning to recognize the severity of the threat posed by an extremist insurgency that is encroaching on key urban areas, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.
Heat, threats of violence mar Indian elections
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48458331&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A brutal heat wave, together with threats of violence from communist guerrillas, kept millions away from the polls Thursday in India's monthlong election.
Minister defends Iran nuclear plans after US threat
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48457797&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK
India demands Sri Lanka end war on Tamil Tigers
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48456798&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK
Court: Canada PM must press US for inmate’s return
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=48454372&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A judge ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is required to press the United States to return a Canadian citizen who is the last Western detainee at Guantanamo Bay.