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US military plans tribunal session at Guantanamo

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51284432&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military is planning a tribunal session at Guantanamo Bay next week to resolve an internal dispute involving the attorney for a Canadian detainee, the lawyer said Tuesday.

Brazil detains suspected al-Qaida member

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51282735&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suspected al-Qaida member has been taken into custody by Brazilian authorities in a case shrouded in secrecy, police said Tuesday.

Obama to release cyber security review

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51280659&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The White House says President Barack Obama will release a review of how federal agencies use technology to protect its secrets and data on Friday.

Iran lifts block on Facebook access

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51280647&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran restored access to Facebook Tuesday, after a block on the social networking Web site last week generated accusations that the government was trying to muzzle one of the main presidential campaign tools of the reformist opposition.

Bolivia denies supplying Iran with uranium

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51280531&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bolivia denied supplying uranium to Iran for its nuclear program, saying Tuesday that it has never produced the metallic element, a key ingredient for nuclear energy and weapons.

Tunisia will accept 10 citizens held in Guantanamo

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51279441&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tunisia's justice minister, Bechir Tekkari, says his country is ready to accept the 10 Tunisians held at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S.-run prison in Cuba.

From 1945 to 2009, more than 2,000 nuclear blasts

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51273933&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Numbers of nuclear explosions carried out by individual nations:

Pakistan opposition leader wins right to polls

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51273364&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's top court on Tuesday lifted a ban on popular opposition leader Nawaz Sharif contesting elections, paving the way for his return to parliament and removing the first major barrier to him becoming prime minister for a third time.

Israel scrambles to avoid showdown with Obama

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51272663&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel scrambled Tuesday to sidestep President Barack Obama's demand for a West Bank settlement freeze with a diluted counteroffer to Washington.

UN: investigate abuses by both sides in Sri Lanka

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51270960&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N.'s top human rights official demanded an independent investigation Tuesday into atrocities allegedly committed by both sides in Sri Lanka's civil war.