http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53169492&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK One of Iran's most powerful men may be playing a key role behind closed doors in the country's escalating postelection crisis.
Archives for June, 2009
Lawsuit brings murky West Bank land deals to light
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53134995&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. But it offers a rare glimpse into the bureaucratic smoke screen that helps ensure a strong Jewish presence on lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state.
Russia wants US assurances on missile defense
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53130459&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia is ready for deep cuts of strategic nuclear weapons in a new deal with the United States if the U.S. eases Moscow's concerns about plans for a missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.
Somalia’s parliament asks neighbors to send troops
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53128626&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Somali lawmakers pleaded Saturday for international military intervention to help fight Islamic insurgents in the lawless African nation, where heavy fighting left at least 10 people dead in the capital.
Haitian TV airs footage of confrontation with UN
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53121545&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Haitian television station broadcast video Friday that provided new details on a deadly confrontation between U.N. peacekeepers and mourners for a popular priest allied with former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Israel: Palestinians use settlements as excuse
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53108224&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's foreign minister said Friday he believes the U.S. and Israel will resolve their differences over Jewish settlements, and accused the Palestinians of using the issue to avoid peace talks.
Web support pours out for Iran protesters
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53108209&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Google and Facebook have rushed out services in Farsi. Twitter users have changed their home cities to Tehran to provide cover for Internet users there. Others have configured their computers to serve as relay points to bypass Iranian censorship.
Spokesman: Mousavi not allowed to communicate
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53104964&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is not under arrest, but cannot talk with journalists, take phone calls or stand at a microphone at his rallies, his spokesman said Friday from Paris.
Officials: Hawaii anti-missile move a safeguard
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53100943&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A new anti-missile system ordered for Hawaii is partly a strategy to deter North Korea from test-firing a long-range missile across the Pacific and partly a precaution against the unpredictable regime, military officials said Friday.
Sentencing delayed in Miami terror case
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53100846&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sentencing has been put off until September for five Miami men convicted of plotting terror attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and several FBI offices.