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Hundreds of thousands stage somber rally in Iran

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53016194&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit show of defiance and mourning for those killed in clashes after Iran's disputed presidential election. The massive march — the fourth this week — sent a powerful message that opposition leader Mir [...]

Bermuda premier won’t resign over Gitmo fight

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53014271&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown said Thursday he expects to weather a looming no-confidence vote over his decision to accept four Guantanamo prisoners as refugees in the British territory.

UN envoy: Colombia army kills many innocents

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53011404&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of innocent civilians have been slain by Colombian soldiers and falsely identified as guerrillas killed in combat as part of a "more or less" systematic practice by "significant elements" of the military, a U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday.

Canada allows return of terror suspect from Sudan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53009126&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Canada said Thursday it would comply with a court order to repatriate a Canadian man with suspected links to al-Qaida who has been stranded in Sudan for six years and sleeping in the foyer of the Canadian embassy for one.

Somali security minister killed in explosion

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53008696&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.

Militants, ‘hacktivists’ exploit Web, eye recruits

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53008573&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say.

Iran’s Mousavi: now political rock star

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53008443&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK He's gone from colorless insider to political rock star — a graying, bearded veteran of the Islamic regime who now stands at the forefront of a youth-driven movement fighting for change.

Gates: Missile defense in place for Hawaii

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53005753&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as a precaution against a possible North Korean launch across the Pacific, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

Calif. cities’ military recruiting laws tossed

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53005739&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal judge has struck down ordinances in two Northern California cities banning military recruitment of minors.

After $22 billion, little proof UN programs work

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53003913&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In the last two decades, the world has spent more than billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries.