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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53673273&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Guinea-Bissau, a West African country known for its political crises and coups, votes for a new leader on Sunday to replace the late President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, who was assassinated more than three months ago.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53671128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ethnic tensions between workers at a toy factory in southern China sparked a brawl that left two dead and 118 injured, state media and a government spokesman said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53637973&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Motorcycle bombs killed at least 20 people in separate attacks in Baghdad Friday, at least 19 of them in a crowded bazaar, part of an apparent trend toward increased use of motorcycles to thwart stepped-up security measures.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53637903&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A State Department official says the weaponry and military training that the United States has been supplying to the government of Somalia in recent weeks is valued at less than million.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53637874&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK International oil companies poised for a return to Iraq find themselves in an unfamiliar spot, preparing to assist rather than lord over drilling operations and taking risks that at first glance don't appear worth the effort.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53637444&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK With backing from Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Honduras' leftist president pushed ahead Friday with a referendum on revamping the constitution, risking his rule in a standoff against Congress, the Supreme Court and the military.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53628125&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK More than two dozen Iranian journalists are among the hundreds of people being imprisoned by the hardline government in Tehran as part of the violent post-election crackdown, according to Amnesty International.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53622139&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Despite continuing violence in Iraq, President Barack Obama says he thinks the bigger challenge there is finding political agreement among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53618356&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.S. military officer said after meeting with Russian leaders Friday and that both countries were willing to improve military ties.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53616527&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy worker, police said.