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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55625215&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prime Minister John Key gave a strong signal Monday that New Zealand likely will increase its troop levels in Afghanistan — with a decision on any fresh commitment by mid-August.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55625197&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Israeli paper is reporting that the number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank is now over 300,000.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55624115&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Pakistan on Monday was holding in custody the hardline cleric who brokered a failed peace deal that put three million people under sharia law but was shattered by renewed Taliban fighting.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55613456&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border Sunday, leaving some locals star-struck and others leery.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55613337&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An opposition party on Sunday claimed there had been violations in the presidential and parliamenary elections in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region but said it still expected a strong showing.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55610991&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy called on the Arab world to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, and Israel's prime minister said he hoped his country's disputes with the U.S. over West Bank settlement construction would soon be resolved.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55610987&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi police say as many as five people have been killed in a suicide bombing targeting a funeral west of Baghdad.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55607983&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Soldiers from an Army unit that had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to civilian life described a breakdown in discipline during their Iraq deployment in which troops murdered civilians, a newspaper reported Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55598219&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Revolutionary Guard tightened its already powerful hold over Iran during the post-election turmoil, raising alarm among some Iranians that it is transforming the Islamic Republic into a military state.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55598190&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stood fast Sunday behind the administration's readiness to engage with foes like Iran and North Korea and heaped praise on China in advance of two days of critical talks aimed at easing the global economic downturn.