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Archives for July, 2009

Pakistan journalists targets in Taliban insurgency

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55544651&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The militants wore masks, carried weapons and came by the dozens. Still, they exhibited a strange sense of courtesy: They let the reporter's relatives leave the house before they bombed it.

Iran police disperse protests in Tehran

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55542427&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Witnesses say Iranian police and pro-government militia have attacked and scattered hundreds of protesters in Iran's capital.

US envoy arrives in Syria for Mideast peace talks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55542307&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's special Mideast envoy arrived Saturday on his second visit to Syria since he took up his post in the latest U.S. diplomatic outreach to a country deemed a state sponsor of terrorism.

Suicide attackers strike southeastern Afghan city

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55531071&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For the second time in a week, Taliban fighters armed with suicide vests and automatic weapons attacked a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, triggering hours-long gunbattles that left seven militants dead, officials said.

Pakistan court delays Mumbai attack case for month

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55525414&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Pakistani court hearing the case against five men allegedly involved in the Mumbai attacks adjourned for more than a month on Saturday without reading out the charges, a defense lawyer said.

Manhunt begins for suspect in border agent’s death

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55522420&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Federal investigators are combing hospitals along the U.S.-Mexico border for at least two suspects who may have been injured in gunfire that killed a Border Patrol agent in Southern California.

Report: North Korea willing to hold talks with US

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55520210&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea has indicated its interest in holding direct talks with the United States, a news report said, after the two sides traded barbs over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs at a security forum.

Brown, Obama urge allies to share Afghan burden

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55501902&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain's Downing Street says Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama have urged NATO allies to share the burden of heavy combat in Afghanistan.

Clinton calls Zelaya move ‘reckless’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55501709&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling a move by ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to cross the border briefly into his homeland "reckless."

Iran president caves in, dismisses his top deputy

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55497554&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caved into pressure from hardline clerics and the country's supreme leader Friday and allowed the resignation of his top deputy after a week-long standoff.