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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55487093&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States and Russia met in Geneva this week to build on the commitment by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev to replace the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a U.S. official said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55486911&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Many more people could have died in last week's suicide attacks on two American-owned hotels in Indonesia's capital if a third bomb placed in a guest room had not malfunctioned, police said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55486033&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said U.S. efforts to mend relations with Moscow need not be made at the expense of Washington's ties to Ukraine and Georgia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55485008&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Syria's foreign minister said Friday his country is working to rebuild its diplomatic relationship with the United States.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55481894&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Zimbabwe's coalition government launched a campaign of "national healing" and reconciliation on Friday, with political leaders urging supporters to end years of political violence and intimidation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55473753&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. refugee agency says 536,000 people have been chased from their homes in eastern Congo this year as a result of clashes between government forces and rebels linked to neighboring Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55472779&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Turkish commandos captured five pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Friday as part of an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, the military said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55470296&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Chechen separatist leader and a senior representative of the regional government said Friday they have met for talks to bring stability to the war-scarred Russian region. It was the first such contacts between the two sides in eight years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55470065&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Clashes in northwestern Pakistan, where the army has been winding down an offensive against the Taliban, have left 21 militants and one soldier dead, security forces said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55467919&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Kyrgyzstan's presidential election, which the incumbent won by a landslide, was marred by ballot-box stuffing and widespread irregularities in vote counting, international monitors said Friday.