http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55353886&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Turkey's prime minister said Wednesday he has been asked to help mediate again in the Arab-Israeli conflict, speaking ahead of talks in Syria with the president.
Archives for July, 2009
Zelaya supporters rethink Honduras sanctions
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55353832&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya are advocating targeted economic sanctions to pressure the interim government to allow his return rather than broader measures that might harm the Central American country's poorest citizens.
Arbitration panel gives oil field to Sudan govt
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55353783&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An international arbitration panel on Wednesday awarded the Sudanese government control over almost all major oil reserves in a disputed region of Sudan that erupted into violence last year between state forces and former southern rebels.
Israel cuts 1948 ‘catastrophe’ from Arabic texts
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55353276&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Israeli government will remove references to what Palestinians call the "catastrophe" of Israel's creation from textbooks for Arab schoolchildren, the education minister said Wednesday.
Myanmar deny lawyers access to Aung San Suu Kyi
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55351070&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The legal team of Myanmar's jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was denied access to the 64-year-old Nobel laureate on Wednesday, two days before her trial is to resume for final arguments, her lawyer said.
Pakistani court summons Musharraf over 2007 chaos
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55346840&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's top court has summoned former President Pervez Musharraf to explain his 2007 firing of several dozen independent-minded judges. Wednesday's court notice allows Musharraf to send a lawyer in his place.
Iraq police: 5 Iranian pilgrims killed
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55346669&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gunmen in four cars opened fire Wednesday on a convoy of buses carrying Iranian pilgrims through Iraq, killing five of them, Iraqi police said.
Report: Shortage of cyber experts may hinder govt
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55345261&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found.
Sri Lanka’s defeated Tamil rebels name new leader
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55343085&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels have named a man accused of running a vast arms smuggling operation as their new leader, two months after government forces crushed the separatist movement.
Pakistan FM: Relations with India to improve
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55343034&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The stunning confessions of the lone surviving gunman in the bloody Mumbai attacks will not set back the peace process between archrivals Pakistan and India, Pakistan's foreign minister said Wednesday.