http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57632402&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Beijing has called on neighboring Myanmar to end combat operations in a border area that have sent 10,000 people fleeing into China in recent days.
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China urges Myanmar to end conflict in border area
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57632227&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Beijing has called on neighboring Myanmar to end combat operations in a border area that has sent 10,000 people fleeing into China in recent days.
Iraqi PM: Death of Shiite leader leaves ‘void’
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57632105&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thousands poured into the streets of the Iraqi capital Friday amid tight security to pay their respects to a revered Shiite leader whose death the Iraqi prime minister said left a void in the country during a "delicate and sensitive period."
10,000 refugees flee fighting in Myanmar for China
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57628628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK About 10,000 people have fled northern Myanmar for China to escape fighting between the military and ethnic minority militias, the government in China's Yunnan province said Friday.
Body of revered Shiite leader arrives in Baghdad
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57626304&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The body of a revered Shiite leader arrived Friday for burial amid tight security that saw portions of the Iraqi capital sealed off, signaling fears the funeral procession may be targeted by insurgents to stoke sectarian tensions.
Australia mulls changes after 2 Afghan police shot
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57624714&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Defense Department will consider changing check point procedures in Afghanistan after Australian soldiers shot two Afghan police officers, one fatally, an army general said Friday.
2 American soldiers killed in Baghdad bombing
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57623282&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died of wounds sustained during a roadside bomb attack in the Iraqi capital.
US seen easing Israeli settlement demands
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57603113&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration appears to be backing down on its insistence that Israel halt all settlement activity as a condition for restarting peace talks with the Palestinians.
Clinton ponders action against Honduras
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57596065&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is considering action against Honduras in the wake of its military takeover, a move that could lead to suspension of millions in U.S. development aid, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
US will pay for lawyer in Italian kidnapping trial
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57593795&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Justice Department has agreed to pay for a lawyer to help a former State Department official fight Italian charges that she participated in the alleged CIA kidnapping of a suspected terrorist in 2003.