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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60141394&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Guinea's military leader banned all gatherings and demonstrations Wednesday, as the United Nations pressed for an independent investigation into why troops opened fire on 50,000 pro-democracy protesters.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60141115&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal judge is giving Iraq the chance to argue that it shouldn't have to pay damages to U.S. soldiers held as prisoners during the Gulf War in the early 1990s.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60141109&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. Security Council has imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The key points in each:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60138453&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60138618&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Georgia and Russia both claimed to find vindication in Wednesday's independent report on the causes of their 2008 war, but neither seemed likely to be able to take the moral high ground because of its blunt judgments.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60138338&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Legislation to triple aid to Pakistan and stem the tide of radicalism and anti-Americanism in that Asian nation cleared Congress on Wednesday and moved to President Barack Obama for his signature.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60138061&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Courts are back in session in Pakistan's Swat Valley after a three-month hiatus because of an army offensive against Taliban militants. How well the judiciary performs may be crucial in ensuring that the insurgents do not return.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60137814&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's foreign minister made a rare visit to the U.S. capital Wednesday on a visa granted with unusual speed by the State Department one day before the start of nuclear talks in Geneva.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60137693&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia is ready to fully restore cooperation with NATO which was suspended in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60135703&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK FBI Director Robert Mueller rejected suggestions Wednesday that poor coordination between the FBI and New York Police Department damaged the investigation of an Afghan immigrant charged with plotting a bomb attack in New York City.