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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60049331&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.N. investigator defended a report Tuesday that accuses Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza, an allegation Israel condemns and claims is the result of bias against the Jewish state.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60044140&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's president is accusing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of parroting Western criticism of its new uranium enrichment facility instead of waiting for a report from the U.N. nuclear agency.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60043438&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.N. official in Afghanistan is cautioning against "simplistic" efforts to split the Taliban insurgency by buying off rank-and-file rebels while militarily confronting hardcore elements.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60042523&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's envoy to NATO on Tuesday called for guarantees from Washington that a revised U.S. missile defense plan won't threaten Moscow.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60042433&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. officials said Tuesday Iran has notified the Swiss government that the Swiss can have access to three Americans who have been detained in Iran since being arrested for illegal entry in late July.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60029643&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A missile killed six Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, intelligence officials said, apparently the latest strike in a covert U.S. program that American officials are considering intensifying.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60024639&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The International Atomic Energy Agency chief on Tuesday welcomed recent moves by the United States and Russia to resume talks on reducing their nuclear arsenals, saying it would contribute to efforts to rid the world of such weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60003490&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK At least 75 Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release by a task force sorting through the remaining prisoners as part of the Obama administration's effort to shutter the jail, according to a list released Monday by the U.S. military.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60003219&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he would restore civil liberties and reopen dissident television and radio stations by the end of the week.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=60003096&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An attack by police and soldiers on the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, where that country's deposed president is holed up, "would be a disaster," a senior U.N. official said Monday.