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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61847074&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK UN inspectors will enter Iran's controversial second uranium enrichment plant on Sunday two days after Tehran postponed its response to a UN deal on supplying the Islamic republic with nuclear fuel.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61846383&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A summit between the two Koreas should help resolve the dispute over North Korea's nuclear programs, a South Korea official said Saturday, as a negotiator for the North arrived in the U.S. in likely pursuit of bilateral talks with Washington.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61845252&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Southeast Asian leaders, having launched the region's first human rights watchdog, called Saturday on military-ruled Myanmar to conduct free and fair elections next year but refrained from criticizing one of the world's worst human rights offenders.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61830429&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration's coordinator of policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan offered an upbeat outlook Friday for avoiding extensive cheating in the Nov. 7 Afghan presidential runoff election.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61828063&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61827618&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran put off until next week a formal response to a U.N.-backed plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia for enrichment, the country's nuclear envoy said Friday. The West sees the proposal as a way to curb Tehran's alleged efforts to make nuclear weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61825396&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three human rights groups said Friday they will spurn an invitation to tour the Guantanamo Bay prison next month because it doesn't include an opportunity to speak with prisoners.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61824674&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Palestinian president signed a decree on Friday calling for presidential and parliamentary elections on Jan. 24, a move likely to deepen the rift with the rival militant Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61818902&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Treasury Department has frozen the assets of a North Korean bank and one of its executives for being involved in the sale of ballistic missiles and other weapons technology.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61817892&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding on a shift in war strategy.