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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63610059&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted Tuesday as saying his country was ready to facilitate a resumption of talks between Syria and Israel and he warned that extremists could benefit from a continued deadlock in the Middle East peace process.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63607397&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghanistan has slipped three places to become the world's second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to bolster the government against a rising insurgency, according to an annual survey of perceived levels of corruption.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63605687&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's nuclear envoy denied Tuesday that the U.N. inspectors' tour of its recently revealed uranium enrichment site has turned up any evidence that the Islamic republic is seeking nuclear weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63597536&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63594293&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The European Union rejected requests Tuesday that it support a Palestinian plan for gaining recognition as an independent state at the U.N. Security Council without Israeli consent.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63582935&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police say a bomb targeting a police chief's vehicle in southwestern Pakistan has killed one person and injured six others.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63543156&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama declared Monday the world is urgently watching for a "meeting of the minds" between the U.S. and China as he meets with President Hu Jintao on the globe's biggest issues — climate change, economic recession, nuclear proliferation and more.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63542282&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists in their backyard than watch their neighbors continue to move away in despair over the lack of jobs.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63530272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63529416&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghanistan's newly unveiled anti-corruption unit drew guarded praise Monday from a wary international community, which has heard President Hamid Karzai promise before to end the graft and thievery that's bleeding his nation.