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Archives for November, 2009

Honduran court: Zelaya shouldn’t be restored

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64293094&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Honduran Supreme Court recommended Thursday that lawmakers vote against restoring ousted President Manuel Zelaya, another blow for his quickly fading chances of returning to power.

Iran seizes rights lawyer’s Nobel Peace medal

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64290587&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her lawyer and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps they are taking against any dissent.

Iraqi PM: Election dispute poses risks to security

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64288755&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's prime minister on Thursday vowed there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed.

IAEA chief: Iran investigation at ‘dead end’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64288753&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The International Atomic Energy Agency probe of Iran's nuclear program is at a dead end because Tehran is not cooperating, the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday in an unusually blunt expression of frustration four days before he leaves office.

Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64287173&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.

Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64285414&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tony Blair could have delayed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensured better plans were in place for its chaotic aftermath by taking a tougher stance with President George W. Bush, Britain's ex-ambassador to Washington said Thursday.

Georgian FM urges Western security guarantees

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64278905&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Georgia is very worried about the possible sale of French warships to Russia and intends to press the issue of security guarantees in France, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

Mumbai commemorates anniversary of attacks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64276942&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai's police showed off their new gear Thursday in what was intended as a reassuring display of force a year after a terror attack across the city killed 166 people.

SKorea confirms some 5,000 wartime executions

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64276698&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.

Blair presses Iraq over press freedom

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64276047&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Tony Blair pressed Iraqi leaders Thursday to uphold media freedoms which Britain "fought for," after the Guardian's correspondent was fined for reporting criticism of Iraq's prime minister.