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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64274455&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinians appealed to the United States on Thursday to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank was insincere.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64272753&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's foreign minister said Thursday it is up to the Palestinians to decide whether to resume Mideast peace talks now that Israel has announced a settlement freeze.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64272028&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two foreign journalists freed after more than a year in captivity flew to neighboring Kenya, Somalia's national security minister said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64267590&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK While President Barack Obama talked about Internet rights during his visit to China, the Internet here talked about a mystery woman in black.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64244060&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to expand Tehran's influence in Latin America and deepen his alliance with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Wednesday in a visit that offered him a platform to defend his country's nuclear program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64241852&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64241809&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sunday's election will likely accomplish what the plotters of a coup set out to do five months ago: end the political career of leftist President Manuel Zelaya and replace him with a more moderate leader from Honduras' establishment.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64239174&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama will announce his plan to bolster the war in Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, his spokesman said, a surge that military officials say could top 30,000 troops.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64239176&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan charged seven men in last year's Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64239173&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly rejected it because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector [...]