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Archives for November, 2009

Somalia: 2 kidnapped journalists freed

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64239077&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Canadian and Australian journalist were freed on Wednesday after more than a year in captivity, Somali officials said.

Mothers of Americans held in Iran send video

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64237559&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The mothers of three Americans held captive in Iran have recorded video messages they hope Iranian authorities will deliver to their children.

Pakistan charges 7 suspects in Mumbai attacks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64237499&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.

IAEA chief: Iran must accept nuclear proposal

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64237160&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material.

State-run magazine reports on black jails in China

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64235252&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.

AU: Donors slow in paying up for Somalia security

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64233751&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The African Union's Somalia envoy said Wednesday donors have released only 30 percent of funds they pledged months ago toward bolstering Somalia's security, frustrating efforts to turnaround the lawless country.

India basks in lavish White House welcome

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64232265&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met in Washington this week with President Barack Obama, the White House lavished attention on the unassuming, bookish Indian leader. There was a state dinner. There were movie stars. There was a chandelier-filled tent packed with powerful Americans chatting up powerful Indians. There was talk that the two [...]

Taliban leader rules out talks with Karzai

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64232226&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Taliban's reclusive leader ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans on Wednesday to break off relations with his "stooge" administration.

UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64232215&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe, a United Nations report said.

US welcomes Israeli settlement moratorium

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64232190&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration on Wednesday welcomed Israel's decision to temporarily freeze new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a step toward restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.