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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65948391&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran banned memorials for the country's most senior dissident cleric and reiterated a stern warning to the opposition Thursday, after days of services in honor of the spiritual leader turned into street protests against the government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65948239&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior Hamas official says the group will respond by next week to Israel's latest counteroffer on swapping Palestinian prisoners for a captured Israeli soldier.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65947386&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK No Christmas decorations brighten the tent camp sheltering Christians left homeless by the worst violence against minorities in Pakistan this year. Instead, there is a pervasive sense of fear.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65946855&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Georgia's Foreign Ministry says it has reached a deal with Russia to open a border crossing that has been closed for three years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65946831&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Witnesses in Somalia say fighting spurred by a land dispute has killed eight people.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65946716&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police with bamboo batons clashed with crowds of protesters in southern India on Thursday as outrage over a delay in creating a new state erupted into violent demonstrations in several cities.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65946701&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The NATO-led military mission in Afghanistan says a Canadian soldier has been killed in the southern part of the country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65946249&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that nuclear arms control talks with the United States required some give-and-take on both sides and voiced optimism that a deal would be reached soon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65946019&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A semiofficial Iranian news agency says a former government spokesman who became an opposition supporter has been sentenced to six years in prison.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65945211&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK About 200 Israeli teenagers soon to be drafted sent a letter to Israel's defense minister on Thursday, saying they won't enforce any military orders to dismantle settlements in the West Bank because that violates Jewish law.