http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65899456&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A human rights group has called on the Afghan government to investigate the death of a suspect who died while being held in prison by the intelligence service, saying his body showed signs of possible torture.
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Feds address concerns about safety of Ill. prison
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65891942&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Federal officials tried on Tuesday to allay fears that moving terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a rural western Illinois prison could make the state a terrorist target.
Egyptian court upholds 4 years jailing of blogger
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65878025&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Egypt's High Appeal Court has upheld the four-year prison sentence given to an Egyptian blogger who was convicted of insulting Islam and Egypt's president.
Lawmaker urges NATO to consider arms for Georgia
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65868809&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior Republican senator is urging the Obama administration and European allies to consider rearming Georgia, an action that would inevitably upset Russia.
Iran: Border spat with Iraq was misunderstanding
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65867633&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran on Tuesday said its recent takeover of an Iraqi oil well was the result of a "misunderstanding" and called for the two nations to open talks to clearly demarcate their border.
Teen suicide bomber kills 3 at Pakistan press club
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65861758&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A teenage suicide bomber attacked a Pakistan journalists' club Tuesday, killing three people in an unprecedented assault on the media in a country plagued by Islamist insurgency.
Japan sets May deadline to resolve US base dispute
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65851308&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Japan aims to resolve a dispute with the United States over the relocation of an American military base on the southern island of Okinawa by May, the defense minister said Tuesday.
Prisoner swap talks enter critical phase in Israel
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65835262&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Marathon top-level Israeli meetings ended early Tuesday without announcement of a decision over whether to accept Islamic militants' demand to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a lone Israeli serviceman.
Iran cleric’s funeral becomes opposition protest
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65833616&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A huge funeral procession for Iran's most senior dissident cleric became a show of defiance against the country's rulers Monday as mourners flashed green protest colors and chanted against the Islamic leadership in Iran's holy city of Qom.
Report: Guinea massacre ‘crime against humanity’
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65829342&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.N. investigators say Guinea's wounded junta leader may bear responsibility for the mass killings and rapes of protesters in September, which they consider crimes against humanity, a French news report said Monday.