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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65748437&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North and South Korea held a series of secret meetings to discuss a possible summit, but failed to reach agreement due to differences over food aid, nuclear tensions and other sensitive issues, a news report said Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65726818&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Shots were fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday at Egyptians installing an underground barrier meant to choke off the smuggling of goods and weapons through tunnels into blockaded Gaza.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65726258&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Lebanon's prime minister, who has blamed neighboring Syria for the assassination of his father, visited Damascus Saturday for the first time since the 2005 killing — a trip that a close associate said was extremely difficult for him to make.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65714435&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords — opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes essential to beating the Taliban.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65712521&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi troops massed Saturday near an oil well on the border in a standoff with Iranian forces that seized control of the site in a sudden flare up of tension between the two uneasy neighbors.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65709734&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq is "not going to be pushed around" by Iran, the top U.S. diplomat in Iraq said Saturday following an Iranian takeover of an oil well along the two nations' disputed border.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65708239&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The European Union on Saturday opened its borders unrestricted to more than ten million Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians after nearly 20 years, a major boost for the troubled region's hopes for closer ties with the 27-nation bloc.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65707521&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan President Hamid Karzai's nominees for his new Cabinet, presented Saturday:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65705595&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Nigerian militants attacked an oil pipeline early Saturday morning, breaking a tenuous cease-fire with the government over the long absence of its ill president.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65704832&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top US military officer toured a bustling market on the outskirts of Baghdad on Saturday that is returning to normal as violence ebbs in Iraq.