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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68197029&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained more than 100 demonstrators, including several opposition leaders.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68196386&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Days after Hamas accused Israel of electrocuting and poisoning one of its commanders in his Dubai hotel room, Israel claimed Sunday that the dead man played a critical role in smuggling rockets from Iran to Palestinian militants in Gaza.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68179489&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghanistan's president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68177304&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK NATO says a baby was killed during a night raid targeting militants in central Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68173669&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli officials said Sunday that a Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai played a central role in smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza militants. But they refused to say whether Israel was responsible for killing the man it had sought for two decades.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68173643&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top presidential adviser says the Obama administration hasn't decided where it will try professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) and others suspected terrorists.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68172143&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68169131&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Yemen's government on Sunday rejected a cease-fire offer from the country's northern rebels and issued a fresh demand calling on the militants to pledged not to attack neighboring Saudi Arabia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68158409&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A local official says two Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed in the country's northwest tribal region when one of the mules they were riding to fetch water stepped on a land mine.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68147540&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's foreign minister warned that U.S. plans to sell $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan will harm Chinese efforts to unify peacefully with the island, the ministry said Sunday, after China suspended U.S. military exchanges and threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies.