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Yemen: rebel leader wants peace with Saudi

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67744473&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leader of Yemen's Shiite rebels has declared the war with Saudi Arabia over and says he will pull his fighters out of Saudi territory.

Sri Lanka presidential candidate profiles

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67725575&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Profiles of the two main candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election Tuesday:

Water woes could undermine Yemen’s drive against Al-Qaeda

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67699917&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Impoverished Yemen is reeling under the threat of Al-Qaeda, northern Shiite rebels and southern secessionists, but a lack of water is putting its ancient capital at even greater risk, experts say.

Okinawa vote pressures Japan on US Marine base

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67684517&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Japanese voters delivered another blow to a stalled agreement to relocate a key American military base on Okinawa by electing a mayor on Sunday who campaigned on a promise to oppose the project.

Medvedev: Russia, US arms treaty near completion

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67681313&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A new nuclear arms reduction treaty is "95 percent ready," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday in the clearest indication to date that an end to wrangling over the seminal agreement may be close.

Okinawa town elects mayor who opposes US base

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67678116&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The future of an American military base and the balance of U.S.-Japan relations were thrown into further question Sunday as voters in a small city far from Tokyo elected a mayor opposed to the base.

Officials: Suspected US drone crashes in Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67675036&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Intelligence officials and a local resident say a suspected U.S. drone has crashed in Pakistan's lawless tribal area near the Afghan border.

Medvedev: Russia, US arms treaty near completion

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67674512&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's president says a new nuclear arms reduction treaty is "95 percent ready," suggesting that an end to wrangling over the landmark agreement is near.

Al-Qaida-linked suspects arrested for Kabul attack

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67674141&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan authorities have arrested the ringleader of a group that staged a brazen attack in Kabul and now believe the assault was coordinated by al-Qaida, an official said Sunday.

Sweden rattled by Somali militants in its midst

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67668724&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ten subway stops from downtown Stockholm is "little Mogadishu," a drab suburb of the Swedish capital where radical Islamists are said to be recruiting the sons of Somali immigrants for jihad in the Horn of Africa.