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Archives for January, 2010

Iran says France using Iranian’s trial to pressure

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67262808&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran accused France on Tuesday of using the extradition hearings of an Iranian allegedly linked to the country's nuclear program to put political pressure on Tehran, which is prosecuting a French national accused of involvement in the post-election protests against the government.

Google scraps China cell phone launch amid dispute

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67259930&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Google on Tuesday postponed the launch of its mobile phone in China, adding to the potential commercial fallout of its dispute with Beijing over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking.

FM: Slovakia to take 3 Guantanamo prisoners

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67256976&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Slovak Foreign Ministry says the country has agreed to take in three inmates from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in an effort to help President Barack Obama to close it down.

War refugees struggle to rebuild in Sri Lanka

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67255705&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The vast rice fields of Kilinochchi are overgrown with shrubs. The herds of cattle and goats have disappeared. The tractors and motorcycles are gone. Buildings and homes have been bombed into heaps of concrete rubble.

Israeli soldier discharged over protest sign

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67250105&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Israeli military has discharged a soldier for waving a banner at a ceremony protesting the army's demolition of a West Bank settler outpost.

Gates calls for closer defense ties to India

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67236078&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed Tuesday for closer military cooperation between America and India to bring stability to South Asia.

Taliban attacks paralyze Afghan capital for hours

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67215708&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault Monday on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours.

Google says ‘business as usual’ in China

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67210494&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Google said it was "business as usual" in China, after reports that the US Internet giant was stopping some local staff from working following its threat to pull out of the Asian country.

Iran hails UN indecision over further sanctions

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67203913&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The failure of the six key powers at the U.N. to levy new sanctions on Iran was hailed on Monday by Iran as a sign of increased rationality in the discussion over its disputed nuclear program.

Soldier guilty of cruelty and maltreatment in Iraq

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67202351&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A military panel in Kuwait convicted a U.S. soldier of being cruel and mistreating fellow soldiers, a case undertaken after an Army private from Ohio committed suicide in Iraq.