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Archives for January, 2010

Law official: Passenger on flight not terrorist

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68064457&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A law enforcement official says the passenger on a diverted flight was not a match to a person listed on the government's list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying.

NIreland parties struggling to save coalition pact

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68061792&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Rival leaders of Northern Ireland's faltering Catholic-Protestant administration edged closer to a new power-sharing deal Friday following a marathon diplomatic effort, but negotiators on both sides said the final hurdles might be too high to clear.

US announces $6B arms sale to Taiwan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68058000&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In a move sure to aggravate China, the Obama administration on Friday announced plans for more than $6 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, the self-governing island the Chinese claim as their own.

US: N.Korea confirms second American in custody

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68056323&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea notified the U.S. that it has another American in custody for allegedly entering the country illegally, the State Department announced Friday.

UN nuclear chief hopes for Iran agreement

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68056302&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. nuclear agency's new chief and Iran's foreign minister expressed hope Friday that an agreement will be reached on a swap of most of Tehran's stockpile of enriched uranium for research reactor fuel.

Heavy fighting in Somali capital kills 19

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68054686&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Islamist insurgents launched multiple attacks on government bases and African Union peacekeeping troops Friday and at least 19 people, including women and children, were killed in the heaviest fighting in a day seen in Somalia's capital in months.

Shell wants to sell some Nigeria leases

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68054417&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it wants to sell off leases it has in three oil plays in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta.

NATO: 3 Americans killed in eastern Afghanistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68053739&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two U.S. service members and one U.S. employee were killed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, pushing the American death toll this month to 29.

Hamas: Israel kills top operative in Dubai

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68053665&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior Hamas commander was assassinated last week in a Dubai hotel room by electrocution, the Palestinian militant group said Friday. It accused Israeli agents of killing him and vowed to avenge his death.

Rocket attacks fact of Afghan life

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=68050735&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A voice over the public address system echoes through the cold air: "Rocket attack, rocket attack."