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Archives for February, 2010

Afghanistan: 4 civilians die in suicide car bomb

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70689206&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide car bomber targeted NATO forces Monday outside the major southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing four civilians, the Interior Ministry said. It was not immediately known if there were any NATO casualties.

Iran: US behind IAEA charge that Iran making bomb

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70634265&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's supreme leader charged Sunday that U.S. and its allies are behind the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency's claim that Iran may be making nuclear bombs, despite its repeated denials.

Israel begins distributing gas masks to citizens

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70631958&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel has begun distributing new gas masks to its 7 million citizens to offer protection against a possible chemical attack.

Voting is brisk as Tajikistan picks new parliament

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70625634&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Voting was brisk Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to strengthen the president's nearly two-decade grip on power in Tajikistan, an impoverished country on Afghanistan's border.

AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70623648&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated. Plans were rerouted, orders reconfigured, shipping redirected.

Spain says ETA chief arrested in France

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70621730&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leader of the armed Basque group ETA was arrested in France on Sunday, officials said, in another setback for the separatists, who have seen five of their commanders taken into custody in the last two years.

Bosnian Serb leader to have his say in court

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70621594&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Radovan Karadzic, accused of the greatest mass murder in Europe in half a century, is having his day in court.

Iraqi PM defends ban of candidates before vote

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70621495&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's prime minister on Sunday defended a decision to ban hundreds of candidates from the upcoming election, saying the decision was not intended to target the country's minority Sunni population.

Dubai: Hamas operative drugged, suffocated

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70621466&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Dubai police says forensic tests show a Hamas commander was drugged and then suffocated in his hotel room.

Israel police storm holy site to quell protest

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70619807&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli police forces stormed the most contentious holy site in Jerusalem on Sunday to disperse masked Palestinian protesters hurling objects at visiting foreign tourists.