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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69725422&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hamas claimed Friday that two ex-officers from the rival Fatah organization were involved in the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai, and Fatah shot back by insinuating Hamas members were the ones who collaborated with the killers.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69724976&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The United States should impose a blockade on gasoline deliveries to Iran in order to halt the Islamic republic's development of nuclear weapons, a US lawmaker said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69724975&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A key global anti-corruption body has blacklisted eight countries for alleged money laundering and terrorism financing and called for sanctions against Iran, the US government said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69718336&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Here are names that have surfaced in discussions about who might replace the Afghan Taliban's No. 2, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who recently was arrested by Pakistani authorities with the aid of U.S. intelligence:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69715234&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China said President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama "seriously harms U.S.-China relations," but the way the two countries have handled the White House chat indicates instead that both would rather avoid a major crisis.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69711000&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq has rejected calls to abolish or suspend capital punishment made during a review by the U.N.'s top human rights body.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69706995&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Under the gun to destroy the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile — and now all but certain to miss their deadline — Army officials have a plan to hasten the process: Blow some of them up.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69705355&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK From the deck of Iran's new guided-missile destroyer, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized the United States' military presence in the Gulf Friday and said Washington was trying to frighten Iran's Arab neighbors so it could sell them weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69704507&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The net closed on Taliban in Pakistan, where officials confirmed Friday that a US drone strike killed the brother of wanted warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani following the capture of the militia's number two.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69704503&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK China on Friday angrily protested at US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing.