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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69507793&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. says gunmen opened fire on a convoy in South Darfur, wounding seven Pakistani police officers serving with the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69506247&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is to station a permanent military base in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69504677&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States is monitoring reconciliation talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government but will not participate unless the insurgents renounce al-Qaida, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69504395&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Dutch Cabinet was deadlocked Wednesday over extending the Netherlands' mission with NATO in Afghanistan, and it appears likely to reduce its 1,600 troop presence there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69504022&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Wednesday it could take months to form a new government after elections next month but insisted the United States was determined to pull all combat troops out of the country by the end of August.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69502379&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Taliban's white flag no longer flies over villages across this militant stronghold. Afghan and NATO troops have replaced it with Afghanistan's official green-and-red banner, which they promise heralds new schools and clinics and good governance.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69501850&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A French judge postponed a sensitive decision Wednesday on whether to extradite an Iranian engineer to the United States, where he is accused of evading export controls to buy U.S. technology over the Internet for Iran's military.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69499619&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The basics on NATO rules of engagement for combat in Afghanistan:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69498527&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two powerful army officers accused of grave crimes have been appointed ministers in Guinea's new government, dashing hopes that the rogue soldiers blamed for bringing this country to the brink of conflict would be sidelined.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69498117&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The slogans express the country's dream of unity: "Iraq is for everyone." But the reality lies in where they are plastered and spraypainted — on the hundreds of checkpoints that carve up the capital.