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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69497409&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's prime minister says he is open to U.S.-led indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, as long as they lead to direct negotiations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69494963&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The father of a Colorado airport van driver accused of plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs will have a bail hearing in his obstruction case.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69494810&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Egyptians plan to give the former U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei a hero's welcome when he returns home for a visit Friday, expressing high hopes he might challenge the longtime president for power and usher in an era of democratic reform in the country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69491902&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday there was no reason to assume the Mossad assassinated a Hamas military commander in Dubai, even as suspicions mounted that the country's vaunted spy agency made the hit using the identities of Israelis with European passports.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69489647&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran has backtracked on a pledge to invite a U.N. torture investigator to visit the country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69489531&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Taliban representatives held peace talks with Afghan government envoys at the end of January on a resort island in the Maldives, a spokesman for the president of the Indian Ocean nation said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69489454&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A French judge has postponed a decision 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=69488134&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's prime minister says the government will not be appointing two judges to new posts after the move was opposed by the country's Supreme Court.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69489317&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ukraine's presidential election results giving the victory to Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych were suspended Wednesday pending review of his rival's appeal.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69485363&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The real test of President Barack Obama's Afghan war plan may come after the fighting stops.