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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69446594&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Tuesday that the international convention banning cluster bombs has received the 30 ratifications required and will enter into force on Aug. 1.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69445384&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The new president of Honduras is keeping in place military leaders who ordered his elected predecessor flown into exile in a June coup.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69421110&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military's highest court says it will review the conviction of an Army reservist who prosecutors said was the ringleader of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69422128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hezbollah's leader warned Israel Tuesday that the militant group would fire rockets at Tel Aviv airport and other strategic targets if Israel's military strikes Lebanese infrastructure.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69414709&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Dalai Lama's chief envoy said Tuesday that President Barack Obama probably won't make a public appearance this week with the Tibetan spiritual leader during a White House visit that is already infuriating China.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69407624&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the U.S. has "direct intelligence" that two senior Iraqi officials in charge of keeping Saddam Hussein loyalists out of the Baghdad government have ties to Iran.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69405994&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iranian movie made against the backdrop of last year's election campaign and centering on a man whose wife is killed in a shootout between police and demonstrators made its debut Tuesday at the Berlin film festival.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69405434&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended his claim that it would cost $200 million per year to secure the city during a trial of Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan, after Vice President Joe Biden questioned the figure.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69401287&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK From bridge bombings and sabotaged electricity grids to mass casualties, Iraqi soldiers are training to respond to worst-case election day attacks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69400559&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top American commander in Iraq says the U.S. has "direct intelligence" that two senior Iraqi officials in charge of keeping Saddam Hussein loyalists out of the Baghdad government have ties to Iran.