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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69397993&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An international press freedom watchdog accused Iran of one of the world's most severe crackdowns on journalists with more than 90 reporters arrested last year.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69393258&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is not planning a war with Iran, and has criticized Tehran's talk of such a conflict as a reaction to the threat of tougher sanctions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69388187&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Top weapons makers, vying to feed India's voracious appetite for arms, brought their helicopters, night vision goggles and mine-proof vehicles to New Delhi this week in hopes of winning a share of one of the world's largest defense budgets.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69329179&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday expressed doubts about the usefulness of more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69329029&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship, a new assessment suggesting a rockier road ahead for U.S.-led efforts to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69305819&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK NATO says an airstrike against suspected insurgents has killed five civilians in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69299216&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Islamic militants clashed with Fatah gunmen in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least two people, Palestinian security officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69296556&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq is cracking down on shops and tailors who sell and make police and military uniforms after attackers disguised themselves as security forces to slip through checkpoints and carry out suicide bombings in heavily guarded Baghdad.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69294637&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Northern rebels in Yemen handed over a captured Saudi soldier captured to Yemeni government mediators, the latest sign that a six-year-old conflict is calming down.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69291870&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top Sunni Arab leader, banned from running in next month's elections, said Monday that a Sunni boycott won't solve a standoff over who can run in Iraq's next parliament — though he stopped short of urging his supporters to vote.