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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70458413&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to give Israel and the Palestinians an additional five months to conduct independent investigations of alleged war crimes during last year's conflict in Gaza and warned of possible "further action" by U.N. bodies, including the Security Council, if they don't.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70454201&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The House approved an intelligence agency bill Friday after Democratic leaders hastily removed a provision that would have imposed prison sentences for personnel using "cruel, inhuman and degrading" interrogation techniques.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70449637&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.N. prosecutors opened the genocide trial Friday of a senior Bosnian Serb army general, accusing him of supervising the execution and burial of thousands of Muslims during the climax of the Bosnian war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70448118&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia has serious concerns about U.S. plans to deploy missile interceptors in Romania, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70442949&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Greece's prime minister on Friday said his country will not raise the issue of World War II reparations payments from Germany during the financial crisis.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70399181&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The United States put Brazil under the spotlight as it tries to build support within the UN Security Council for tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70366694&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Military spouses were enthusiastic when the government started offering them grants last year of up to $6,000 for college or career training. Word spread quickly and they signed up by the tens of thousands.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70366677&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Africa sent a report to a U.N. committee saying it confiscated a shipment of North Korean tank parts hidden among sacks of rice being sent to the Republic of Congo in violation of U.N. sanctions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70365066&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are urging Congress not to restrict the executive branch from prosecuting terrorism defendants either in federal courts or in reformed military commissions in the United States.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70359091&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A confident Turkish prime minister dismissed opposition calls for early elections Thursday and met with the country's military chief to defuse tensions over the government's probe into an alleged military plot to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government.