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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70198636&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Taxis turned into ambulances ferry wounded civilians out of the combat zone in southern Afghanistan, but one man's long trip to a hospital began with a two-hour wheelbarrow ride.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70197649&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top Taliban leader picked up in Pakistan as part of a recent crackdown on insurgents will be handed over to Afghanistan, an Afghan government official said Wednesday. Islamabad said, however, that it had received no formal request to turn him over and that he could be tried first in Pakistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70189712&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has asked the Nobel Peace Prize committee to disregard his nomination for the prestigious award, a Nobel official said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70189411&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Afghan human rights commission reported Wednesday that 28 civilians have been killed so far in NATO's offensive on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, and urged pro-government forces to take greater care in distinguishing between noncombatants and militants.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70189318&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's hopeful that long-stalled peace talks between Israelis and the Palestinians will resume soon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70188140&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When India and Pakistan resume peace talks Thursday, few expect any major breakthroughs on the thorny issues that have led the nuclear-armed neighbors to three wars over six decades.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70187770&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States got help from Europe on Wednesday in its troubled drive to shut down Guantanamo Bay, as Spain accepted a former inmate from the prison for terror suspects and the tiny Balkan nation of Albania took in three more.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70188504&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that Iran's continuing refusal to come clean on its nuclear program has left the international community "little choice" but to impose new, tough sanctions on Tehran.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70184911&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's top military officer says that Moscow and Washington are likely to sign a new nuclear arms control deal soon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70184681&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's foreign minister suggested Wednesday that a delay in delivering air-defense missiles to Iran is connected with concerns about regional tensions.