http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72378378&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.N. official in Afghanistan met Thursday with a delegation from a Taliban-linked militant group that has extended a peace offer to the Afghan government.
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UN rights body suggests Israel pay for Gaza damage
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72376761&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel should pay Palestinians reparations for loss and damages suffered during last year's war in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. Human Rights Council suggested Thursday.
Pakistan holds 2 suspects in British boy abduction
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72376646&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan has detained two suspects in the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy that has drawn investigators from four countries, police said Thursday.
UN official slams report on Somalia food diversion
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72376604&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A report alleging widespread corruption in Somali food deliveries lacks evidence and is endangering lifesaving assistance to the impoverished African country, the U.N.'s aid chief in Somalia says.
Jordan: Israel playing with fire with settlements
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72374980&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Jordan's king warned Israel in a rare public rebuke that it is "playing with fire" with its settlement policy, and said in comments published Thursday the Jewish state must decide whether it wants peace or war.
West pressure not to affect Iran’s nuclear program
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72374451&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says efforts by the West to halt Iran's nuclear program will not bear fruit.
China says it agrees with Afghanistan on politics
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72372978&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top Chinese official reassured visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday that Beijing won't take a position when it comes to Afghan politics.
Ukraine PM seeks cheaper gas, close ties in Moscow
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72372965&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Ukraine's prime minister is expected to bargain for lower prices on natural gas imports and seek closer diplomatic ties when he meets with Russian premier Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
Lengthy talks fail to resolve US-Israeli tensions
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72372104&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A last-ditch effort to heal the deep dispute between two longtime allies failed when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the United States' main Mideast envoy were unable to resolve a rift over new Israeli housing in east Jerusalem.
Terror suspect who escaped in Kenya was wanted in Australia
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72339876&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A terror suspect who disappeared from police custody in Kenya earlier this month was wanted in Australia for planning suicide attacks on a Sydney army base, a police source here said Wednesday.