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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74435291&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's parliament is considering a government-drafted bill that would increase the power of the security services and restore practices once associated with their Soviet predecessor, the KGB.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74434853&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In a surprise move, Norway and Russia agreed Tuesday to evenly divide a long-disputed area in the Barents Sea, a promising oil and gas region in the Arctic made more accessible by global warming.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74432929&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia has proposed a new court for prosecuting Somali pirates under the auspices of the United Nations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74426716&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two Iraqi soldiers were killed Tuesday in an overnight mortar attack on a security station in a Shiite neighborhood in northern Baghdad, police and hospitals officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74424461&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Etihad Airways says it has launched regular flights to Baghdad with the first plane taking off for the Iraqi capital on Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74424147&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Officials say a suicide car bomb explosion outside an African Union military base in Somalia's capital has wounded four people, including two AU troops.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74413501&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is quietly changing the rules of the Arab-Israeli conflict with a simple credo: Palestinians have to build their state now and cannot wait for an elusive peace deal with Israel.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74388994&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Alvaro Uribe accused his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, on Monday of meddling in Colombia's presidential election campaign by trying to influence the outcome of the vote.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74387546&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's prime minister has effectively frozen new Jewish construction in east Jerusalem, municipal officials said Monday, reflecting the need to mend a serious rift with the U.S. and get Mideast peace talks back on track.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74387412&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Nearly every eligible Cuban cast ballots in a vote the communist government proclaims is proof of the island's democracy. But if headlines were made, it was by six elderly women standing under an ancient ficus tree, enduring seven hours of insults and obscenities for demanding political prisoners be freed.