http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76552740&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinian hospital officials say 15 people were wounded in overnight Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Archives for May, 2010
UN agrees to pull UN peacekeeping force from Chad
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76536504&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Chad's government succeeded Tuesday in forcing a 3,300-strong U.N. peacekeeping force operating in Chad and the Central African Republic to pull out by the end of this year.
Analysis: Again, Obama seeks China’s help
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76534862&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK With the two Koreas nose to nose, the Obama administration again is looking to China for diplomatic help to avert a military confrontation, dramatizing the United States' increasing reliance on one of the world's surviving communist regimes.
China, US claim progress, but differences linger
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76500404&assetId=76500404&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The United States and China Tuesday signalled progress in their pivotal relationship at high-profile annual talks after months of tension, but no major breakthrough on fractious economic disputes.
World leaders pledge support to Somalia
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76313435&assetId=76313435&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Fifty-five countries on Saturday pledged their support to Somalia's fragile transitional federal government as the only barrier to chaos in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation.
Hezbollah says it will hit Israel ships in new war
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76534579&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group warned Tuesday that his fighters would attack Israeli ships in the Mediterranean if the Jewish state imposes a sea blockade on Lebanon in any future war.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,400
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76533456&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As of Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at least 4,400 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Brazen Baghdad gold heist ends in 15 dead
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76532732&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gunmen wearing Arab headscarves and wielding assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and pistols robbed a gold jewelry market in broad daylight Tuesday, killing 15 people in the most brazen example of Baghdad street crime that has soared as sectarian fighting ebbed.
8 ships with aid, activists head for sealed Gaza
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76529120&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Eight ships carrying 10,000 tons of donated supplies and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on Tuesday were making their way toward blockaded Gaza — and a likely weekend showdown with the Israeli navy.
German ex-soldiers to work in Somalia
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76526038&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A private security company's plan to deploy more than 100 German ex-soldiers to Somalia to work for a warlord has triggered intense media coverage and drew harsh criticism from lawmakers Tuesday, while prosecutors said they were looking into the deal.