http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76130078&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's prime minister said Thursday his Sunni-backed rivals, who narrowly won the March election, were wasting their time trying to form a new government, in a remark sure to raise tensions.
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Senators press for National Guard troops on border
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76128935&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Homeland Security and Pentagon officials are at loggerheads over a plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Barack Obama is pledging to bolster security there.
Kyrgyzstan unrest persists; 2 officials attacked
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76124201&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK More than 2,000 supporters of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president have rallied near a southern town wracked by ethnic violence as unrest persists in the Central Asian country.
Brazen attacks might signal a new Taliban strategy
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76105394&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Brazen Taliban attacks in and around Afghanistan's capital Kabul this week demonstrate the power of the insurgency to strike directly at foreign forces on Afghan soil.
Brazil, Turkey defend nuclear deal with Iran
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76092860&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Brazil and Turkey urged the U.N. Security Council to refrain from more sanctions for Iran, saying Wednesday a compromise they brokered this week is the best way to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.
Analysis: UN sanctions unlikely to stop Iran
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76089197&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Proposed new U.N. penalties on Iran fall far short of what it would take to cripple the Islamic republic's nuclear program, and even military strikes might merely delay Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Bangkok burns after Thai protest leaders arrested
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76084860&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Downtown Bangkok became a flaming battleground Wednesday as an army assault forced anti-government protest leaders to surrender, enraging followers who shot grenades and set fire to landmark buildings, cloaking the skyline in black smoke.
6 killed by car bomb south of Baghdad
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76081300&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A car bomb exploded in front of a restaurant killing six people south of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi officials said, highlighting the fragile nature of Iraq's security.
6 killed by car bomb south of Baghdad
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76078247&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi officials say six people were killed and another 10 injured when a car bomb went off in a town south of Baghdad.
APNewsBreak: US and Cuba hold talks on oil spill
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76076562&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S and Cuban officials are holding "working level" talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is believed to be dumping some 5,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf of Mexico, two State Department officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.