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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90144325&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Seoul newspapers on Saturday heaped praise on South Korean navy commandos who battled pirates off the coast of Somalia to release captured crew….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90128277&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Defense lawyers for the world's most notorious arms dealer, so-called "Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout, said his trial scheduled to start in September should be scrapped….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90126024&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A French court on Friday handed media giant Vivendi's ex-boss Jean-Marie Messier a three-year suspended jail term over a fraud scandal that nearly brought down the group in 2002….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90124390&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A multi-billion-pound merger between British Airways and Iberia of Spain, creating Europe's second biggest airline, was completed Friday, but immediately hit turbulence as BA staff voted to strike….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90112381&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK India's biggest art fair opens on Friday, pulling in dozens of foreign galleries seeking to tap a new breed of buyers in one of the world's fastest-growing economies….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90096480&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Budget airline easyJet warned Thursday that first-half pretax losses could double as a result of soaring jet fuel costs but added that it was still on course for another profitable year….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90055528&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said Wednesday….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90047012&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Zimbabwe's finance minister warned on Wednesday that his country could face a "bloodbath" at elections this year and urged the international community to do more to prevent crises in Africa….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90043061&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Philippine government said Wednesday it hoped to end a decades-long communist rebellion in three years after both sides agreed to peace talks, but analysts warned the insurgency would likely drag on….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=90027744&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The western Indian state of Gujarat is aiming to host the first commercial-scale tidal power project in Asia after signing a deal with a British marine energy company, officials said Wednesday….