http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99407540&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A Malaysian aid ship attempting to land in Gaza after being warned off by Israeli naval forces last week has been forced to abort its mission after engine trouble, activists said….
Archives for May, 2011
Ankle bracelet will be Strauss-Kahn companion
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99346594&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK As former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn settles into house arrest awaiting trial on sexual assault charges his constant companion will be a GPS-equipped ankle bracelet tracking his every move….
Thai police arrest alleged top tiger trafficker
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99343358&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in what could be the country's largest tiger trafficking ring, a wildlife protection group said on Sunday….
Indian drug firms use S.Africa to access continent
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99297890&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A white South African woman runs the local operations of India's largest drug company, Ranbaxy, and the second largest, Cipla, is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange….
Swaziland must cut spending: World Bank
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99296311&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Swaziland may be forced to devalue its currency unless the crisis-hit southern African kingdom can urgently cut government spending, a World Bank economist warned….
15 dead in NATO tanker fire in Pakistan: officials
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99253246&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK At least 15 people have been killed in an oil tanker blaze after a bomb exploded on the Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicle near a Pakistani border town, according to officials….
Taliban car bomb targets US convoy in Pakistan
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99233263&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Taliban bombed a US consulate convoy in Peshawar on Friday, killing one person and wounding 11 others in the first attack on Americans in Pakistan since Osama bin Laden's death….
Vote buying claims mar Seychelles election
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99144062&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Residents of the Seychelles archipelago, portrayed as an Indian Ocean paradise for tourists, began voting Thursday in presidential polls likely to return incumbent James Michel for another term….
Indonesia finally signs forestry logging moratorium
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99136449&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday signed a decree authorising a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions, under a billion-dollar climate deal with Norway….
Libya rebels eye OPEC meet as oil minister ‘defects’
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=99068002&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Libya's regime had its back to the wall as it faced NATO air strikes, the apparent defection of its oil minister and threats of prosecution by the International Criminal Court….