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Archives for May, 2011

Indian opposition protests steep petrol price hike

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98857560&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Activists from India's main opposition party held up morning rush-hour traffic in New Delhi on Monday to protest an almost nine percent hike in petrol prices….

Seoul bans fur in Fendi fashion show

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98828724&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK South Korea's capital city has told Italian fashion house Fendi to remove all fur items from a show of its Fall/Winter collection due to complaints from animal rights groups, officials said Monday….

China-Pakistan alliance strengthened post bin Laden

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98825142&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Tensions between the US and Pakistan over the killing of Osama bin Laden and a speedier US withdrawal from Afghanistan are likely to reinforce China and Pakistan's already strong ties, analysts say….

The unlikely US Civil War buff: Australia’s envoy

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98825141&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK He owns a musket and a flask carried by soldiers in the US Civil War and has journeyed five times to Gettysburg to explore the conflict's most iconic battlefield….

Belarus jails opposition leader for 5 years

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98761337&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Belarus jailed opposition leader Andrei Sannikov for five years on charges of organising protests after the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko….

Taliban on Twitter for Afghan Internet age

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98761326&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Taliban once banned all television, music and cinema in Afghanistan, but now they are fighting their war via Twitter, the online messaging network that revolutionised global communication….

Belarus jails opposition leader for 5 years

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98741078&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Belarus on Saturday jailed opposition leader Andrei Sannikov for five years on charges of organising protests after the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko….

No repeat of bin Laden raid: Pakistan parliament

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98676295&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's parliament Saturday demanded an end to US drone strikes on its territory and called for an independent probe into the raid by US troops that killed Osama bin Laden to ensure there is no repeat….

US drone attack kills three in Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98648469&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday, killing at least three militants in a Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold, officials said….

Early drug therapy curbs HIV transmission: study

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=98619434&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK People with HIV who take antiretroviral drugs before their health declines have a 96 percent lower risk of transmitting the virus to a partner, according to a breakthrough global study….