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Coe confident as one-year countdown looms

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103481974&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK From the late burst of speed which won him the 1,500 metres gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics to the devastating finish that saw him retain the title in Los Angeles four years later, Sebastian Coe has always been renowned for an impeccable sense of timing….

Top senator warns US reaching ‘brink of default’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103458413&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama and top US lawmakers searched for an elusive deal Sunday necessary to avert an unprecedented debt default by the United States that economists warn could have a catastrophic ripple effect on financial markets….

Top senator warns US reaching ‘brink of default’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103444450&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama and top US lawmakers searched for an elusive deal Sunday necessary to avert an unprecedented debt default by the United States that economists warn could have a catastrophic ripple effect on financial markets….

Obama urges anti-terror cooperation after Norway attack

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103317971&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK US President Barack Obama offered condolences to Norway after deadly twin attacks and urged countries around the world to step up cooperation to combat terror….

Nokia slumps to loss as sales falter again

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103116280&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Finland's Nokia, struggling to hold onto its place as the world's number one mobile phone maker, slumped Thursday to only its second quarterly loss since 1998 as sales continued to fall….

ASEAN, China hail progress on South China Sea disputes

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103039149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Southeast Asia and China on Wednesday hailed "significant" progress toward resolving disputes in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway believed to contain vast energy reserves….

Wage protests shut Yunus’s Bangladesh factory

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103039185&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A high-profile Bangladeshi garment factory, run as a social enterprise by Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus, has been shut after workers staged violent protests over wages, police said Wednesday….

News Corp. will bounce back from scandal: Murdoch

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103013273&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch vowed Wednesday that News Corp. would bounce back from the phone-hacking scandal, after telling MPs he was not to blame for the crisis….

Wage protests shut Yunus’s Bangladesh factory

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103006685&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A top Bangladeshi garment factory, run as a "social" enterprise by Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus, has been shut after workers staged violent protests over wages, police said Wednesday….

Israel navy intercepts Gaza-bound French yacht

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102969078&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Israel commandos on Tuesday boarded a French yacht heading for Gaza in defiance of its naval blockade, and escorted it to shore after what the military said was an uneventful takeover….