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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102465871&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Sonic blasts used in oil exploration pose a mounting threat to whales, especially a critically endangered species that feeds and breeds near Russia's Sakhalin Island, the global whaling forum has heard….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102452128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK North Korea would consider sharing some events in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea — but only if the situation between the two countries improves, a Pyongyang sports official said Wednesday….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102439880&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Forest groups on Wednesday welcomed an Indonesian commitment to protect the rights of indigenous people who have long complained that their land is being stolen in the name of conservation schemes….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102394883&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Pakistan threatened Tuesday to pull back troops from the Afghan border in response to US aid cuts, defying American demands to open new fronts in the war on Al-Qaeda and escalating tensions with Washington….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102391621&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Campaigns to harass Japan's whaling fleet only harden domestic opinion against environmentalists, a Japanese observer says at global whaling talks in the British Channel Islands….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102360537&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A volley of US missile strikes killed 25 militants after destroying their compounds in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas on the Afghan border, security officials said Tuesday….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102334341&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Egypt's military on Monday detained four US nationals in the northern city of Suez after they took photographs in a restricted zone by the Suez Canal, a military official told AFP….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102313845&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The International Whaling Commission gathered Monday beset by familiar divisions and facing calls for reforms to improve transparency and root out alleged corruption….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102310568&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A US drone strike targeting a compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border on Monday killed at least 10 militants, local security officials said….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=102264020&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK America's top military officer held talks with his Chinese counterpart Monday amid rising tensions in the South China Sea that Washington fears could spiral dangerously out of control….