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Archives for July, 2011

Anti-China demo in Vietnam despite clampdown

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=101659414&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK About 100 anti-China protesters marched peacefully in Vietnam Sunday despite a heavy security clampdown and a vow by both countries to rein in public opinion over tensions in the South China Sea….

Indonesian capital faces $3 bln traffic nightmare

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=101654363&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Jakarta's traffic chaos costs Indonesia billions of dollars a year in a depressing reminder of the gap between the country's ambitions for growth and its daily realities, analysts said….

US envoy says Iraq critical to global energy needs

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=101643720&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The US ambassador in Baghdad said on Saturday that the State Department has asked for a $6.2 billion budget for Iraq in 2012, underscoring that its oil and gas reserves were critical for the world's future energy needs….

Yemen Republican Guards killed in clashes

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=101643718&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Four Yemeni Republican Guards were killed in clashes with anti-regime gunmen in Taez Saturday, witnesses and tribal sources said, as 79 people were referred to court over a March massacre in the capital….

50 Yemen soldiers missing after clashes with ‘Qaeda’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=101617587&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Fifty Yemeni troops have been posted as missing after clashes with Islamist militants around the southern city of Zinjibar, a commander said on Saturday, accusing top brass of abandoning them to Al-Qaeda….