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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43851904&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When Lisa Pagan reports for duty Sunday, four long years after she was honorably discharged from the Army, she'll arrive with more than her old uniform. She's bringing her kids, too.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43851809&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani troops have defeated Taliban militants in two strongholds near the Afghan border after a grinding offensive, officers in both military operations said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43851802&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Al-Marri is now facing criminal charges, but the Obama administration is refusing to rule out the future use of indefinite detention for terrorism suspects picked up in the United States.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43851762&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The government and an Islamic insurgent group have reached a cease-fire deal, Somalia's new president said on Saturday, days after dozens of civilians were killed in fighting in the Somali capital.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43851751&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congress has agreed to a timetable for troop withdrawals in Iraq after years of bitterly debating whether to set one.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43850471&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Some cases in which actions by the Obama administration have tracked policies of former President George W. Bush:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43849289&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Investigators have pored over evidence for four years — a human tooth found at the bombing site, a suicide truck that was stolen in Japan and made its way to Lebanon, reams of phone records and hundreds of interviews.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43849251&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders' preferences in settling a time frame for ending the war in Iraq, as he weighed the fervent desires of the anti-war community that propelled him into office and the equally strong worries of the generals commanding troops in the war zone.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43849739&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Saturday land seized from white farmers would continue and a regional body had no right to hear disputes about land issues in his country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43849476&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Pakistan said on Saturday it had forced Taliban militants out of a key battleground in the global fight against extremism.