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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51346409&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned on Wednesday that North Korea faces consequences for its nuclear and missile tests and denounced its "provocative and belligerent" threats.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51346316&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The court trying Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating the terms of her house arrest disqualified all but one witness in her defense Wednesday, making it likely that the proceedings will finish this week, one of her lawyers said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51345719&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration moved Wednesday to impose financial sanctions on two men accused of providing financial support to the Hezbollah terror group.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51345245&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Afghan government quietly dumped more than 1,000 Shiite texts and other books from Iran into a river after a local governor complained that their content insulted the country's Sunni majority.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51344877&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lankan troops on a mission to flush out the remnants of the Tamil Tiger rebels killed 11 suspected guerrillas in eastern jungles Wednesday, the military said, in the largest clash since declaring it had won its 25-year war against the insurgents.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51344607&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano wanted to make it clear to Canada on Wednesday that she knows she misspoke when she erroneously said that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists entered the United States through Canada.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51342752&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The White House says North Korea's threats against South Korea will not give it the attention Pyongyang wants and will only add to its isolation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51338382&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Political ties between NATO and Russia are gradually improving following the break caused by the Russo-Georgian war, but a ministerial meeting is needed to pave the way for military cooperation, officials said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51337150&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's judiciary is warning law firms to rein in lawyers who take up human rights and other politically sensitive cases, lawyers said Wednesday, increasing the pressure in a government campaign that has so far failed to curb growing legal activism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51336980&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A defense contractor has admitted paying a bribe and submitting sham bids for a contract to provide Iraqi security forces with bullet proof vests.