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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51290400&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pentagon is prepared to leave fighting forces in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between the United States and Iraq that would bring all American troops home by 2012, the top U.S. Army officer said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51289339&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama called on Myanmar's government Tuesday to immediately free Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner detained under house arrest since 2003.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51289245&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. government is still officially mum on technical details of the North Korean nuclear explosion, but former government and independent analysts say the test shows North Korean's technical skills slightly improving.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51289154&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea lashed out Tuesday at the United States and reportedly launched two more short-range missiles even as U.N. Security Council members debated possible new sanctions against the communist nation for its latest nuclear test.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51286851&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Five percent of Guantanamo Bay detainees have participated in terrorist activities since their release from the U.S. Navy prison, the Pentagon said Tuesday. An additional 9 percent are believed to have joined — or rejoined — the fight against the U.S. and its allies, according to Defense Department data released amid a simmering [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51286652&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is combining White House staffs dealing with international and homeland security, predicting the change will make Americans safer.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51286637&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Lakshmi Rasamy reached through the barbed wire enclosing this displacement camp, grabbed her mother's hand and wept for her four children who were killed in the last spasm of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51286618&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration has tough words for North Korea, but it's looking to China and Russia to do the heavy lifting to punish Pyongyang for its latest nuclear explosion.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51284636&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Five percent of Guantanamo Bay detainees have participated in terrorist activities since their release from the U.S. navy prison, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51284446&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bolivia denied supplying uranium to Iran for its nuclear program, saying Tuesday that it has never produced the metallic element, a key ingredient for nuclear energy and weapons.