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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51239808&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel is prepared to dismantle nearly two dozen wildcat settlement outposts in the West Bank in the next few weeks if the U.S. drops its objections to continued building in existing, government-sanctioned settlements, Israeli officials say.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51232124&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lanka's military said it plans to enlist at least 100,000 more soldiers to head off any resurgence of the separatist Tamil Tigers, who were routed by government forces last week to end a quarter century of civil war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51231562&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela could eventually withdraw from the Organization of American States and seek Cuba's help to create an alternative regional group.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51227661&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. Security Council swiftly condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning them and said it will start work immediately on a new one that could result in stronger measures against the reclusive nation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51225583&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, long a fierce critic of Beijing, toured China's financial capital on Monday on a visit focused on environmental issues rather than human rights, though her presence emboldened protesters.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51220980&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant North as a facilitator of the atomic ambitions of others, potentially even terrorists.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51220672&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Somali pirates who hijacked the Danish tug Svitzer Korsakov telephoned Yemen, Djibouti and Dubai in a futile search for someone to collect a ransom and forward it to them for a fee. To the captive captain, they seemed like amateurs with no backup on shore.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51220322&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program, according to a secret Israeli government report obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51218672&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. military lawyers asked Afghanistan's highest court Monday to demand the release of a Guantanamo prisoner they say was only about 12 years old — not 18, as the military maintains — when he was sent to the detention center in Cuba.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51218517&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Taliban on Monday urged civilians to return to the Swat Valley's main city, promising they would not attack security forces battling for control out of concern for the safety of trapped residents.