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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51150971&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Sunday the Pentagon has enough challenges — including two wars — without rushing to overturn a decade-old policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military and incites political and social factions on both sides.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51150808&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK High-profile attacks in Iraq have fallen nearly 60 percent in the past year, the U.S. military said Sunday, though violence continues to plague the northern city of Mosul, where a suicide car bomber targeting an American convoy killed one Iraqi and wounded 45 others.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51150651&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain's female soldiers could soon battle enemy forces in face-to-face combat, if a ban on women serving in the most dangerous warfare roles is lifted for the first time.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51146979&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's decision to block access to Facebook — less than three weeks before nationwide elections — drew sharp criticism Sunday from a reformist opposition hoping to mobilize the youth vote and unseat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51146978&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK This part of Iraq, says Dr. Ayad al-Hadithy, is so conservative that a man would rather have his pregnant wife die in labor than be touched by a male nurse or doctor.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51146812&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West on Sunday not to meddle in relations between Russia and Ukraine, according to remarks cited by state-run news agencies.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51143578&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group denied a report by a German magazine linking it to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, saying Sunday that it was an attempt to tarnish its image before parliamentary elections.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51141034&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK It usually starts with a snitch and a sting operation, followed by a great deal of publicity and controversy.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51136558&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Sunday the Pentagon has enough challenges — including two wars — without rushing to overturn a decade-old policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military and incites political and social factions on both sides.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51133330&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. coalition troops detained four suspected al-Qaida members during a raid in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, while a roadside bomb in the south killed a NATO service member, officials said.