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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51586814&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Iranian security officials defused a bomb planted on a domestic passenger plane, officials said on Sunday, the latest incident of violence in the run-up to the June 12 presidential election.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51584214&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Taliban fighters clashed with Pakistani troops in a northwest tribal region Sunday, intelligence officials said, an ominous round of battles that killed dozens just as the military savored its victory over insurgents in the Swat Valley's main city.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51580610&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Intelligence officials say clashes between the Pakistani military and the Taliban have left around 50 insurgents dead in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51563905&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Relatives of Sept. 11 victims say they're angry that the Justice Department is supporting the Saudi royal family's bid to be removed from a 9/11 lawsuit.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51561929&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army's advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in its offensive against militants in the country's northwest, commanders said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51558441&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Lebanon charged four people with collaborating with Israel on Saturday, raising to 23 the number of suspected spies who have been charged in the last few months, a court official said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51553241&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea's progress on nuclear weapons and long-range missiles is "a harbinger of a dark future" and has created an urgent need for more pressure on the reclusive communist government to change its ways, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51540416&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A battle in a militant-controlled region of western Afghanistan left 30 insurgents and nine Afghan soldiers dead, while a roadside bomb in the country's north wounded an Afghan governor, officials said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51537726&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday that his efforts to restore democratic freedoms and the rule of law to Zimbabwe have so far failed.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51534514&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A leading human rights group has asked the United Nations to publicize its estimate of civilian deaths in the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war amid escalating reports over how many died.