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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51531415&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=51524977&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The thin North Korean guard shuffles around in his dull green uniform, a pair of binoculars fixed to his eyes, while a squad of South Koreans in black helmets glare back silently from their positions across the border.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51524724&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK They would meet in secret, terrified of a KGB knock on the door. They laboriously typed out banned publications. Many ended up in prison, labor camps and exile.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51524469&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Italy's interior minister insisted Saturday that any decision to accept Guantanamo inmates must be unanimously made by members of the European Union and expressed worry the suspected terrorists might move easily through the union's loose borders.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51522872&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's former trade minister wanted on a corruption charge was arrested Saturday at the Baghdad airport after attempting to leave the country, a senior lawmaker said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51522741&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A moderate think tank led by Iran's former top nuclear negotiator accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of distorting facts about the country's nuclear program to depict himself as a hero and improve his chances in the upcoming election.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51520912&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=51517720&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Australia said Saturday it is considering a third request from the United States to resettle detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51517715&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani troops have retaken the largest town in the Swat Valley from the Taliban as the army presses its offensive against militants in the country's northwest, the army spokesman said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51516568&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States and its Asian allies are walking a fine line following North Korea's nuclear and missile tests: condemning the weapons threat without overplaying it.