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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51495487&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The White House says the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world is "in need of substantial improvement."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51474579&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three years ago, the U.S. thinned out its presence in Baghdad and Iraqi forces could not stem the tide of sectarian fighting. By the end of June, Iraq's forces will again be in control of their cities — and many Iraqis wonder if they are up to the task.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51473564&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A team of U.N. investigators will visit Gaza next week to examine whether Israeli troops and Hamas militants committed war crimes during their three-week conflict, the global body said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51459148&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Indian navy said Friday it thwarted a pirate attack on a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51459090&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb exploded inside a bus station north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 10, police said, the deadliest in a series of attacks in northern Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51459068&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran blamed the U.S. and Israel on Friday for a bombing in a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran that killed 25 people, saying the countries were trying to stoke sectarian tension with the Sunni Muslim minority.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51459013&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leading reformist challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Iranian presidential race said Friday his country's ties with the U.S. could improve if Washington were to halt economic sanctions against Iran.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51455388&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea defiantly test-fired another short-range missile Friday and warned it would act in "self-defense" if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions against the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51453808&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Officials say a Russian naval ship accidentally shelled a village not far from St. Petersburg.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51452799&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A timeline of nuclear and missile developments in North Korea: