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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51380533&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A military helicopter crashed at Wheeler Army Airfield during a test flight Wednesday, killing both soldiers aboard, the U.S. Army said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51380427&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A slain lawyer's taped accusations that the president wanted him dead threaten to topple Guatemala's first leftist government in more than 50 years and have sharpened the political divide between rich and poor.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51375196&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korean and U.S. troops facing North Korea boosted their alert level Thursday to the highest category since 2006, after the communist regime threatened military strikes on allied troops in escalating tensions over its nuclear test.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51373963&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years after his government refused to renew the concession of an opposition-aligned television station.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51372777&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Fidel Castro criticized former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney for defending American interrogation methods against terror suspects, saying in comments published Wednesday that torture should never be used to extract information.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51368571&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Key world powers have proposed a range of expanded U.N. sanctions against North Korea in response to its recent nuclear test as well as measures to give teeth to existing bans and ship searches against the reclusive Asian nation, a U.N. diplomat said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51364316&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The nation's two intelligence chiefs are locked in a turf battle over overseas posts, forcing National Security Adviser James L. Jones to mediate, according to current and former government officials.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51362328&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Commanders at Fort Campbell who have dealt with at least 11 suicides this year — the most at any Army base — have set aside routine duties for three days to find and help soldiers at risk of killing themselves as they struggle with the stress of war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51355364&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi waited in the wings as his wife warmed up the crowd. Zahra Rahnavard quickly had them roaring in approval — and her husband beaming — as she ticked off her demands for women's rights and other reforms.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=51347035&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea threatened military action Wednesday against U.S. and South Korean warships plying the waters near the Koreas' disputed maritime border, raising the specter of a naval clash just days after the regime's underground nuclear test.