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US envoy says Mumbai-style attacks must be stopped

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53493308&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. national security adviser said Thursday that attacks like last year's deadly siege in Mumbai must be prevented and vowed to help Pakistan and India improve their relations to combat the militant threat.

Pakistan urges US to end drone attacks

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53491492&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's national security adviser reiterated the United States' strong support for Pakistan in its battle with Taliban militants during talks with senior Pakistani leaders on Thursday.

UK looks to young geeks to secure cyberspace

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53491438&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain is hiring former computer hackers to join a new security unit aimed at protecting cyberspace from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, the country's terrorism minister said.

North Korea vows to enlarge its atomic arsenal

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53486761&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea vowed Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" in the event of a U.S. attack, as the regime marked the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War.

Mousavi claims pressure to drop election challenge

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53486636&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says on his official Web site that his access to people is being restricted and that he is being pressured to withdraw his election challenge.

Mousavi Web site: 70 professors detained in Iran

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53485527&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Nixon administration pressured Israel on nukes

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53482857&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Inside the Nixon administration four decades ago, American officials weighed options to pressure Israel to declare that it had a nuclear weapons program.

House passes $44B Homeland Security spending bill

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53455773&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The House passed a billion spending bill Wednesday that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.

Venezuela, US move to restore expelled ambassadors

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53437443&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Venezuela and the United States said Wednesday that they will return expelled ambassadors, moving to repair relations that deteriorated sharply amid hostility between Washington and socialist President Hugo Chavez.

Senate votes to triple non-defense aid to Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53437442&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Senate voted Wednesday to triple nonmilitary aid to Pakistan in hopes of bolstering economic and political stability there and to help change the negative attitudes of many Pakistanis toward America.