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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53406778&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal said Wednesday that U.S. and other NATO troops must make a "cultural shift" away from being a force designed for high intensity combat and instead make protecting Afghan civilians their first priority.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53404398&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Riot police in Iran's capital fired tear gas and bullets in the air Wednesday in clashes with protesters who converged on a square near the parliament building in defiance of government orders to halt demonstrations demanding a new presidential election, witnesses said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53403992&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pentagon says no decision has been made on whether to contact and request inspection of a suspected North Korean arms ship that the U.S. has been tracking for a week.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53400600&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A nurse fixed a black wig on Razia's scarred and disfigured scalp before the 8-year-old took off around the emergency room to bid farewell to the staff who cared for her after white phosphorous scorched her head, face, neck and hands.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53399674&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States and Venezuela are working to send ambassadors back to each other's capitals.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53397389&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft have fired missiles at suspected militant targets in Pakistan's tribal region dozens of times in the past two years. Here are details of some of the deadliest attacks, based on information from Pakistani officials:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53390010&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain has replaced America as Iran's "Great Satan."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53373103&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators who want a disputed presidential election annulled, effectively closing the door to compromise with the opposition.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53370748&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israelis moving to the West Bank accounted for more than a third of settler population growth in recent years, government statistics show, undercutting Israel's argument that it is continuing settlement construction only to accommodate growing families already living there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53370747&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK White House officials phoned a blogger from a popular left-leaning Web site on Monday evening to tell him that President Barack Obama had been impressed with his online reporting about Iran. Could the writer pass along a question from an Iranian during the president's news conference on Tuesday?