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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53369821&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A hardline Somali rebel on a U.N. list of terror suspects called the country's Western-backed government powerless Wednesday and vowed to fight any foreign troops who try to prop up the administration.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53369795&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Just a few weeks ago, they would have been virtually unthinkable acts of defiance in Iran: standing up to the supreme leader, ignoring his warnings to stay off the streets — then chanting for his death.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53368999&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese military officials said Wednesday the countries will work together to avoid confrontations at sea that have sparked worries of a crisis in overall relations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53367861&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Behind President Barack Obama's toughened but modulated response to the Iranian election crisis is a calculation that when the dust settles, the United States will still face an unpredictable adversary that gets closer every day to producing nuclear weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53367080&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan and coalition forces killed 23 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan army general said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53365526&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Some of the influential clerics and political figures in Iran's ruling Islamic establishment that serve below Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some serve on more than one of the panels.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53362981&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the militant group as it braces for an impending army assault in the volatile northwest.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53358820&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An American destroyer tailed a North Korean ship Tuesday as it sailed along China's coast, U.S. officials said, amid concerns the vessel is carrying illicit arms destined for Myanmar.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53358819&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the militant group as it braces for an impending army assault in the volatile northwest.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53357992&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A key House Democrat on Tuesday criticized so-called fiscal conservatives for approving millions of dollars for an outdated weapon system, while complaining about ballooning deficits.