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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53356901&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A man who helped the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by broadcasting its television programs in New York City has been sentenced to more than a year in prison.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53353988&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged military leaders from the Persian Gulf region to help with security and development of Afghanistan, saying there is only a "fleeting opportunity" now to turn the stalemated war around.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53352222&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States says the Swedish ambassador in North Korea has visited two American reporters sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53350359&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's military offensive against insurgents appears to be sapping money and weapons that might otherwise be going to militants fighting on the other side of the border in Afghanistan, a U.S. commander said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53350496&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An impending missile test threatened by North Korea is expected to launch short- to medium-range missiles rather than a long-range missile similar to one tested in April, according to U.S. intelligence reports.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53319128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit out at Baghdad on Tuesday, describing oil and gas contracts due to be awarded by the federal government at the end of this month as "unconstitutional".

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53320018&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Indian court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for 22 Pakistani nationals accused of masterminding last year's deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks, including the founder of an Islamist militant group recently freed by a Pakistani court.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53319746&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Kurdish candidates have begun campaigning for the first elections in four years in their semiautonomous territory in northern Iraq — and the kickoff heralds an unusually bitter campaign.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53317515&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Shiite lawmakers loyal to an anti-U.S. cleric demanded Tuesday that parliament summon Iraq's defense minister to answer allegations that four men were killed by attackers in Iraqi army uniforms in Baghdad's former militia stronghold of Sadr City.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=53316313&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's top electoral body said Tuesday it found "no major fraud" and will not annul the results of the presidential election, closing the door to a do-over sought by angry opposition supporters alleging systematic vote-rigging.