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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52962902&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Al-Qaida-linked militants ambushed a convoy of Algerian police escorting Chinese construction workers near a highway building site, killing at least 21 officers and wounding several others, a local official and Algerian newspapers said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52962884&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi rallied in the streets of Tehran again Thursday over the disputed presidential election, answering the opposition leader's call to turn out dressed in black to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes, a witness said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52959715&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A special committee set up by Iraq's prime minister on Thursday began an investigation into allegations of widespread abuse and torture in Iraq's prisons, which is threatening to become a major issue ahead of Jan. 30 national elections.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52955051&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Somalia's president says al-Qaida is behind a suicide bombing that killed the national security minister in a western Somali town.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52954875&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suspected U.S. missile strikes pounded the hide-outs of a Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least eight people, government officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52954837&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Islamic insurgents and government forces pounded each other with mortar rounds in overnight battles in Somalia's capital, killing at least 17 people, witnesses said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52954141&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb strapped to a parked bicycle exploded near a construction office in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one employee and a child about 11 years old, police said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52952918&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia played down North Korea's belligerent threats Thursday, suggesting that the reclusive nation's rhetoric may be more menacing than its actual intentions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52933591&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration will pursue talks with Iran on nuclear and other issues regardless of who emerges as president in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=52926304&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday there may be 50 or more trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees as the Obama administration works to shut the detention center by early next year.