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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55660624&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Kurdish opposition group has made an surprisingly strong showing in elections for the Kurdish self-rule region in northern Iraq, tapping into widespread frustration over alleged corruption and intimidation by the longtime ruling establishment.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55659383&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing body counts of insurgents believed killed in operations because the tolls distract from the U.S. objective of protecting Afghans, a spokesman said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55656974&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani authorities are detaining for one month an Islamist cleric who brokered a failed peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley to investigate whether he inappropriately aided the militants, officials said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55655852&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama, opening two days of high-level talks with China, said the discussions could lay the groundwork for a new era of "sustained cooperation, not confrontation" in a relationship likely to shape the 21st century.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55643644&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK European Union nations on Monday unanimously supported expanding the bloc's anti-terror cooperation with the United States to stop the transfer of funds supporting terror groups.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55637953&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two small explosions have hit the Tajik capital before a high-profile meeting between the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia, highlighting security concerns in the impoverished Central Asian nation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55634419&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two people were killed Monday in bombings across Iraq targeting police officers, considered the weakest link among the Iraqi security forces that have taken the lead from withdrawing American forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55630778&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Indian court on Monday found two Muslim men and a woman guilty in twin bombings that killed 52 people and wounded 100 in the country's financial capital, Mumbai, six years ago.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55627870&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's defense minister told visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday that his country is taking "no option" off the table regarding Iran's nuclear program, indicating that a military strike remains a possibility even as the U.S. tries to persuade Israel to give diplomacy more time.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55625952&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea suggested a new dialogue Monday to resolve tensions over its atomic weapons programs — an apparent invitation to the U.S. to engage in one-on-one talks after Pyongyang bolstered its negotiating power with nuclear and missile tests.