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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55494458&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Medical researchers say there may be a link between exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War and an increased chance of developing serious heart problems and Parkinson's disease.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55494114&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States has transferred 0 million to the Palestinians to help ease their government's growing budget crisis.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55492612&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's special envoy said Friday that Afghanistan's upcoming presidential contest will be imperfect, but the country cannot be held to a democratic standard that even the U.S. struggles to achieve.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55491427&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Security forces clashed with supporters of Honduras' ousted president on Friday as the government ordered everyone along the border off the streets in an attempt to block his return.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55491425&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The tweets still fly and the videos hit YouTube whenever protesters take to the streets in Iran — even as the Internet battle there turns more grueling.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55491306&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq said Friday it was investigating reports that U.S. delegates and Sunni insurgents held reconciliation talks in Turkey this year, alleging the meetings violated Iraqi sovereignty and showed tolerance for terrorists.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55491108&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. citizen trying to challenge the ban on travel to Cuba on Friday bemoaned his inability to get arrested or cited — even after having his passport stamped in Havana and bringing back Cuban memorabilia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55489265&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Fellow Iranian hard-liners stepped up pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday to obey the supreme leader's order to dismiss his top deputy, warning that continued defiance would undermine his legitimacy and alienate his supporters.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55488270&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah want to maintain the truce that ended a devastating 2006 war despite a series of incidents that have raised tensions along the border, a U.N. envoy said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55488266&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pentagon's top lawyer says the Obama administration is considering transferring some prisoners from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to a detention facility in the United States despite congressional opposition.