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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55433686&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's popularity has boosted America's image abroad even though deep suspicions about the U.S. persist in the Muslim world, according to a poll released Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55429577&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense system meant to shield Israel from Iranian attack hit a snag when a series of tests were aborted because of malfunctions, defense officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55427042&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea refused to re-enter talks to terminate its nuclear weapons program Thursday despite a united front of Asian nations spearheaded by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to get it back to the bargaining table.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55422666&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Italy has blocked the nearly euro13-million (-million) sale of two luxury yachts believed to have been bound for the impoverished nation of North Korea in violation of international sanctions, authorities said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55421979&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK France's Foreign Ministry questioned Israel's ambassador Thursday and demanded an immediate end to Jewish settlement building and freer movement in and out of Gaza.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55421831&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The trial of the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks will continue despite his surprise admission of guilt, a judge ruled Thursday, ensuring that the young Pakistani will be prosecuted for all 86 charges including murder and conspiracy to wage war against India.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55421602&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A majority of Americans oppose both the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, though the war in Afghanistan is a little more popular. Here are details:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55420749&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's prime minister says the divisions between the Kurds in Iraq's north and the rest of the country are one of the most dangerous challenges facing his country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55418444&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The wife of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Thursday that her brother is among the hundreds arrested in Iran's postelection crackdown, and she warned authorities not to publish any "forced confessions" from him or other detainees.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55416222&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An American-born al-Qaida recruit has become one of the counterterrorism world's most valuable informants, giving investigators a rare look at al-Qaida's day-to-day operations in a lawless region bordering Pakistan which U.S. officials have struggled to infiltrate, investigators say.