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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55416199&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Senior officials from the U.S. and Vietnamese air forces are meeting in Hanoi this week, a sign of the growing cooperation between the former foes, officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55413785&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan said Thursday that securing hard-fought gains in the Swat Valley and ensuring the safe return of refugees uprooted by the government's anti-Taliban campaign should be Islamabad's top priority.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55413354&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Somali Islamist insurgents clashed with government forces and African Union peacekeepers, killing fighters on both sides and ten civilians, an army spokesman and witnesses said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55410891&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tests of a missile-defense system meant to shield Israel from Iranian attack were aborted over the past week on three occasions because of various malfunctions, Israeli defense officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55410872&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Soldiers and the sick cast early votes Thursday ahead of weekend elections that will determine the leadership of Iraq's Kurdish region, which is locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with the central government over oil-rich land.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55408738&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States, Britain and other NATO allies can expect to make more sacrifices and take new casualties as the war in Afghanistan escalates, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55406218&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's Defense Ministry will launch its first official Web site next month in what state media said Thursday was an effort by the secretive military to be more transparent.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55391065&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A 59-year-old retired soldier shot a female civilian worker to death Wednesday inside a bustling store at the Fort Lewis Army base, then shot and wounded himself, Army officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55390634&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Honduras' interim government said Wednesday it has offered a compromise to the chief mediator in talks to end the political crisis, as tens of thousands of people marched against the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55385994&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A colleague says a Russian human rights activist has been found dead weeks after going missing.