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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55857599&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The special inspector general overseeing tens of billions of dollars in Afghanistan reconstruction projects is warning of a lack of direction and communication among the U.S. agencies handling the work.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55857590&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Retailers are geared up for back-to-school shopping. But getting recession-weary parents similarly stoked — now, that might be tricky.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55857528&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Spain is prepared to boost its long-term troop presence in Afghanistan if conditions there require it, a Spanish official said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55849866&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday blamed the beginning of his legal troubles on a former U.N. envoy who he claimed misidentified Liberians fighting in Sierra Leone as his men.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55850954&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plans to kill the over-budget F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55849758&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions on a North Korean firm accused of involvement in the country's missile programs.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55846471&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea's seizure of a South Korean fishing boat and its four crew members raised fears that the communist nation could use the incident to exert pressure on Seoul amid badly strained ties between the rival countries.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55846459&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to stay away from the Aug. 20 elections, threatening to block the roads to polling stations and dismissing the balloting as an "American process."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55846338&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the United States is considering options for European missile defense other than current plans for a system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55846245&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A panel of scientific experts on Thursday launched what is expected to be a long, complex examination of the FBI's research in hunting the creator of the deadly anthrax letters of 2001.