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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55846239&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Village leaders in a former Taliban stronghold are rebuilding their own militia to protect the area from militants holding out in nearby hills after fleeing the Pakistani army's offensive last spring.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55846000&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Israeli government report released Thursday insisted that "incessant" Hamas rocket attacks forced Israel to hit Gaza hard earlier this year, countering charges of war crimes but acknowledging that more than a dozen criminal inquiries are underway.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55845903&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hugo Chavez's government on Thursday accused Colombian authorities of trying to justify an intervention in Venezuela with its allegations that anti-tank weapons found in a rebel arms cache originated here.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55844519&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A powerful bomb on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca killed two police officers Thursday and authorities temporarily blocked all outgoing flights and ships from leaving as part of a manhunt.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55840177&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan says there is no evidence to back up the U.S. designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55840156&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands at a graveside memorial Thursday for victims of post-election violence, witnesses and state television said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55839267&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thousands of children in the Gaza Strip attempted to set a new world record Thursday by flying colorful homemade kites amid the ruins of Israel's bruising offensive earlier this year — a rare display of joy in the isolated seaside territory ruled by Hamas militants.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55832519&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Twelve people were killed by bombings in northern and western Iraq on Thursday, including seven in a building used by a Sunni-backed political group in Diyala province, said police.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55827373&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Rights groups urged China's government Thursday to disclose the whereabouts of a leading human rights lawyer who was detained by police in a dawn raid and has not been heard from since.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55827299&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iranian police blocked opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from attending a graveside memorial for victims of post-election unrest after he defied a government ban on the gathering.