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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55791707&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In an unprecedented move, a French general will take over a key NATO command in Norfolk, Virginia, charged with transforming the Europe-centered Cold War alliance to tackle today's global challenges, NATO said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55791676&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Venezuelan rights activists said Wednesday that President Hugo Chavez's government is using the courts to stifle protests.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55791502&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Soldiers in tanks and armored cars besieged the shelled compound of a radical Islamist sect and sporadic gunfire exploded as hundreds of innocents fled Wednesday, the third day of fighting in Nigeria's northern city of Maiduguri.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55790439&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday praised Britain's call to reconcile with moderate Taliban guerrillas.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55789272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the United States will restrict intelligence-sharing with the U.K. if a British court reveals secret details of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee's treatment, a British government lawyer said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55787906&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Antiterrorism officials are increasingly concerned about American-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training and then return home, sometimes quietly recruiting followers over the years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55784872&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A high-ranking Kremlin aide said Wednesday that Russia aims to establish a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United State also has an important air base, Russian news agencies reported.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55783815&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States will restrict intelligence-sharing with the U.K. if a British court reveals portions of a ruling detailing a former Guantanamo Bay detainee's treatment, a government lawyer said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55779759&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Basque separatist group's No. 1 leader was nabbed in France as he slept late last year. His replacement lasted only a matter of weeks. Over the past couple of years, Spanish and French police have put most of ETA's leadership in jail, and with each arrest comes new claims the group has [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55773846&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Sudanese female journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public in violation of the country's strict Islamic laws told a packed Khartoum courtroom Wednesday she is resigning from a U.N. job that grants her immunity so she can challenge the law on women's public dress code.