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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57441285&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea's first rocket launch failed to push a satellite into orbit but may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months after the communist nation's own launch drew international condemnation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57438145&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that Venezuela is getting ready to break off diplomatic relations with Colombia over the neighboring country's plan to give American troops greater access to its military bases.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57405167&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military is rethinking its "golden hour" goal for critically injured troops, questioning whether it should spend a little longer evacuating patients to get them to a better hospital.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57400670&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States will stop issuing most visas on Wednesday at the U.S. Embassy in Honduras because the current government is standing by its refusal to sign an accord that would bring back overthrown President Manuel Zelaya.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57397256&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After weeks of denials, two Pakistani Taliban commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the group's top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was dead — claiming he died 18 days after a U.S. missile strike and disputing reports that the al-Qaida linked movement he left behind was falling apart.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57393183&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously Tuesday near a foreign-owned company that plans to build a road through an insurgent-held area. At least 41 people were killed, all civilians, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57387317&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration is setting strict new standards for treatment of terror suspects, as the Justice Department launches a criminal probe of past interrogation tactics during President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57385369&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the ore needed to make nuclear fuel, diplomats said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57385252&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously Tuesday in the Taliban's spiritual homeland near a foreign-owned construction company that had recently taken over a contract to build a road through an insurgent-held area. At least 41 people were killed, all civilians, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57385154&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to defuse an unusually public spat with the United States over West Bank settlements when he meets with a top U.S. envoy Wednesday morning.