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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57245706&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's extremely concerned by last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57245670&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Facing widespread criticism over security lapses, the Iraqi military on Sunday broadcast the confession of a Sunni man identified as the mastermind of one of two suicide truck bombings targeting government buildings in Baghdad.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57241411&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper is showing a photo of a healthier-looking Fidel Castro talking with the visiting Ecuadorean president.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57240814&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military's top uniformed officer expressed concern Sunday about eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan and said the country remains vulnerable to being taken over again by extremist forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57235310&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sen. John McCain said he wants the military leadership in Afghanistan to use the same aggressive approach that Gen. David Petraeus used successfully in Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57232156&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK There is no sign of a slowdown in the construction of homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank despite Israel's announcement that it has stopped approving new building, the Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said in a report issued Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57211040&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Honduras' Supreme Court says ousted President Manuel Zelaya would face trial if he returns to the Central American country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57198246&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Colombian police have captured a guerrilla suspected of killing a U.S. military contractor and a Colombian soldier after their surveillance plane crashed in the jungle in 2003, authorities said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57194826&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top militant leader and 1,000 fighters surrendered to the Nigerian government Saturday, turning in their weapons in the biggest hand-over since an amnesty began two weeks ago, but other fighters said attacks in the oil-rich Delta region will resume next month regardless.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57194669&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hamid Karzai's leading challenger accused him of using the Afghan state to "rig" this week's election and detailed allegations of cheating by government officials in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press.