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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57109842&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A French tourist was freed Friday three months after being kidnapped in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, authorities said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57108156&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A high-level delegation of North Korean officials paid their respects Friday to late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, shaking his sons' hands and leaving a wreath at the National Assembly mourning site.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57106858&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea is a mysterious place for most Americans. Even senior U.S. diplomats rarely set foot there, let alone meet top North Korean officials face to face.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57104227&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Australia's government designated a Somali extremist group with links to al-Qaida as a terrorist organization on Friday, just weeks after several men allegedly associated with the group were charged with planning a suicide attack on an Australian military base.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57088398&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claims in a new book that he was pressured by other members of President George W. Bush's Cabinet to raise the nation's terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57087488&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57087493&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Opponents dominated a public meeting Thursday on moving terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in this small town, many accusing President Barack Obama of making Michigan a target for killer jihadists.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57083623&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The violence-scarred elections in Afghanistan provided a stage for the Taliban to show war-weary Americans and Afghans that it has rebounded and can strike — even after eight years of war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57082922&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. Army is turning to an unlikely weapon in a fight against sprawl in Texas. An endangered songbird.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57082497&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Al-Qaida in Iraq is the most likely suspect behind massive truck bombings targeting major government institutions in Baghdad.