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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57056367&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's government has expressed hope that elections in Afghanistan will bring stability to its western neighbor.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57053649&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bicycle bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad Thursday killing two people in a deadly reminder of Iraq's security problems as the death toll rose to at least 101 from a string of blasts the day before that mainly targeted heavily guarded government buildings.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57036210&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A former member of the Syrian military has pleaded innocent to conspiring to sell military-grade weapons to a U.S.-designated terrorist group in Colombia.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57027384&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Something unusual is cropping up alongside the tomatoes, eggplant and okra in Scott Byars' vegetable garden — the elephantine leaves of 30 tobacco plants.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57022369&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Threats of Taliban violence and rumors of fraud cast a shadow over Afghanistan's election, in which millions of voters will choose a new president Thursday to lead a nation plagued by armed insurgency, drugs, corruption and a feeble government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57015639&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's prime minister has blamed Sunni insurgents for a wave of deadly bombings in Baghdad and says the Iraqi government must re-evaluate security to confront the challenge.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57015415&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The White House is condemning the latest series of deadly attacks in Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57015102&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan journalists charged Wednesday that their government was violating the constitution by trying to censor reports of violence on election day, and they vowed to flout the order issued by an administration that appears increasingly hostile toward the media.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57013384&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A lawyer says 10 Zimbabwean lawmakers from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party have been arrested and charged with disturbing the peace as they headed into the Finance Ministry for a meeting.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57012466&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's prime minister on Wednesday effectively ruled out bringing treason charges against the country's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf.