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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57751005&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide bomber killed at least 15 police recruits Sunday in Pakistan's Swat Valley in the deadliest attack since the army regained control over the northwestern valley from the Taliban, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57750987&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military says the number of Iraqi detainees has dropped below 9,000 from a high of 27,000 in 2007.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57750931&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57750889&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A South African newspaper reported Sunday that the army is investigating an alleged plot by disgruntled soldiers to kidnap the defense minister and top military officials.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57750694&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's president defended Moscow's role in World War II before the 70th anniversary of its outbreak, saying in an interview broadcast Sunday that anyone who lays equal blame on the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany is telling a "cynical lie."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57749437&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan rejected accusations its army illegally modified American-made missiles to increase its land-strike capability, denying Sunday that it reconfigured anti-ship weapons in a way that could target India.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57747952&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's president defended his proposed Cabinet ministers Sunday against accusations by lawmakers that they don't have the necessary qualifications and are simply unquestioning loyalists.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57746734&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Fighting subsided Sunday along China's southern border after days of clashes between Myanmar government troops and ethnic rebels sent up to 30,000 refugees streaming into China.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57740284&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Militants gunned down a provincial counterterrorism chief in eastern Afghanistan after ambushing his convoy, an official said Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57737946&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Authorities are investigating whether Australian law was broken after an Australian-owned ship was seized in the United Arab Emirates carrying North Korean weapons bound for Iran, an official said Sunday.