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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57690522&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behavior, his lawyer said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57688904&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain's prime minister paid a surprise visit Saturday to British troops in southern Afghanistan, promising more help to cope with Taliban insurgents who have inflicted casualties on the embattled force and undercut support in Britain for the war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57687855&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Helicopter gunships destroyed a training camp for suicide bombers in northwestern Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley overnight, killing six suspected Taliban fighters, the army said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57687675&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After three tours in Iraq, U.S. Marine Sgt. Andre Leon was used to brutal shootouts with enemy fighters and expected more of the same in Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57686654&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two Syrians previously held at Guantanamo Bay have arrived in Portugal as free men, the government said Saturday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57686607&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two truck bombs struck separate communities north of Iraq's capital on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in the latest attacks that indicate insurgents are targeting relatively unprotected areas as security forces focus on defending the cities.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57684628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea freed four South Korean fishermen and their boat on Saturday, an official said, the latest in a string of goodwill gestures that indicate Pyongyang's desire to patch up relations with Seoul.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57684604&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Taiwan's president says he will not meet with the Dalai Lama when the Tibetan spiritual leader visits the island Sunday to comfort victims of the island's worst storm in half a century.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57676895&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The head of the Organization of American States closed the door Friday on a compromise offered by Honduras' interim leader because it would not restore the president ousted in a coup.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57667839&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Marines won't reinstate charges against the highest-ranking officer accused of a crime in Iraq.