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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57667628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military is bungling its outreach to the Muslim world and squandering good will by failing to live up to its promises, the nation's highest-ranking military officer wrote Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57664205&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A soldier returning home from Iraq received grim news as soon as he arrived — his father died in a car crash while en route to greet him.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57658176&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Colombian President Alvaro Uribe defended his U.S. military alliance against tough criticism from other South American presidents on Friday, saying the United States was alone in answering Colombia's call for help against drug traffickers and terrorists.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57658037&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. Marines came uninvited to Abdul-Hamid's home in this southern Afghan town and made their presence felt.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57657993&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thirteen-year-old David Rojas didn't tell his mother how terribly he missed her while she was on Navy deployments to the Middle East, because he worried it would upset her.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57655538&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In a bid to end feuding between Zimbabwe's coalition partners, South African President Jacob Zuma met with President Robert Mugabe and other leaders Friday and appeared cautiously optimistic that their differences could be resolved.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57655373&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Inconclusive election results in Afghanistan, disappointing voter turnout and the prospect of rising ethnic tensions and political turmoil are new roadblocks to the Obama administration's plan to turn around a backsliding war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57655360&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A northern New Jersey mayor said he's going to court Friday to stop renovation work at the mansion where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wants to stay next month when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57655300&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Justice Department says the alleged leader of a group of Muslim rebels who took U.S. citizens and others hostage in the Philippines in 1995 has been extradited to the United States to stand trial.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57655183&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thousands of mourners marched through Baghdad behind the coffin of one of the country's most powerful Shiite leaders on Friday, and eulogies from rivals and allies reflected deep worry over the political void left by his death.