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How much government control of Web in cybercrisis?

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59805102&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK There's no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer.

Some lawmakers pull double duty as soldiers

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59804185&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As mortar fire and rockets bombarded 1st Lt. Jonathan Paton's Iraq camp, he got an urgent call on his cell phone: He had won re-election.

US forces move into central Afghan city

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59798413&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The soldiers hesitated as the mullah preached, unsure if they would be welcome at the celebration of one of Islam's highest holidays.

Suicide bombs kill 16, wound about 150 in Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59796696&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two suicide attacks killed 16 people and wounded more than 150 in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, showing Taliban militants are still able to strike despite heightened military operations and the slaying of their leader last month.

UN: Engage with rebels to protect humanitarian law

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59790940&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world body must engage more with insurgent groups in conflicts around the world to make sure they too are complying with the Geneva Conventions.

Iran to allow UN inspectors at its new nuke site

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59789035&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's nuclear chief says his country will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to inspect its newly revealed, still unfinished uranium enrichment facility.

Suicide bombs kill 16, wound about 150 in Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59784185&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two suicide car bombs killed 16 people and wounded about 150 others in separate attacks in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, just days after the Taliban warned suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an offensive. A third bomb injured four in the restive region.

Iraq catches 2 more prisoners from group jailbreak

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59784177&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi security teams recaptured Saturday two more prisoners from a stunning jailbreak that included al-Qaida-linked prisoners sentenced to death, a police official said.

Egyptian minister urges swap for Israeli soldier

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59775426&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Egypt's foreign minister urged Israel on Friday to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for an Israeli soldier captured in 2006.

Obama warns Iran: `come clean’ on nukes

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59763693&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Backed by other world powers, President Barack Obama declared Friday that Iran is speeding down a path to confrontation and demanded that Tehran quickly "come clean" on all nuclear efforts and open a newly revealed secret site for close international inspection. He said he would not rule out military action if the Iranians [...]