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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59667935&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Officials say two French military fighter jets have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during a training mission and that one pilot is missing.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59666947&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China rejected the idea Thursday that more sanctions would pressure Iran to give up its nuclear program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59666718&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration came under fire from U.S. lawmakers on Thursday for surprising Congress and American allies with its decision to drastically alter European missile defense plans.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59665272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Drenched in sweat, Army Capt. Aaron Hall peeled off his soggy socks and applied a liberal dose of foot powder before slipping on a dry pair and rallying his troops back to their throbbing feet. For an outfit used to being ferried from fight to fight in armored vehicles, a 50-mile march through [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59664988&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed four people in northwestern Pakistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59663766&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tens of thousands of Yemenis displaced by warfare between the government and Shiite rebels are stranded around the war zone with aid agencies unable to reach them because of the intensified fighting, U.N. officials and rights activists said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59663212&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Senate voted Thursday to triple foreign aid to Pakistan, with lawmakers saying the legislation could change the crisis-driven nature of U.S.-Pakistan relations and create ties based more on long-term interests.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59662535&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama warned the world community that North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threaten not only North Asia but the whole international community, and "cannot be condoned under any circumstances."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59662110&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK With President Barack Obama presiding over a historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution Thursday committing all nations to work for a nuclear weapons-free world.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59653035&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. aircraft and Iraqi patrols combined in a massive manhunt Thursday after the escape of 16 prisoners — including five al-Qaida-linked inmates awaiting execution — who apparently crawled through a bathroom window in a makeshift jail on a former compound of Saddam Hussein.