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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59593034&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration, for a second straight day, frustrated Democratic lawmakers Wednesday by declining to say whether it backs their demands for more civil liberties safeguards in anti-terrorism surveillance and property seizures.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59589385&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK At a key moment in the conflict over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Tehran is speaking more softly, echoing President Barack Obama's call for eliminating nuclear weapons. But it's showing no sign of slowing what the U.S. calls a clandestine march to nuclear arms.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59587507&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday that North Korea must scrap its atomic weapons programs before the divided Korean Peninsula can be unified with the signing of a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59587172&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pentagon said Wednesday that a request for new troops from the U.S. commander in Afghanistan may have to be revised amid growing uncertainty inside the Obama administration over whether to escalate the American commitment to the eight-year war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59586554&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb exploded Wednesday outside a home in southwestern Baghdad, killing a woman and her two children, as other bombings killed at least seven Iraqi security personnel and a local politician in the capital and a volatile northern area.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59584322&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The arrest of a Queens imam who investigators had considered a trusted partner was a blow in more ways than one for law enforcement.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59584161&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Shortages among diplomats and civilian staff abroad have left U.S. reconstruction projects too reliant on military personnel to take their place, a nongovernment organization warned Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59580693&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Justice Department will continue Bush administration attempts to block certain lawsuits by claiming they threaten state secrets, but the agency announced Wednesday it will try to curb the use of such claims in the future.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59580435&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Senate has unanimously condemned the release of the Libyan terrorist convicted in Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie and called upon Libya to apologize for celebrating his return.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59580411&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada's seat at the United Nations will be empty during a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad because Ahmadinejad's comments about denying the Holocaust are repugnant, disgraceful and unacceptable.