http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59537534&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The attorney representing a Colorado man at the center of a terror probe into an alleged train bombing plot plans to add lawyers to his team after a judge questioned his federal court experience.
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Stadiums, hotels put on alert amid terror probe
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59535307&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The government expanded a terrorism warning from transit systems to U.S. stadiums, hotels and entertainment complexes as investigators searched for more suspects Tuesday in a possible al-Qaida plot to set off hydrogen-peroxide bombs hidden in backpacks.
Thai leader says US moving toward engaging Myanmar
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59532803&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that the United States and Europe appeared toward engaging Myanmar rather than a policy of sanctions only as a means of encouraging political change in the military-run country.
Frustration over Obama’s Afghanistan war policy
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59529965&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Military officials voiced frustration and congressional leaders urged caution Tuesday over what they described as President Barack Obama's shifting strategy in Afghanistan, six months after he committed thousands more U.S. troops to the stalemated war there.
Policy center urges deeper US-China relationship
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59525563&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A strategic think tank with close connections to the Obama administration is calling on the White House to develop better and broader relations with China.
US soldier charged with murder in Iraq base death
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59525551&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in the slaying of a civilian contractor on an American base in Iraq, the military said Tuesday.
Dem to White House: Keep focus on Afghanistan
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59519431&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is urging the White House to send more troops to Afghanistan and stick with a military strategy that was outlined six months ago.
Afghan officials live in fear of Taliban assassins
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59516474&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK During his two years as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, Arsalah Jamal survived four suicide attacks.
Girls school attacked in troubled NW Pakistan
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59516470&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suspected Islamist militants blew up a girls school close to the main city in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. The school was empty at the time of the blast and no one was injured.
NYC trains raise security after terrorism warning
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59508413&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK New York City's transit agency says it has increased police presence at "key locations" in light of a continuing terrorism probe.