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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61705561&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61705152&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China is building its cyberwarfare capabilities and appears to be using the growing technical abilities to collect U.S. intelligence through a sophisticated and long-term computer attack campaign, according to an independent report.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61701332&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported Thursday that the insurgents are digging in for a fight and travel the roads freely.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61697290&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization's top official said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61697284&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi security forces arrested 14 suspected al-Qaida members in western and northern Iraq, including three who were formerly detained by U.S. troops in the country, local police officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61696703&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Radovan Karadzic has threatened to boycott his genocide trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, saying in a letter released Thursday he needs more time to prepare.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61691964&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will prod NATO allies this week for more economic and security aid to Afghanistan while trying to sidestep the simmering international debate over sending more troops to the fight.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61690783&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday against military regulations prohibiting Palestinian motorists from using a West Bank road, but stopped short of banning a widespread security measure that has drawn charges of discrimination.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61690467&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that Europe was threatened by medium and short-range missiles and a new missile defense system would help protect it.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61686994&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suspected militants on a motorbike fatally shot a senior army officer and a soldier in the Pakistani capital Thursday, striking at security forces as the military wages a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.