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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61681570&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The State Department's internal watchdog called Thursday for officials to demand a rebate of more than $132 million from a company that built the massive new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to make up for shoddy work.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61667659&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration is urging China, Japan and other countries to scale down their Iranian petroleum purchases to put pressure on Iran while the U.S. and others consider toughening economic sanctions on the regime.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61667365&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Security forces searched a remote area of northern Afghanistan on Thursday after villagers reported an unidentified aircraft crashed into the towering Hindu Kush mountains.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61662240&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior Afghan intelligence official says a military aircraft has crashed into the country's northern mountains.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61660703&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's deputy parliament speaker on Thursday dismissed an internationally backed draft plan to have Tehran ship its uranium abroad for enrichment, the official IRNA news agency reported.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61653686&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. defense secretary said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61643104&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Kyrgyzstan's parliament overwhelmingly backed measures Thursday to broaden the president's powers and drastically streamline the government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61639944&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After fleeing their bloodied homeland, where violence and increasing conservatism confine their compatriots' lives, some Iraqis in exile are taking the opportunity to enjoy living outside the box.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61635708&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music — including theirs — was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support for President Barack Obama's push to shutter the Navy-run prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=61634508&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hugo Chavez's support has declined in the polls as many Venezuelans say they are fed up with 27 percent inflation, a stagnant economy, faulty public services — and a government they see as incapable of doing much about it.