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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62254931&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62252880&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Taliban's brazen attack on U.N. election workers undermines the U.N.'s ability to help steer Afghanistan through a runoff election in only 10 days. Although the U.N. insists it will not be deterred by the assault, another big attack could derail its limited ability to assure a credible vote and remain in the [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62251272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that would give the Obama administration authority to impose tougher sanctions on Iran for failing to come clean about its suspect nuclear program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62247916&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A space scientist accused of attempted espionage was ordered held without bond Thursday after prosecutors said he was a "walking safe deposit box" of government secrets who claimed to have already passed some of them to Israel.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62247869&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An outraged U.N. torture investigator said Thursday he believes Zimbabwe's president may be the reason he was blocked from the country, a move that could further isolate the struggling nation and its fragile coalition government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62247719&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A British man kidnapped by Somali pirates while vacationing on a yacht with his wife said in an interview released Thursday that the sea bandits had crept aboard with guns while he was asleep and demanded money.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62247676&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An al-Qaida sleeper agent who admitted having contact with the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62246151&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Engineering and construction company KBR Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 14 percent as revenue declined in its biggest business, government and infrastructure, and in its military work in Iraq as the U.S. has fewer projects there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62245149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Los Angeles police have released a 17-year-old boy detained after a shooting wounded two men at a North Hollywood synagogue.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62244934&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq detained dozens of security officials responsible for protecting the Baghdad district where twin suicide bombings this week killed 155 people, and authorities said Thursday they are trying to determine whether they were negligent or even had a role in the attack.