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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62242664&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Honduras' opposing political factions resumed talks Thursday and expressed hope that a deal could be reached soon to end the power crisis that has paralyzed the country since a coup four months ago.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62242255&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia and the United States are scrambling to address disagreements over a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with a little over a month left until the existing agreement between the Cold War adversaries expires.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62242715&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama is considering sending large numbers of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan next year but fewer than his war commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, prefers, U.S. officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62242187&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The use of homemade bombs extends well beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, making the weapons a global problem that requires an international solution, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62241220&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Honduras' interim government has filed a case at the U.N.'s highest court accusing Brazil of meddling in internal Honduran affairs by allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay at its embassy in Tegucigalpa, the court announced Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62242072&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama Thursday restored an independent intelligence advisory agency's authority to tell the attorney general if it thinks that a U.S. intelligence agency may have broken the law, a move intended to improve oversight of those agencies.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62233823&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called new arms and energy deals between Russia and Ecuador just a beginning as Moscow strives to deepen ties in Latin America.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62233524&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Lebanon-based al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a rocket attack against Israel this week, saying it was in retaliation for the Jewish state's crackdown on protesters at a Jerusalem shrine.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62233354&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. panel overseeing compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 Kuwait invasion said Thursday it has paid $610 million from Iraqi oil funds to cover losses from the war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62228543&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Kurdish lawmakers pushing for control of a northern oil-rich city boycotted a parliament session on Thursday that was to tackle a crucial election law needed for January's nationwide balloting, throwing into doubt the country's ability to pull off the upcoming elections on time.