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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64137230&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A remote-controlled bomb planted in a water station exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and a relative said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64126778&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry between the Middle East's two powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64125627&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's military says it has carried out three airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a weapons-manufacturing facility and weapons smuggling tunnels.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64103492&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's president says it's up to his nation's judicial system to determine whether three American hikers detained in his country will be released or punished.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64100963&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama convened his war council again Monday to fine-tune a strategy to respond to the intransigent violence.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64099109&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The world must engage, not isolate Iran in the push for Middle East peace and Iranian leaders should negotiate with Western nations for a "just and balanced" solution to concerns over its nuclear program, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64094687&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A senior Pentagon official says that preventing roadside bombs from killing troops has proven to be tougher in Afghanistan than in Iraq because of the austere conditions there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64094668&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamic militant group for more than three years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64082793&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's parliament amended the country's vetoed election law on Monday with a version that failed to appease Sunni Arabs, who fear they are being marginalized.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64076299&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. on Monday agreed to hand out millions of dollars in development aid to provinces in Afghanistan that have eliminated or reduced the production of opium poppies, the raw ingredient in making heroin.