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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64487519&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The White House spokesman says President Barack Obama held an unannounced meeting with members of his war council on Afghanistan in the Oval Office Sunday night.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64480257&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Washington Post reports that the White House is seeking to bring Pakistan into a new strategic partnership that would increase trade and military cooperation between the two nations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64470299&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea's navy rescued a North Korean soldier found in the waters off the west coast and authorities were questioning him over whether he had been spying, an official said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64447308&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hondurans on Sunday elected a new president whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and ending a crisis over a June coup that has isolated one of Latin America's poorest countries.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64441986&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Sunday that President Barack Obama's anticipated plan for significantly expanding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan must show how those reinforcements will help increase the size of the Afghan security forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64441568&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64439166&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Sunday that President Barack Obama's anticipated plan for significantly expanding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan must show how those reinforcements will help increase the size of the Afghan security forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64435088&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia stepped up its campaign for a new trans-Atlantic security treaty that would bolster Russia's global influence, saying Sunday that President Dmitry Medvedev had sent a draft proposal to foreign leaders.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64432165&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's defense minister on Sunday ordered his office to triple the number of construction inspectors in the West Bank to enforce a new settlement freeze declared by the government, while settler leaders vowed to defy the edict.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64430420&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.