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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63764654&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Faced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan increasingly views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as critical to its own security — but is worried enough about the chances of American failure that it continues to hedge its bets.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63764628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded the newly sworn-in Afghan president for outlining a plan to crack down on corruption in his inaugural speech Thursday, but warned that Washington and the international community would hold him to his promises.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63764563&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A third man has been sentenced in Miami to federal prison for his role in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63759783&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States and five other world powers will meet Friday in Brussels to discuss what measures can be taken to punish Tehran for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63759676&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group's leader for a sixth term.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63757816&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who run small businesses, congressional investigators charge.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63756052&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. congressional advisory panel said Thursday that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets to use in building Beijing's military and economic strength.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63755417&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63753941&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A look at major attacks in Pakistan since the beginning of October:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63753510&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 19 people in the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.