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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63752837&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan officials say a suicide bomber targeting an Afghan security forces convoy in the south of the country has killed 10 civilians and wounded another 13.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63752809&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63751122&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Japanese police said Thursday that an American soldier is the prime suspect in a fatal-hit-and-run accident on the southern island of Okinawa and asked the U.S. Army to bring him in for further questioning.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63750921&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63748746&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Some basic facts and figures about Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday to a second five-year term:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63744484&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63734731&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible involvement in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, according to authorities in that country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63734012&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama appeared to be taking a page from Richard Nixon's playbook Wednesday when he seemed to declare the suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty and deserving of the death penalty.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63732087&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel, the military said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63730442&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama told U.S. troops stationed in South Korea that their service has ensured peace in Asia and around the world.