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Obama takes to the Web to talk to China

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63495397&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK US President Barack Obama will try Monday to break out of the official constraints of his maiden state visit to China and seek to talk directly to Chinese people in a live dialogue via the Internet.

Bingo! In quieter Baghdad, beloved game is back

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63489251&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK It's Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo.

Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 3

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63488221&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A pickup truck laden with explosives attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 3 people in an area that has become the focal point for militant retaliation against a recent army offensive.

Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63467075&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

French, Afghan troops push into hostile valley

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63466808&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of French and Afghan troops on Sunday pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The mission: secure the area for a planned bypass road around the Afghan capital to move supplies from neighboring Pakistan.

Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63463905&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday.

NATO: 2 rockets hit Kabul airport area; no injury

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63456004&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK NATO says two rockets were fired at the military part of Kabul's international airport, but did not cause any injuries.

Reports: Iran ex-deputy minister jailed in Israel

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63451234&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iranian former deputy defense minister who has been missing for nearly three years was abducted by Israeli agents and is now being held in Israel, several Iranian news Web sites reported Sunday.

Iraqi Sunni Arab VP threatens to veto election law

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63450117&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president threatened Sunday to veto the country's election law unless changes are made giving Iraqis living abroad more guaranteed seats in parliament, throwing the January vote into question.

Iran’s first lady makes rare speech at Rome summit

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=63448429&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's first lady made rare public appearance and even more rare, a speech, at a Rome forum on the eve of a U.N. summit to fight hunger beginning Monday.