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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64429915&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's main opposition party Sunday demanded the president give up the sweeping powers he inherited from his predecessor, setting the stage for political turmoil just as the Obama administration wants the country to focus on fighting the Taliban.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64429785&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Iranian government approved a plan Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of U.N. demands it halt the program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64427562&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64425209&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64424506&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's main opposition party demanded Sunday that the president immediately relinquish much of his power amid calls for the unpopular leader to assume a ceremonial role or resign.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64424476&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of injuries unrelated to combat.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64421072&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A powerful Muslim clan accused of staging a massacre last week of 57 civilians, including dozens of journalists, denied any involvement in the killings in a rare news conference Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64420235&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support militant groups opposing the West and investigate alleged U.S. and British plots against the Islamic Republic.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64415613&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=64412628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Last week's one-year anniversary of the Mumbai siege was a reminder of India's vulnerability to militant attacks.