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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65982588&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Text of a statement relayed by an Idaho National Guard spokesman from the family of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65981692&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran would be willing to swap nuclear material with the West in Turkey, the foreign minister said in the country's latest counteroffer to a U.N.-drafted deal aimed at thwarting Tehran's ability to produce atomic weapons.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65981374&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thai authorities' high-profile inspection of 35 tons of North Korean weapons was nearing completion Friday, as clues emerging around the world shed light on the business of arms trafficking — and the lengths smugglers take to hide their identities.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65979931&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Friends and relatives of a U.S.-born Yemeni radical cleric say he is alive and well following reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni airstrike against suspected al-Qaida hideouts.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65978469&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Thai court on Friday ordered the crew of a cargo plane carrying weapons from North Korea to remain in prison for 12 more days, while the pilot denied reports that the arms were bound for Iran.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65973979&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani police are pursuing terrorism charges against five detained American men, police said Friday, a move that could complicate efforts to bring the men back to the United States where they could also land in the courts.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65968901&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A government official says Pakistan's army has killed at least nine suspected militants in a northwest tribal region near the Afghan border.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65961707&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A Chinese court was due to deliver its verdict Friday in the subversion trial of high-profile dissident Liu Xiaobo, who has earned the support of the West, critical of what they say is a political case.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65961625&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran confirmed Thursday that a daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has turned up at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, but said it does not know how she entered the country.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65960757&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Christmas in Gojra, where a tent camp houses Christians who lost their homes to a rampaging Muslim mob, will be celebrated not with decorations and cheer but with fear of another attack.