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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65958631&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gunmen killed an Israeli man in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Thursday as local attention was focused on Christmas celebrations in nearby Bethlehem.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65957826&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide bomber struck a neighborhood home to government buildings and a church in Pakistan's main northwest city Thursday, killing five people and underscoring that militant groups retain strength despite being under siege by the army.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65955352&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea has commended two soldiers who apprehended a pair of U.S. journalists earlier this year along the country's border with China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65955014&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For Staff Sgt. Byron Krepcho, it doesn't feel like Christmas.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65953586&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Christmas is bumping into Shiite Islam's most mournful ceremony this year, forcing Iraqi Christians to keep their celebrations under tighter wraps than usual.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65953551&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A man driving a horse-drawn cart laden with explosives detonated the cache Thursday outside a guest house frequented by foreigners in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least eight people including a child, police said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65952954&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65951134&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Explosions killed at least 26 people across Iraq on Thursday, most of them Shiite pilgrims taking part in a holy mourning ceremony, authorities said, raising fears of further sectarian attacks at the approach of Shiite Islam's most solemn occasion.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65951089&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Five Belgians living in Israel filed a complaint here Thursday against the Hamas rulers of Gaza, saying militant rocket fire into Israel had violated their human rights.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65950175&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqi officials say a bomb exploded at a funeral in a Shiite neighborhood of the capital, killing at least nine people and wounding 33 others.