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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65828243&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's foreign minister said Monday he expects a speedy trial for three American hikers jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July. The country's president questioned the hikers' intentions but said would do his best to free them.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65827612&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Zimbabwe's rival leaders met Monday and announced they had reached two agreements, offering rare reason for hope after a year of impasse and disappointment.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65827442&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia and the U.S. are likely to sign a new nuclear arms control deal early next year, but they are still facing "serious difficulties" in talks, Russia's top military officer said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65819839&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The governor of this remote district in southern Afghanistan has employees he can't afford to pay, a school he struggles to staff with teachers, a clinic where doctors are scarce and a police force of mostly illiterate farmers.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65817977&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's embattled government reached out to the opposition Monday as it sought to limit the damage from a recent Supreme Court decision striking down an amnesty protecting several of its senior officials from corruption charges.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65817914&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. ambassador is rejecting Austrian suggestions that Washington has pushed too aggressively for more Austrian troops in Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65811721&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suicide bomber attacked the convoy of a city council chief in northern Iraq on Monday, killing the official and three guards, police and health officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65811716&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Military force would have only limited effect in stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons but must remain an option, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65811513&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea declared waters along its disputed sea border with South Korea a "firing zone" Monday and warned ships from the South to stay away from the area, which was the scene of a deadly clash last month.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65801061&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's foreign ministry on Monday defended the repatriation of 20 Uighurs who had fled to Cambodia, saying the move was in line with immigration law and usual practice.