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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66181560&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. Embassy warned Thursday of a possible New Year's Eve terrorist attack on Indonesia's Bali island, based on information from the popular resort's governor, but security officials said they were unaware of a threat.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66180532&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In a setback for U.S. investigators probing links to the attempted attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, a Somali official said Thursday that another suspect who tried to board a plane with chemicals already had been freed.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66180068&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The son of the deposed shah of Iran urged nations worldwide on Thursday to withdraw their ambassadors from Tehran to protest a relentless government crackdown on opposition demonstrators that resulted in at least eight deaths this week alone.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66178987&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK France's Foreign Ministry says two French journalists and their local guides are missing in Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66178822&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Nigerian suspected in the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner had stayed on in Yemen illegally after his visa expired three months ago and should have been stopped by authorities from leaving the country, Yemeni security officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66177062&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan doubled in 2009 compared with a year ago as 30,000 additional troops began pouring in for a stepped-up offensive and the Taliban fought back with powerful improvised bombs.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66176667&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United Nations plans to temporarily relocate some of its international staff outside of Pakistan for security reasons following attacks that have killed at least 11 of its personnel in the country this year, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66175836&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Dutch traveler who has been hailed as a hero for stopping a suspected bomber on a U.S.-bound flight says the whole thing felt like a movie script — his own.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66174033&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK This year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=66173036&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on opposite sides of an Israeli-Gaza border crossing on Thursday to protest the blockade of the seaside territory imposed by Egypt and Israel.