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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65657079&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned ship and its 21 crew members, including 14 Filipinos, after more than a month in captivity, the Philippine government and the ship's owner said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65653269&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's nuclear chief said Friday the country has started making more efficient centrifuge models that it plans to put in use by early 2011 — a statement that underscores Tehran's defiance and adds to international concerns over its nuclear ambitions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65651358&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Dutch government denied Friday that it is allowing the United States to use Caribbean islands to prepare a possible military attack against Venezuela as that country's president contends.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65651357&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.S. military officer, arriving in Iraq Friday, said he is confident that the war-torn country will hold elections on March 7 and that the U.S. drawdown will begin on schedule that month.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65651296&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea confirmed Friday that its leader Kim Jong Il received a letter from U.S. President Barack Obama, though refrained from divulging its contents.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65651130&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The accused gunman in last year's bloody siege of Mumbai retracted his detailed confession Friday, saying police tortured him into admitting his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65650896&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The mother of one of three American hikers jailed in Iran appealed to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader on Friday to release her daughter and her friends for the holidays, according to a new video.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65618460&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Some 800 French Legionnaires backed by 200 U.S. special forces and Afghan soldiers have gone on an offensive in a valley in Afghanistan where the Taliban killed 10 French soldiers last year, the French military said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65618397&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Austria's defense minister says his country will not give in to strong U.S. pressure to send troops to Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65618359&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela's Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military attack against his country.