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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67441654&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Yemen will stop issuing visas to foreign visitors upon arrival to try to prevent Islamic militants from sneaking in to meet and train with an al-Qaida offshoot that has established a stronghold in the fractured and impoverished country, officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67439828&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Filipino militant wanted by the United States is believed to have been killed in an American drone strike close to the Afghan border earlier this month, Pakistani intelligence officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67439797&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano sought Thursday to allay concerns in some European Union countries over the use of body scanners in airports, saying that as the technology develops they will be less intrusive.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67437328&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea and South Korea agreed Thursday to meet next month to discuss their joint industrial park — a promising sign for the future of a project seen as the most prominent symbol of cooperation between the two Koreas.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67437191&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama says his administration overestimated its ability to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume meaningful peace talks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67434348&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. and its NATO partners are considering establishing a high-ranking civilian post in Kabul to ensure that nonmilitary reconstruction activities focus on top priorities, international officials familiar with the issue said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67433056&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Saudi army has lost 113 troops since the kingdom launched a sweeping offensive against neighboring Yemen's Shiite rebels in early November, a military commander said in comments published Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67432655&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pakistani army said Thursday during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates that it can't launch any new offensives against militants for six months to a year to give it time to stabilize existing gains.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67429849&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran will begin Thursday limiting the amount of money individuals can withdraw daily in what officials say is a measure to battle money laundering but analysts see as an attempt to curb inflation by slowing the flow of money.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67427944&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Since 2001, al-Qaida is believed to have dispatched three men to blow up American airliners. Two of them tried but failed to set off explosions, and the third backed out of his assignment.