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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67360407&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An international conference on Afghanistan next week will aim to set a tentative timetable to switch security duties from foreign troops to local forces, and seek to spur efforts to reconcile Taliban fighters with the government, Britain's ambassador to Kabul said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67360136&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The nation's intelligence chief said Wednesday that the Christmas Day airline bombing suspect should have been treated as a terror suspect when the plane landed. That would have meant questioning him initially by special interrogators rather than standard law enforcement officers.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67357870&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama has stressed the challenge of restoring America's credibility on human rights in his first year in office, but the results are mixed so far, a leading research and advocacy group said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67357190&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Yemeni airstrikes on Wednesday targeted one of the country's most wanted al-Qaida figures for the second time in a week, security officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67353629&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Russian journalist died Wednesday after being severely beaten by a police officer in the Siberian city of Tomsk, investigators and his editor said. The officer was arrested.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67353214&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell said Wednesday that Syria and Lebanon were key to achieving peace in the Middle East.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67352849&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK FBI Director Robert Mueller says al-Qaida and its offshoots are spreading and rebuilding.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67352272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An American journalist working for a Palestinian news agency voluntarily left Israel on Wednesday after being detained for a week and risking deportation, his lawyer said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67351572&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday, a blow to an administration trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67348510&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK NATO's military chief said Wednesday he would like to explore the possibility of expanding the alliance's military cooperation with Russia, especially regarding the war in Afghanistan.