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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67347562&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea's defense chief called Wednesday for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if there is a clear indication the country is preparing a nuclear attack.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67346488&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain suspended direct flights with Yemen on Wednesday and the prime minister said the U.K. will introduce new no-fly lists as it seeks to tighten airport security following the failed Detroit airliner attack.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67345541&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were melting faster than any other place in the world and may be gone by 2035 was not backed up by science, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday — an admission that could energize climate change critics.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67331213&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Afghan government presented its strategy Wednesday for confronting the insurgency, including overtures to Taliban militants, building up its security forces and tackling corruption one week ahead of a key international conference aimed at shoring up the national leadership.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67329375&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is cool to a recent Palestinian proposal for an undeclared settlement freeze in east Jerusalem, an Israeli official said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67329149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Fugitive radical US-Yemeni imam Anwar al-Awlaqi, suspected by Washington to be linked to a failed attack on a US airliner, has said he has no intention of surrendering to Yemeni authorities, according to a Yemeni journalist close to him.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67326809&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police say a roadside bomb has seriously wounded a provincial lawmaker and two of his guards in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67297921&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist and reputed al-Qaida supporter punctuated the first day of her attempted murder trial Tuesday by shouting that the prosecution's first witness was lying, prompting her to be pulled from the courtroom.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67294644&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal judge has opted not to slap the Justice Department with a finding of prosecutorial misconduct for mishandling the manslaughter case against Blackwater Worldwide security guards.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67291096&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric suspected of ties to al-Qaida is in hiding in the remote mountains of Yemen under the protection of his tribe as he seeks to elude a manhunt, relatives and tribesmen say.