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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67962461&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's interior minister says he will consider taking scandal-ridden bomb detection devices out of service if an investigation backs up charges that the units are ineffective.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67962359&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A decades-old military plane crashed Thursday into a residential area in the southern Philippines, killing a two-star air force general and eight other people.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67959380&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67954937&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iraqi police official says a sniper taking cover in a building in central Baghdad has opened fire on a checkpoint.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67948810&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Philippine military doubts reports that a Filipino terror suspect was killed in a U.S. missile attack in Pakistan, with one senior officer telling The Associated Press Thursday that the militant was sighted last week in the Philippines' volatile south.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67921744&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. chief named a veteran Swedish diplomat on Wednesday to serve as the next top U.N. official in Afghanistan, a day ahead of a 60-nation conference in London on the nation's future.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67920023&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Where should the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks be tried? Not here, say New York City business and community leaders whose list of alternatives includes military bases, federal prisons and a 172-acre island in New York Harbor.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67916857&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya left his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy and flew into exile Wednesday, ending months of turmoil and his thwarted quest to be restored to power after a June 28 coup that drew international condemnation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67916810&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. officials are telling The Associated Press that the Obama administration could circulate an outline of possible tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as early as this week at the United Nations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=67916262&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghanistan's president promised Wednesday to lift the defense burden from the U.S. and its allies, as senior officials gathered in London for a conference to bolster flagging support for the international mission there.