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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70069164&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Inside the shrine to the founder of Iran's Islamic Revolution, the grandson of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini performed his duty as its caretaker — politely greeting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and security force chiefs during an official memorial.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70038459&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Australia intends to impose tougher visa checks on people from countries considered at high risk for terrorism as part of a 69 million Australian dollar ($62 million) counterterrorism plan released Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70016048&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday the criminal justice system was invaluable in obtaining a guilty plea and intelligence from a terrorist who plotted to bomb New York's subways and that the criticism of using civilian courts for terror cases is based on politics not facts.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70015811&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.S. general in Iraq said Monday he could slow the exit of U.S. combat forces this year if Iraq's politics are chaotic following elections this spring. Gen. Ray Odierno said there are no signs that will be necessary, but he says he has a Plan B and told his superiors about [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70015800&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A former airport shuttle driver accused of buying beauty supplies to make bombs for an attack on New York City subways pleaded guilty Monday, admitting he agreed to conduct an al-Qaida-led "martyrdom plan" because of U.S. involvement in his native Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70015426&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pentagon has approved $150 million in military assistance to Yemen, the country where al-Qaida linked militants planned the failed Christmas Day airliner attack over Detroit, The Associated Press has learned.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69999923&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Once they were untouchable. Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman times. For decades, Turkey's senior officers, self-appointed guardians of the country's secular tradition, called the shots.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69998389&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A truce between Darfur's most powerful rebel group and the government of Sudan could pave the way for finally bringing peace to the war-ravaged region weeks ahead of the first national elections in decades.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69992169&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A government-run agency has for the first time provided official records confirming the landing in Poland of planes associated with the CIA's secret detainee program, two human rights groups said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69989582&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A crowd of Palestinian youths pelted Israeli soldiers with stones and empty bottles on Monday, drawing tear gas and stun grenades in the most serious violence to rock this volatile West Bank city in months.