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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69792574&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's main Sunni party said Saturday it is dropping out of next month's national elections, seizing on U.S. concerns about Iran's influence in the political process as proof that the vote will not be legitimate.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69791612&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that NATO's efforts to prevent civilian deaths during its operations are not enough because innocent people keep dying, as the military alliance continued its offensive in a key Taliban stronghold.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69781434&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suicide attackers struck two police stations in apparently coordinated attacks Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing a police chief and wounding four officers, authorities said. Elsewhere in the troubled region bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan's army said it killed 30 militants in an airstrike.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69746399&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally ending its investigation and concluding a mentally unhinged scientist was responsible for killing five people and unnerving Americans nationwide.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69740659&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After a fierce gunfight, U.S. Marines seized a strongly defended compound Friday that appears to have been a Taliban headquarters — complete with photos of fighters posing with their weapons, dozens of Taliban-issued ID cards and graduation diplomas from a training camp in Pakistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69739742&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Nearly 15 months after the Defense Department banned the use of external computer flash drives, officials have agreed to allow limited use of the convenient high-tech storage devices.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69739341&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The lead lawyer for Chinese Muslims confined at Guantanamo Bay says the Obama administration is acting a lot like its predecessor by trying to prevent Supreme Court review of controversial detention policies in the fight against terrorism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69738590&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Argentina has ruled out military action to reassert its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands, but insists on negotiations with Britain over oil exploration in what Argentina considers to be its territorial waters, a top diplomat said Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69731918&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK British police investigating allegations that the country's spies colluded in torture are seeking evidence from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who alleges he had his head beaten against a wall while a U.K. intelligence officer looked on, lawyers told a court Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69728522&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis and foreign activists — engulfed by clouds of tear gas fired by Israeli troops — demonstrated Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of weekly protests against Israel's West Bank separation barrier.