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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70271790&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea threatened a "powerful" attack if the U.S. and South Korea proceed with joint military drills next month, warning Thursday that it could even resort to nuclear means.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70270812&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States should pack up and leave the Middle East and stay out of regional affairs, Iran's president said Thursday during a visit to Damascus that follows a string of U.S. efforts to break up Syria's 30-year alliance with Tehran.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70264826&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Australia warned Israel on Thursday that if it was involved in the alleged use of three fraudulent Australian passports in a Dubai assassination it would not be considered the "act of a friend," the foreign minister said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70261277&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea's legislature has approved sending troops back to Afghanistan after withdrawing them in 2007.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70260009&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Philippine police dealt a new blow to a notorious al-Qaida-linked group with the arrest of a suspected militant wanted in a string of kidnappings and killings, officials said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70257115&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran was within its international obligations when it enriched some of its uranium stockpile earlier this month and should not be subjected to U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, its parliament speaker said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70256433&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three U.S. soldiers killed in a bombing in northwest Pakistan this month were not the intended targets of the attack, a top general said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70252040&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Iran will study a Japanese offer to enrich uranium for Tehran to allow it access to nuclear power for peaceful purposes, an Iranian politician was quoted as saying in Tokyo Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70250558&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply criticizing the military's plan to move thousands of Marines to Guam, saying its failure to plan for infrastructure upgrades would lead to raw sewage spills and a shortage of drinking water.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=70242132&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Military contractor KBR has lost about $25 million in bonuses from the government because of "failed" worked done in Iraq during the time a Green Beret was electrocuted in a barracks shower it was responsible for maintaining.