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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72749782&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's political disarray deepened Wednesday when a potential kingmaker withheld his support from both big election winners and said he would ask his supporters to make the choice in a referendum.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72747913&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An undercover federal agent infiltrated a Christian militia group that authorities say plotted to incite violent revolt, and the agent built explosives under the direction of the group's suspected ringleader, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72744012&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on all political parties to respect Iraq's election results and the choices of the Iraqi people.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72743752&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China, long a holdout against new international sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, signaled its willingness Wednesday to consider a U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution, two U.S. officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72742416&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leader of the militant Hezbollah group says 12 party members and close suppoters were recently summoned for questioning in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72740931&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Serbia's apology for the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica could help reconciliation in the war-scarred Balkans and lead to the capture of a wartime general accused of masterminding the carnage, Serbia's president said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72740299&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A parliamentary committee agreed on a constitutional amendment Wednesday that strips the Pakistani president of powers inherited from the country's former military ruler, fulfilling a long-standing opposition demand and reducing pressure on the U.S.-allied leader.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72738985&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain's opposition chief — and possible next leader — said Wednesday the failure of the United States to back London in a dispute with Argentina was disappointing, as he promised a more candid relationship with Washington if he wins office.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72736911&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Political maneuvering in Iraq intensified on Wednesday with a powerful anti-American cleric calling for his supporters to vote on whom he should back, while the incumbent prime minister defended his challenges of the results.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72736634&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A high-ranking Army general won't be formally reprimanded after urging troops to lobby to keep the ban on openly gay military service.