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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72337472&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Battlefield medics will soon conduct mandatory examinations of service members who may have sustained concussions instead of waiting for them to complain of symptoms, the military's brain-injury experts said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72334849&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In the first killing of its kind, private security contractors shot dead a Somali pirate in a clash that left two skiffs riddled with bullet holes, officials said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72332520&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK All but the final details have been cleared away for a historic nuclear arms reduction pact between the U.S. and Russia, officials said Wednesday, with the former Cold War rivals reaching agreement on necessary documents for a new treaty that both countries consider an important measure of trust and cooperation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72332321&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Representatives of a militant group linked to an infamous Afghan warlord are hoping to convince U.N. officials Thursday that it's the right time for a peace deal with insurgents.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72332265&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration said Wednesday it wants more information about a new Israeli plan to expand Jewish housing in east Jerusalem as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu neared the end of his visit.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72331494&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Go Daddy Group Inc., a leading reseller of Internet domain names, says it will stop registering new names in China. The company says it's taking the step because the Chinese government has begun demanding pictures and other identification documents from its customers.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72331379&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Britain's U.N. ambassador says China has agreed to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran for the first time during talks with key nations.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72330595&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Iraqi prime minister's efforts to forge a governing Shiite alliance inched closer Wednesday after he met for the first time with members of a party led by an influential anti-American cleric who's been one of the prime minister's staunchest critics.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72330521&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Curbing the Taliban's multimillion dollar opium poppy business was a major goal of a military operation to seize this former insurgent stronghold. With the town in NATO hands, the Marines face a conundrum: If they destroy the crops and curb the trade, they lose the support of the population — a problem for [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72330126&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Switzerland says it will lift a travel ban on senior Libyan officials to ease tensions in a dispute that has drawn in much of Europe.