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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71955991&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that it remains the goal of U.S. troops to capture Osama bin Laden alive and "bring him to justice."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71955127&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer. The most alarming thing about a string of recently arrested terror suspects is that they are all Americans.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71954564&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Officials in the impoverished Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan say the United States plans to build a $5 million military base for training local troops to assist in the fight against international terrorism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71952557&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N.'s top human rights official criticized Israeli and Palestinian authorities on Wednesday for failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes last year in the Gaza Strip.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71951570&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Uniformed Cuban security agents prevented the mothers and wives of dissidents from marching on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday to demand release of their loved ones, shoving them into a bus when they lay down in the street in protest.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71946612&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in Russia's capital Wednesday after maintenance workers uncovered hundreds of rusty World War II-era artillery shells beneath a road.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71946282&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Paris Club of 19 creditor countries said Wednesday it was cancelling all of Afghanistan's debt owed to its members, more than one billion dollars, after Kabul committed itself to fighting poverty.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71945427&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71937683&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=71933211&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia must defend its claims to mineral riches of the Arctic in increasing competition with other powers, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.