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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72692591&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Group of Eight leaders on Tuesday called for stepped up pressure on Iran to abandon its suspect nuclear program and urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to rein in militants.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72690831&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's postelection strategy suggests he is prepared for a long and bitter fight to hold on to power, even if it alienates the country's Sunni community and risks new sectarian warfare.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72686389&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Yahoo e-mail accounts belonging to foreign journalists appeared to have been hacked and Google's Chinese search engine was intermittently blocked Tuesday, the latest troubles in China's heavily censored Internet market.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72685886&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Pentagon is considering dispatching surveillance drones and other limited military support for a Somali government offensive against al-Qaida-linked insurgents, U.S. officials said, part of a cautious move to increase U.S. assistance to the anarchic African nation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72679342&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama won't request that French President Nicolas Sarkozy send more troops to Afghanistan, at least not when they meet Tuesday at the White House to review the war effort.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72677916&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hamid Karzai and representatives of a major militant group wrapped up a first round of peace talks Tuesday, reaching no final deal but pledging to continue a dialogue that if successful would split the ranks of the Taliban-led insurgency.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72675830&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An anti-American Shiite cleric called Tuesday for a referendum on who will be Iraq's prime minister, a proposal that was nearly certain to fail but which added more turmoil to an already tense and uncertain postelection period.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72668367&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal judge chastised the government Tuesday for striking a $3 million settlement over alleged CIA misconduct without punishing anyone.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72665903&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Up to 100 Indian sailors have been captured by Somali pirates who seized seven or eight boats in one of their biggest raids yet, a shipping body told AFP Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=72663238&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Dutch citizen convicted of conspiring to kill Americans with roadside bombs in the Iraq war was flown back to the Netherlands Tuesday to serve his sentence, his lawyer said.