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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74698586&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three Houston police officers have been restricted to desk duty after they followed a Chinese diplomat into the parking garage of the Chinese Consulate, arrested the man and injured him, the Houston mayor said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74695929&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Nicaragua's four opposition parties are asking the Organization of American States to intervene in their power struggle with leftist President Daniel Ortega.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74683530&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Private Afghan security guards protecting NATO supply convoys in southern Kandahar province regularly fire wildly into villages they pass, hindering coalition efforts to build local support ahead of this summer's planned offensive in the area, U.S. and Afghan officials say.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74682642&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until they can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in the ranks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74682449&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. officials who voiced strong opposition to Honduras' coup last June now say the ousted president acted recklessly, and in the months leading up to his overthrow took an "erratic and imprudent course of action."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74682174&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until he can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in the ranks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74676105&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Construction of two barracks to house 5,800 soldiers in the growing Afghan army are months behind schedule and even after they're built, the Afghan government won't have the money to maintain them, a report issued Friday by the U.S. inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74675968&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Two U.S. citizens were charged Friday with conspiring to give computer advice, buy watches and do other tasks to help al-Qaida "modernize."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74676171&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK US lawmakers on Friday denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plans to join a major UN nuclear disarmament summit next week in New York and urged he not be given a visa to attend.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74674402&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Tens of thousands people thronged the main square of the Albanian capital Friday, vowing to stay there until the government allows a partial recount of an election the opposition claims involved vote-rigging.