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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73930570&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The State Department has summoned the senior Syrian diplomat in Washington to complain about what U.S. officials say is his country's "provocative behavior" in supplying arms to the Iranian-aligned militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73929969&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK On the back of their recent atomic arms reduction accord, the United States and Russia urged all UN member states Monday to follow their lead with further progress towards nuclear disarmament.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73923297&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Relatives of the 17 sailors killed in the attack on the USS Cole are suing Sudan for emotional damages they were denied in a previous lawsuit.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73923295&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A New York businessman was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison for trying to funnel money to a terrorism training camp in Afghanistan through an undercover agent posing as a wealthy Middle Easterner.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73923290&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iraqi court on Monday ordered a recount of more than 2.5 million votes cast in Baghdad during the March 7 parliamentary election, a decision that could tilt the results in favor of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and inflame sectarian tensions after what has already been a contentious election.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73923193&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Crawling on their bellies, the recruits inch through a field, dragging wooden rifles. A whistle blows, and they scramble to their knees, pulling the pins from imaginary grenades before lobbing them. Dropping flat, they yell "Boom!"

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73923182&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that the killings of the top two al-Qaida figures in Iraq are "potentially devastating" blows to the terror network there and proof that Iraqi security forces are gaining strength.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73920470&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The United States said Monday it is "still interested" in an offer to swap nuclear fuel with Iran after Tehran said it would talk with the entire UN Security Council to break the deadlock.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73910765&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel must recognize that the world will not put up with decades more of Israeli rule over the Palestinian people, the country's defense minister said in unusually frank remarks Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=73893622&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved the site for a new enrichment facility Iran plans to build, his top adviser said Monday, the latest step in expanding a nuclear program that the United Nations has demanded Tehran halt.