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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74557658&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Saudi Arabia and China are among 13 countries a U.S. government panel named on Thursday as serious violators of religious freedom.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74557548&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Thirty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, the people of this country are optimistic about the future, bullish about the free market and rarely think about a conflict that still ignites political passions in America.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74556606&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance jet last week in the Gulf of Oman.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74546311&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A deal between Russia and Norway on Arctic boundaries offers a "hopeful sign" that Moscow is taking a cooperative approach to disputes in the oil-rich region, a US defense official said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74542504&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Only a quarter of the key regions in Afghanistan support or even sympathize with the government in Kabul, with large swaths of the country still hesitant to swing behind the U.S.-backed authority, according to a Pentagon assessment released Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74540194&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hugo Chavez has joined the ranks of those who say, "If you can't beat 'em, tweet 'em."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74540063&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Pentagon report concludes that only about a quarter of critical regions in Afghanistan support or even sympathize with the Kabul government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74534561&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A former Air Force intelligence specialist showed signs of paranoia aboard a trans-Atlantic flight and told federal air marshals that he had dynamite in his boots and laptop computer, forcing the plane to be diverted to Maine, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74532401&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The House went after Pentagon waste Wednesday, saying improvements in how the Defense Department buys equipment and services can save taxpayers billions of dollars every year.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=74530877&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinian officials in Gaza say Egyptian forces have pumped gas into a cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing four Palestinians.