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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76602684&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Battleship gray contrasted with brilliant blue skies as a dozen military vessels sailed up the Hudson River on Wednesday to open Fleet Week, with thousands of spectators watching from shore, roof decks and small boats.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76600337&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The international Red Cross said Wednesday it would continue giving first aid training and kits to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, despite drawing angry e-mails from around the world and criticism from an Afghan official after the practice was publicized.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76592930&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Responding to terror attacks like the Fort Hood shooting rampage and the failed Times Square bombing, President Barack Obama is adding homegrown terrorists to the administration's top national security priorities.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76588053&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan will restore access to YouTube but will block videos offensive to Muslims that are posted on the video-sharing site, the government said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76574598&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After delivering a lecture on the increasing role of private banks in Syria, economist Mohammed Ayman al-Maydani got an uncomfortable request from members of the audience to elaborate on a brief reference he made to corruption in the country's private and public sectors.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76573025&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Israeli official says the government will compensate West Bank settlements and regional councils for damages incurred because of the slowdown in settlement construction.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76568360&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's election commission says it's sending the final results of the March 7 elections to the Supreme Court for certification.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76567455&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The main U.S. prison in Afghanistan is less than a week away from an event many thought would never occur at the long-secretive holding tank for captured militants: a trial.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76558559&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it was still weighing the evidence over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship that Seoul blames on North Korea.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76554861&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Venezuela's top anti-corruption official on Tuesday barred two opponents of President Hugo Chavez from holding public office, preventing them from running in September legislative elections.