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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75911982&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the city is continually shortchanged on anti-terror funding given the threats it faces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75897101&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The White House on Monday showed deep skepticism about Iran's new deal to ship low-enriched uranium off its soil, saying it has the chance to be "positive step" but warning that the deal still allows Iran to keep enriching uranium toward the pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75889920&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iraqi court on Monday overturned a ban on nine newly elected parliament members who had been barred by a committee vetting candidates for ties to Saddam Hussein's regime, said a committee official, overcoming a major hurdle in forming the new government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75883032&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A China-led consortium sealed a deal with Iraq on Monday to develop a prized cluster of three oil fields in the country's south, bringing China closer to becoming the dominant foreign player in Iraq's recovering oil sector.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75876035&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Maoist rebels blew up a bus filled with police and civilians Monday as it drove through central India, authorities said. News reports said 40 people were killed in the attack.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75874758&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iraqi police official says assailants wearing Iraqi military uniforms beheaded a Sunni cleric and displayed his head on an electricity pole in the town where he preached against al-Qaida.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75862795&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Taliban fighters armed with rockets and mortars attacked Pakistani troops on three fronts overnight, sparking clashes that killed a soldier and up to eight militants, officials said Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75854184&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A prominent Muslim cleric pushing for peace has been assassinated in eastern Afghanistan along with two members of his family, the latest in a rash of killings targeting Afghan government figures and others aligned with international forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75853225&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A prominent Muslim cleric pushing for peace has been assassinated in eastern Afghanistan along with two members of his family. The deaths are the latest in a rash of killings targeting Afghan government figures and others aligned with international forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=75822962&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Anti-government unrest boiling over in downtown Bangkok spread to other areas of the capital and Thailand Sunday as the military defended its use of force in a crackdown that has left 30 civilians dead in four days. Thai leaders flatly rejected protesters' demands that the United Nations intercede to end the chaos.