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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76683451&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An alert issued about a member of a Somali terrorist group trying to enter Texas from Mexico could impede efforts by innocent Somalis living in Latin America who are trying to gain asylum in the U.S., a Somali diplomat said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76678979&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Army is instituting a new procedure for checking the backgrounds of enlistees who claim to have a military record after a report that a reservist apparently faked a background as a Marine to enter the service.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76677560&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel on Thursday unveiled a massive makeshift detention center in the country's main southern port and announced the end of days of intense naval maneuvers, vowing to stop a flotilla of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to break a 3-year blockade of the Gaza Strip this weekend.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76675594&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Four female airmen described their flirty relationships with a chief master sergeant Thursday, a day after another testified that she repeatedly told him "no" just before he had sex with her in his office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76675258&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.N. experts say rebel groups in eastern Congo are illegally imposing taxes on trucks and pedestrians and receiving local, regional and international support in violation of U.N. sanctions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76674254&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration has a "very serious" disagreement with Brazil over its approach to curbing Iran's nuclear program.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76674092&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.N. secretary-general called Thursday for Iranian leaders to make it clear to the international community that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76671299&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Fort Knox has long been known for its heavy metals — gold bricks and armored tanks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76670059&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama has defended his pursuit of the war in Afghanistan, calling it "a big messy process" but one that is indispensable to curbing the threat of terrorism.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76659092&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate on Thursday killed a move by presidential rival John McCain to send an additional 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S-Mexico border.