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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183037&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sen. Robert C. Byrd is making his final sojourn to a Senate chamber that for 51 years echoed with his impassioned speeches and came to be the place he called home.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182996&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Elena Kagan declined to discuss her passions, demurred when asked anything that might tip her hand on the Supreme Court and invoked her right to remain inscrutable even on cases buried in the past.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79183756&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK On the heels of a sensational Russian spy scandal, Hillary Rodham Clinton is making her first visit as secretary of state to four post-Soviet states, each with a direct stake in the Obama administration's campaign to "reset" relations with its former Cold War foe.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182674&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Elena Kagan is speeding toward confirmation as the 112th Supreme Court justice, with Republicans showing little appetite for a long-shot filibuster attempt after sparring with her over abortion, gays in the military and other divisive issues.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182529&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK New carbon-trading laws intended to reduce climate-changing pollution emissions took effect Thursday in New Zealand, immediately sending gas prices higher.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182525&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK NATO says Afghan and international forces have captured a Taliban district leader after a four-hour gunbattle in Helmand province.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182373&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182369&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182366&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gunmen shot and killed two men and wounded a third person in the central Swedish city of Sodertalje early Thursday, police said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79182019&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Governors from several cash-strapped states warn that unless Congress gives them more money to help pay for health care for the poor, their states could face layoffs and cuts in services.