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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470328&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Under threat of US sanctions, European oil firms Total, Shell, Statoil and Eni have pledged to stop investing in Iran in what amounts to a "significant setback" to Tehran, a US official said Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470305&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop charges against the Afghan-born brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, saying a key overseas witness was unavailable to testify.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470291&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A regulatory filing shows Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's compensation package was worth 6 percent more in fiscal 2010 than the year before.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470290&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hines Ward rarely looks forward to late December and early January, when his shoulders sometimes ache so badly they hurt on every pass reception and his legs start rebelling after multiple games on unfriendly artificial turf surfaces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470275&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Indiana Pacers have picked up the team option on center Roy Hibbert's contract, meaning the former first-round pick is signed through next season.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470349&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police angered by a law that cuts their benefits plunged this small South American nation into chaos, roughing up the president, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470273&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As of Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, at least 1,207 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470270&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Villarreal triumphed with the Jersey Boys of Giuseppe Rossi and Jozy Altidore at forward, with Rossi opening the scoring in a 2-1 first-round victory over Brugge on Thursday night.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470269&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Changes in the way the Internal Revenue Service gives information about taxpayers to tax preparers will hurt H&R Block Inc.'s profit next year, CEO Alan Bennett told shareholders Thursday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=84470248&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Green Bay is missing Ryan Grant and not just on the roster.