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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231328&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. officials pressured Afghan President Hamid Karzai to remove a former warlord from atop the energy and water ministry a year ago because they considered him corrupt and ineffective, and threatened to end aid unless he went.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231309&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Federal aviation officials say a small plane collided with a medical helicopter in the air in rural western Virginia, killing two people on the plane.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231331&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK North Korea, which has conducted two nuclear tests in the past, on Saturday welcomed the new year with calls for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, better ties with rival South Korea and a promise to boost its military strength.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231272&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Andrew Goudelock scored 31 points, and Donavan Monroe added 27 as College of Charleston upset Tennessee 91-78 on Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231195&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb blast tore through a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revelers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve, witnesses said, and state-run television reported Friday that 30 people died, though police immediately disputed that.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231184&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK It was a dramatic ride for bonds and the mortgage market in 2010 as an economic crisis in Europe and wonky concepts like "quantitative easing" helped push down yields to levels not seen since the 1950s.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231181&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux never took their can-you-top-this rivalry outdoors, back to the purest form of hockey played on ponds instead of indoor palaces. Where whipping winds and a frozen shooting hand can influence the result as much as a hot goaltender.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231180&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Desmond Holloway and Mike Holmes each scored 18 points and Coastal Carolina routed Radford 77-59 on Friday for its ninth win in a row.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231179&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is unlikely to play against the Dallas Cowboys after he missed a second straight day of practice Friday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89231178&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police have apprehended one of the two masked people who took hostages while trying to rob a suburban Houston bank Friday, but the other remains inside with two hostages, police said.