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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391738&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's new foreign minister is in Baghad in an attempt to cement ties with the new Iraqi government.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391727&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Weary residents of a flooded Australian coastal city braced for water levels to peak Wednesday, as state officials held an emergency meeting to help determine recovery plans for the 200,000 people affected by the deluge.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391724&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's exploding wealth has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives. Now officials are putting marriage records online so lovers and spouses can check for cheaters.

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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391719&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo on Wednesday, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391634&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre and the AL champion Texas Rangers reached a preliminary agreement on a $96 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391580&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Freezing temperatures have forced the evacuation of nearly 60,000 people from their homes and caused more than $200 million in economic losses in southern China, the government said Wednesday.

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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391444&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK New Jersey casino regulators are set to hand out $115,000 in fines Wednesday to Atlantic City casinos who failed to immediately catch a cheating dealer and customer, had a malfunctioning alarm system that let a robber walk away with $8,000 after holding up a cashier, allowed someone other than the winner to fill [...]

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89391442&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hugo Chavez welcomed the U.S. government's suggestion that it may nominate a new ambassador to Venezuela, joking that Washington might consider naming an American he knows and likes such as Oliver Stone or Sean Penn.