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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95036567&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK It sounded like a good idea at the time. Racing to build an atomic bomb during World War II, US authorities sealed off a pristine desert and created the first-ever plutonium reactor….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95033202&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK All mobile phone services in a southern Afghan province whose capital will be among the first towns to be placed under local control have been shut down on Taliban orders, an operator said Thursday….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94973088&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A group that advocates "curing" gays of same-sex attractions said Wednesday that its iPhone application had been yanked from Apple's online iTunes shop….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94934987&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Canada's government teetered on the brink of collapse Tuesday after a key opposition party rejected a make-or-break budget, raising the prospect of elections….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94895671&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has ordered the release of three journalists, including two AFP employees, held by his forces since the weekend after an appeal from AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog, his spokesman said on Tuesday….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94784859&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Dubai's Palm Island, New Orleans' upgraded dykes and Australia's water recycling plants all have one thing in common: they benefited from Dutch know-how gained in the country's age-old quest for dry feet….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94666223&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis Saturday, with engineers desperate to restore power to a stricken power plant in what the UN's top atomic expert said was a "race against time"….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94666213&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK More than 200 people have been killed in unrest in central Nigeria since December and most perpetrators have not been prosecuted, Amnesty International said on Friday….

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94637517&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK 0800 GMT: This concludes AFP's Live Report on Japan's earthquake-tsunami disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis. Here is a recap of the situation up to now:…

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=94633179&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK He's little known outside his tiny community but is expected to replace a global icon: 43-year-old Lobsang Sangay faces a daunting task if he wins Sunday's vote for a new Tibetan leader….