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1,400 French soldiers in Mali for ground assaults: minister
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Mali army 'regains Konna and Diabaly' from rebels	2 17:42 mojo [11129]
Algeria hostage crisis 'ongoing',	8 22:22 Barbara [11137]
Pickup driver slain as kids watch in southern Thailand	0 [11125]
Nigeria captures top Boko Haram figure	2 08:35 Bill Clinton [11128]
26 Final-Year Students Suspected To Be Boko Haram Members Spend Days Behind Bars	4 18:48 JosephMendiola [11136]
Good morning	1 00:19 GolfBravoUSMC [11125]
Somali security forces round up more than 700 in Mogadishu.	2 16:33 trailing wife [11128]
Air Raid near Damascus Kills 7 Children	1 12:08 JohnQC [11123]
1,400 French soldiers in Mali for ground assaults: minister	3 09:34 lotp [11134]
Syrian army regains control of central town, activists report mass killings	3 22:34 Threamp Black8501 [11134]
Salafists jailed for Palais Abdellia violence	0 [11122]
Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for MQM MPA's killing	0 [11126]
More than 100 Killed in New 'Massacre' in Syria	0 [11126]
Somalia's Shebab Say they Executed French Hostage	6 18:19 Raider [11130]
Qaeda suspects kill top Yemen security official	0 [11127]
Islamists fight to retain Konna	0 [11125]
French, Malian troops move against rebel positions	0 [11125]
At least 7 killed, 25 wounded in twin car bombs in Iraq	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Eradicateurs	3 16:21 Shipman [11126]
Turkey raids target banned Marxist group DHKP-C	0 [11123]
Sherry Rehman accused of blasphemy	5 13:47 gorb [11123]
New SOF mission and HQ established to help Mexican forces fight drug gangs	6 18:44 JosephMendiola [11130]
Mali 'collateral damage' from Libya conflict, says Kofi Annan	9 22:19 DepotGuy [11129]
Date for next IAEA-Iran meeting announced	0 [11122]
U.S. Says Afghan Peace Process 'hasn't Even Begun'	1 10:30 JohnQC [11123]
Qaradawi Slams French 'Haste' in Mali	1 02:32 Besoeker [11128]
Iraq to Reopen Jordan and Syria Crossings	0 [11123]
Obasanjo: Nigerian leaders should reach out to Boko Haram	2 11:57 Pappy [11129]
U.S. slaps sanctions on Mexico drug trafficking organization	8 20:22 Charles [11129]
Libya to strengthen Benghazi security	0 [11123]
FBI's Mueller Travels to Libya amid Benghazi Probe	1 11:43 Pappy [11126]
Qadri announces end to protest after government deal	0 [11126]
Libya begins to try Gaddafi's second son	0 [11124]
Khar offers talks with Khurshid, Delhi cold	0 [11125]
Mali synopsis	1 09:28 JohnQC [11124]
Algerian Kidnapper Belmokhtar: Islamist or Brigand?	4 10:15 Besoeker [11126]
Syrian govt apparently used BZ gas on rebels	5 16:25 Shipman [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
How US Cities are Lining Up $$ for Climate Change	6 21:55 Frank G [11127]
Boeing scrambles to find fix so planes can fly	1 20:27 Alaska Paul [11126]
Ballet dancers acting badly	6 23:16 trailing wife [11128]
Ensure safety of envoys, US tells Zim	1 14:01 Injun Stalin7884 [11124]
Fast & Furious: Man claims to have shot BP Agent Brian Terry	4 14:42 Besoeker [11124]
Gabgbo's youth leader Goudé arrested in Ghana	0 [11124]
Not enough evidence to arrest PM Ashraf, NAB chairman tells SC	1 10:40 tipper [11124]
Over 100 people killed, 70,000 displaced in Sudan's fresh tribal clashes	0 [11126]
ICE helps take down huge Mex slave and prostitution ring	6 12:57 Broadhead6 [11123]
Page 4: Opinion
Battle for the soul of Israel	1 17:11 trailing wife [11126]
Is Political Islam the Wrong Model For the Arab World?	6 16:27 Besoeker [11130]
Failed strategy in Sahel claims its due	0 [11122]
Al-Qaida Resurgent As Terror Spreads Across N. Africa	8 23:12 trailing wife [11131]
The talkative dead	0 [11122]
Page 6: Politix
Nagin indicted on 21 corruption charges	7 22:17 Barbara [11129]
Holder begs court to stop document release on Fast and Furious	23 18:31 JohnQC [11135]

    
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4	Govt of Syria
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4	Govt of Pakistan
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2	Boko Haram
2	Narcos
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	TTP
1	Govt of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2013-01-18
1,400 French soldiers in Mali for ground assaults: minister

Thu 2013-01-17
41 snatched by AQIM in Algeria gas plant attack

Wed 2013-01-16
France deploys armoured vehicles towards northern Mali

Tue 2013-01-15
Pakistan paralysed after court demands PM arrest

Mon 2013-01-14
Famed Tunisia Mausoleum Torched by Salafists

Sun 2013-01-13
19 Killed in Failed French Raid to Free Somalia Hostage

Sat 2013-01-12
French commandos attack al-Shabab base, explosions, gunfire heard

Fri 2013-01-11
France confirms Mali intervention

Thu 2013-01-10
Taliban suspects arrested over Karachi polio killings

Wed 2013-01-09
Indonesia Foils Terror Plot on Tourist Spots

Tue 2013-01-08
US drone attack kills four in North Waziristan

Mon 2013-01-07
Syria Opposition Rejects Assad's Reconciliation Plan

Sun 2013-01-06
Dronezap in South Wazoo send 18 TTP Jihadis to their rewards

Sat 2013-01-05
Syria jets, troops wage offensive on rebels near capital

Fri 2013-01-04
New U.S. Drone Strike Kills Three Qaida Suspects in Yemen

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