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Tunisia issues arrest warrant for ousted president Ben Ali
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iraq: bomb strikes funeral, killing 48 in Baghdad	0 [1728]
More on the American shooter in Pakistan	3 00:00 gorb [1751]
Border authorities arrest controversial Muslim cleric east of San Diego	0 [1727]
Iranian Book Celebrating Suicide Bombers Found at US/Mexican Border	10 00:00 USN,Ret [1760]
Full court press: Leb, Tun, Egypt, and now Yemen	26 00:00 trailing wife [1747]
Mayhem in Monterrey: 7 Bad Guys Die	1 00:00 borgboy [1733]
La Familia Michoacana Disbands?	2 00:00 Mitch H. [1731]
Good morning	1 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1734]
ATC acquits 9 accused in Shershah case	0 [1734]
Afghan Forces Kill 20 Militants	1 00:00 Gmanzato [1732]
Protest in Rome against blasphemy law	3 00:00 trailing wife [1730]
Tense Calm in Lebanon after 'Day of Rage' Left 45 People, Including 35 Soldiers, Wounded	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Police nab Palestinian cell linked to murders of American and Israeli	0 [1726]
At Least Five Soldiers Dead in Yemen Suspected Qaeda Ambush	0 [1729]
7 Militants Renounce Violence in N Afghanistan	0 [1733]
Egypt: Protesters call Mubarak to resign	2 00:00 pan [1750]
Ninewa police arrest 2 gunmen in western Mosul	0 [1725]
Imam Said Jaziri arrested by Border Patrol agents	4 00:00 borgboy [1729]
Page 2: WoT Background
Growing alternatives to long TSA lines	6 00:00 SteveS [1750]
Growing alternatives to long TSA lines	0 [1732]
Putin rules out Chechen rebels from airport attack	2 00:00 Glenmore [1731]
McChrystal's Very Human Wired War	3 00:00 lotp [1726]
III Corps commander discusses drawdown in Iraq	0 [1724]
Gay advocates slam Ground Zero mosque imam	1 00:00 borgboy [1723]
Kenya calls in US team in al-Shabaab probe	0 [1726]
Algeria steps up grain imports, eyes Tunisia 'virus'	0 [1726]
Haaretz: Miqati Doesn't Represent Hizbullah or Iran, But he is a Personal Friend of Assad	0 [1726]
March 14 Rejects Cabinet that Tolerates Arms, Aims at Abolishing Tribunal	0 [1728]
Russia will never negotiate with terrorists - Putin	0 [1721]
Opposition vows more protests in Jordan	0 [1731]
UN envoy proposes 'piracy courts'	5 00:00 gorb [1743]
Vastanvi resigns as Deoband VC after Modi remarks	0 [1727]
Karzai: Afghanistan Wont be Used Against Iran and Pakistan	0 [1729]
It was LeTs grenade	0 [1732]
Iran: Tunisian uprising sparks execution blitz	2 00:00 borgboy [1731]
Hariri: Whoever killed Rafik Hariri in 2005 Doesn't Want Saad Hariri to be in Power	0 [1727]
Controversial Muslim Cleric caught sneaking into the U.S	0 [1728]
Larijani urges unity against terrorism	0 [1724]
Karzai opens Afghan parliament, taunts West	1 00:00 Frank G [1732]
Al-Shabaab recruits Canadian youth	0 [1722]
Britain rolls back on tough post-9/11 terror laws	3 00:00 lotp [1721]
Al-Sadr fled to Iran due to assassination fears	1 00:00 whitecollar redneck [1733]
Jordan king urges reform as Egypt protests rage	6 00:00 Frank G [1730]
Thousands march in anti-Abbas protests in Gaza	0 [1726]
U.S. withdrawal from Iraq to take place in assigned date	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
ROK Prosecutors probe ex-spy chief for leaking classified information	0 [1732]
N. Korea Backpedals Over Talks	3 00:00 Mitch H. [1725]
Germany wants to contact citzen held by the US in Afghanistan	0 [1723]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Over half of Himalayan glaciers advancing because of global warming - wait, wha?	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1729]
How the NYT dealt with Julian Assange: 6 key takeaways	1 00:00 Frank G [1733]
Gorgon Stare is "Not Operationally Effective" and "Not Operationally Suitable"	5 00:00 rammer [1751]
Obama calls it "Winning The Future", Palin calls it "WTF"	4 00:00 cam76034 [1735]
Dugway: missing nerve agent vial found, Army post reopened	3 00:00 lotp [1734]
Lightning and Ash	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1731]
England Scraps Nimrod Anti-Submarine System	6 00:00 CincinnatusChili [1727]
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 Through 2021	8 00:00 trailing wife [1758]
US Utah 'biological' army base 'locked down' (Dugway)	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1726]
Alerted Mexican Police Catch Potapult At The Border	1 00:00 swksvolFF [1729]
Illegal Foreclosure Against Active Duty Serviceman Drags On	2 00:00 borgboy [1725]
Church of England Criticizes Pope as 'Insensitive' and 'Predatory'	0 [1732]
Mexican Drug Mules Out, Catapults In(coming) In	0 [1725]
1 Retired Gurkha vs. 40 Dacoits. Gurkha Wins.	8 00:00 borgboy [1733]
US lifts curbs on ISRO, DRDO	0 [1727]
Ghana: Baba Jamal Arrests NPP Man In Show Of Power	0 [1727]
Tunisia: general strike on Thursday in Sidi Bouzid	0 [1728]
Gbagbo orders asset seizure from regional bank	0 [1730]
Gbagbo on Africa charm offensive	5 00:00 swksvolFF [1726]
Husband Seeks Police Protection from Insatiable Wife	2 00:00 USN,Ret [1755]
"HRW is an ideological tool of the opposition"	3 00:00 borgboy [1727]
Tunisia issues arrest warrant for ousted president Ben Ali	0 [1761]
Russian Duma approves arms pact with US	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
China's Wen asks people to speak up	5 00:00 SteveS [1747]
Page 4: Opinion
The Aim Of Blood Libels	3 00:00 pan [1753]
King cripples own hearings by appeasing CAIR	5 00:00 George Hupaviger4591 [1728]
Revolution Muslim: The Kevin Bacon of jihad in America	4 00:00 trailing wife [1727]
Is Obama too clueless to know that he lost face?	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1733]
Page 6: Politix
States rebuff federal threat over union laws	1 00:00 Frank G [1731]
White House to Push Gun Control	15 00:00 CincinnatusChili [1736]
Social Security Fund to Be Empty by 2037 (or sooner)	4 00:00 borgboy [1732]
Change! Initial jobless claims jump 51,000	1 00:00 charger [1727]
US to cut billions in oil subsidies	15 00:00 No I am The Other Beldar [1728]
Davos unmoved by Obama speech	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1726]
Kucinich sues House cafeteria over dental damage from olive pit	8 00:00 whitecollar redneck [1726]

    
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Who's in the News
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3	Govt of Iran
2	Taliban
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	HUJI
1	Pirates
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1	Commies

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2011-01-27
Tunisia issues arrest warrant for ousted president Ben Ali

Wed 2011-01-26
Three dead in Egypt protests

Tue 2011-01-25
Egypt protesters clash with police

Mon 2011-01-24
Bomb explodes in Moscow Domodedovo airport (DME), double digit fatalities

Sun 2011-01-23
Nato Airstrikes Kill 10 Insurgents in Afghanistan

Sat 2011-01-22
Hidalgo Police Chief Dies, 3 Cops Hurt in Car Bomb Explosion

Fri 2011-01-21
Suicide Blasts Rock Karbala, 50 Dead Nationwide

Thu 2011-01-20
15 dead in Iraq suicide attacks

Wed 2011-01-19
Nigerian troops given shoot to kill orders in Jos

Tue 2011-01-18
Al-Turabi arrested in Khartoum

Mon 2011-01-17
Prosecutor submits Hariri assassination indictment

Sun 2011-01-16
Yemen Government Loses, Regains Control of Habilain

Sat 2011-01-15
Benali flees Tunisia

Fri 2011-01-14
Sudan nationhood vote confirmed valid

Thu 2011-01-13
Drone Attack Kills 3, Maybe 4 in Pakistan

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