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UK Oil Rig Evacuated After Bomb Alert
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Army sniper convicted of killing Iraqi	5 00:00 KBK [1758]
Headless Body Found in London	7 00:00 Xenophon [1764]
Air India bombing convict completes sentence, stays in jail	0 [1752]
Militant shot dead in Baramulla	0 [1730]
It was Hamza who pulled the trigger	0 [1737]
LeT plot to blow up Bombay Stock Exchange foiled, six held	0 [1743]
Indian medical camps recruiting suicide bomber	0 [1729]
Arab Rock and Firebomb Attacks Increase in Samaria and Galilee	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1728]
Boy Loses Leg, Brother Wounded in Sderot Kassam Attack	5 00:00 Ptah [1735]
Norway closes Kabul embassy after terror threats	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1736]
Village chief shot dead in southern Thailand	2 00:00 anymouse [1732]
Good Morning.	6 00:00 JohnQC [1729]
Israeli child seriously wounded in rocket attack	31 00:00 trailing wife [1765]
Bomb Kills 25 at Pakistan Election Rally	1 00:00 Frank G [1739]
Local Al-Qaeda leader killed in raid: Iraq police	0 [1743]
Journalist killed in Quetta, BLA claims responsibility	0 [1728]
Remote-controlled blast kills soldier in Noshki	0 [1730]
US military charges two more Gitmo captives	0 [1727]
Sri Lanka military says 44 Tamil rebels killed	2 00:00 Throger Thains8048 [1751]
IAF aircraft strikes Hamas installation in Khan Yunis	0 [1733]
Sudanese air strikes send flood of refugees into Chad	0 [1742]
Iraqi police arrest 31 south of Baghdad in raids against Shi'ite activists	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1731]
Page 2: WoT Background
Chavez threatens to stop shipping oil to U.S.	20 00:00 KBK [1767]
Pelosi calls Iraq a 'failure'	8 00:00 sinse [1735]
Diary of an Insurgent In Retreat	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1760]
~~Pompous Ass~~ Finkbeiner taking flak over Marines	8 00:00 DarthVader [1734]
A $4 Million Ransom?	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1754]
Sderot Mayor & Minister Sheetrit: Wipe Out Gaza Neighborhoods	4 00:00 Birght Pebbles [1728]
Sderot Residents Burn Tires as Leaders Mull Reaction Options	3 00:00 ed [1737]
Yahoo reverses ban on 'allah' in usernames	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1727]
Ayatollah's advice startles traditionalists	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1724]
Gates Warns Europe on Afghan Danger	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Army Reserve doctor brings the war home through e-mail	5 00:00 Helmuth, Speaking for Spusoling6019 [1747]
Minister warns of inbred Muslims	12 00:00 Rambler [1736]
US warning on Nato's Afghan role	6 00:00 Tyranysaurus Thineger1966 [1727]
Is AIPAC protecting State sponsors of terror? And if so, why?	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1728]
Sunnis Agree to Rejoin Government	4 00:00 Steve White [1727]
Germany to boost Afghan troop contingent	5 00:00 DMFD [1726]
Chad rebels say want to lure army from capital	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
Archbishop under pressure to quit	11 00:00 3dc [1752]
Moussa extends Beirut mediation	0 [1725]
FO rejects claim Al Qaeda, Taliban leaders in Pakistan	2 00:00 DMFD [1728]
Lebanon vote delayed for 14th time	0 [1731]
Hamas leader accuses Europe of inaction on 'massacres'	5 00:00 danking70 [1726]
Dichter to call for upping IDF action	0 [1731]
'Don't rule out more border breaches'	6 00:00 danking70 [1725]
Zahalka: Gov't plans to assassinate Haniyeh to boost PM's popularity	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1734]
Hamas: Rocket attacks will stop if IDF halt ops in Gaza, W. Bank	3 00:00 danking70 [1732]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Clinton replaces campaign manager	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1758]
Ron Paul calling it quits?	4 00:00 smn [1734]
Hillary Clinton's advisers 'in a state of panic'	20 00:00 JosephMendiola [1754]
India Puts MiG-29 Upgrade Back on Track to Approval	0 [1738]
John Bolton endorses McCain	5 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1735]
The Eurofighter Meltdown	17 00:00 OldSpook [1736]
Saudi preachers blame sinners for lack of rain	7 00:00 OldSpook [1735]
Brit athletes banned from criticism of Chinese regime	13 00:00 ed [1737]
Huckabee wins Kansas	0 [1729]
'Obama will be assassinated if he wins'	25 00:00 M. Murcek [1758]
Reversion to Christianity legal, rules Egyptian court	4 00:00 Icerigger [1730]
Kenyan deal expected next week	0 [1730]
Turkish lawmakers vote to lift ban on Islamic head scarves at universities	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Venezuela lashes out at Exxon Mobil	8 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Subprime losses could rise to $400bn	4 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1733]
A Pakistani view of U.S. nuclear weapons	9 00:00 M. Murcek [1755]
Archbishop, youve committed treason	1 00:00 McZoid [1733]
Rolling Stone Rolling Crap: Elected to end the war, Democrats have surrendered to Bush	15 00:00 ed [1729]
MSNBC caves in to the Clintons	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Influential Women's Magazine Silenced in Iran	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1731]
'God's Crucible' isn't up to the challenge	7 00:00 DoDo [1733]
New Iraqi Law Requires Waiting Period For Muslim Bomb Vest Purchases	2 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Gramscian Damage	6 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2907 [1739]
Iraqs Civil War, the Sadrists and the Surge	7 00:00 ed [1738]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Extreme Home Makeover: It's a Marine tonight!	0 [1736]
Plague of rats as UK turns wetter	7 00:00 trailing wife [1759]
England Again (sigh)	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Oil Rig Off UK Evacuated After Bomb Alert	4 00:00 Halliburton - Hyperbolic Idiot Detection Service [1775]
Fire destroys Tenn. mosque; arson suspected	21 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1722]
Trademark office: International Falls is 'Icebox of the Nation', Alaskans laughing	10 00:00 Hupomoque Stalin9794 [1729]
Myanmar junta to hold elections in 2010	2 00:00 Bangkok Billy [1733]

    
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                        23:49 KBK

                        23:48 Helmuth, Speaking for Spusoling6019

                        23:40 trailing wife

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                        23:34 M. Murcek

                        23:34 trailing wife

                        23:25 marc

                        23:24 M. Murcek

                        23:22 JosephMendiola

                        23:21 Throger Thains8048

                        23:19 3dc

                        23:16 Redneck Jim

                        23:15 JosephMendiola

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                        23:07 JosephMendiola

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                        23:04 Redneck Jim

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Who's in the News
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7	Hamas
2	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda
1	Global Jihad
1	Mahdi Army
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-02-10
UK Oil Rig Evacuated After Bomb Alert

Sat 2008-02-09
Sudan planes, militia attack Darfur towns-witnesses

Fri 2008-02-08
Israel may target Hamas heads

Thu 2008-02-07
WMD Documents Found in NYC Apartment of Iraq Translator

Wed 2008-02-06
Baitullah declares hudna

Tue 2008-02-05
Nine dead as Israel strikes Gaza after suicide kaboom

Mon 2008-02-04
Woman killed, one critically hurt in Dimona suicide attack

Sun 2008-02-03
Baitullah offers conditional talks

Sat 2008-02-02
British bishop gets police protection after Islamist death threats

Fri 2008-02-01
Yemen: Al-Qaeda fighting rebels 'at government's request'

Thu 2008-01-31
Abu Laith al-Libi titzup?

Wed 2008-01-30
18 Orakzai tribes form Lashkar against Taliban

Tue 2008-01-29
Egypt starts to rebuild Gaza border fences

Mon 2008-01-28
9 killed, dozens injured during Hezbollah-led riots in Leb

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Gazooks foil attempt to seal Rafah: day 4

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