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Zardari caves: Judges restored
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
New IDF Tactics Led to Victory in Gaza	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1762]
Obama told: help Pakistan or risk a repeat of 9/11 in America or Britain	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
US shoots down Iranian drone over Iraq	7 00:00 DarthVader [1733]
The Grateful Dead	7 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Good morning	3 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1740]
Iraq/Afghan War News: Iraq to get Abrams Tanks	13 00:00 anonymous5089 [1731]
15 suspects held in new security crackdown in Baquba	0 [1752]
Militants torch 13 Nato vehicles	0 [1746]
Dead bodies found at old Somali factory	0 [1741]
Officials: Missile attack kills 5 in Pakistan	0 [1746]
Two missile attacks in Bannu, causalities feared	0 [1740]
Army, ISF troops restore order after armed clashes break out in Sidon	0 [1744]
4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Steve White [1743]
Five killed in blast at Yemen tourist site	0 [1740]
Somali rivals in deadly clashes	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1750]
Two Israeli policemen shot dead in West Bank	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1753]
Pakistan fighters torch Afghan supply truck	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama administration forges a new strategy to salvage an Afghan nation-building operation	0 [1741]
Five Bloody Years in Basra	0 [1739]
New Gunship Could Get Fresh Start In 2010	13 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1738]
Fair jury hard to find for ~~sugar rocket smuggler~~ terror suspect	6 00:00 ed [1742]
Australian Embassy bomber remorseless in new book	0 [1742]
My father, the honored Iman, beat me and raped me many times	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1744]
'Merchant of death' denies arming terror	2 00:00 trailing wife [1736]
Mulla Omar backs Afghan peace talks	0 [1738]
Iftikhar's reinstatement victory of President, PM: Hashmi	0 [1732]
US to PKK: Disarm, get pardoned	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan	1 00:00 Seafarious [1761]
Nation eagerly waits PM's address	0 [1733]
Pentagon chief: Israeli attack on Iran would endanger region	9 00:00 borgboy [1741]
Lebanon's March 14 alliance launches its 2009 election campaign	0 [1737]
Palestinians agree to prohibit internal violence	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1745]
Russian plane delivers 40 tons of aid to Afghanistan	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1734]
No place for terrorists in new Iraq, says Al Maliki	1 00:00 Glenmore [1742]
Afghan Officials Preparing For Militant Incursions From Pakistan	1 00:00 trailing wife [1741]
Differences widen in Palestinian unity talks	0 [1737]
Sfeir urges Lebanese against 'selling' their votes	0 [1738]
OIC stresses solidarity with Sudan in spite of ICC decision	0 [1745]
Blue Helmets Take Over From Euro Force in Chad, CAR	0 [1738]
Irish Leader Condemns Killings, Says 'Psychopaths' Won't Disrupt Peace	1 00:00 tu3031 [1742]
Palestinian factions agree to hold elections by Jan. 2010	0 [1742]
Kidnapped foreign aid workers arrive in Khartoum	0 [1748]
Iraq: Cleric calls for release of Bush 'shoe-thrower'	2 00:00 Uncle Phester [1743]
Talabani confirms will step down next year	0 [1740]
Saudi FM criticises Teheran as Iran counterpart visits	0 [1739]
British MPs urge govt. to end Hamas boycott	0 [1747]
Iran's president says sanctions ''childish thinking''	1 00:00 HammerHead [1733]
State Accused of Backing Mistreatment of Muslims	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Hindu extremists nix statue of Christian (Charlie Chaplin)	9 00:00 john frum [1732]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Bankers Enjoy $5000 Brunches in NYC; Don't Care That They Trashed Economy	0 [1737]
Thousands of girls mutilated in Britain (FGM)	0 [1732]
Obama "choked up with anger"	8 00:00 Frank G [1758]
Conservative talk radio on the wane in California	2 00:00 newc [1764]
Russian woman held for eating friend	4 00:00 ed [1742]
Scientists Claim Earth Is Undergoing Natural Climate Shift	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Burundi 'albino killers' arrested	0 [1748]
Diamonds: A fighter pilot's best friend?	8 00:00 tipover [1751]
Malaria Immunity Trigger Found For Multiple Mosquito Species	3 00:00 Shipman [1735]
Bracing for a Bailout Backlash	6 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Worried Russia to monitor NKorea rocket launch	4 00:00 SteveS [1742]
Bank of China extends massive credit to state aircraft maker	0 [1738]
National hypersonic science centers named	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Shuttle Discovery Launches Toward Space Station	1 00:00 Mitch H. [1736]
Salvadoran ex-rebels lead in presidential election (AP)	0 [1739]
Mukhtaran Mai marries constable	0 [1739]
Bernanke sees U.S. recovery beginning in 2010	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1760]
Bodies exhumed near Mexican city	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1736]
Stimulus plan paying off: China	0 [1745]
Iraqi footballer shot dead by fan	4 00:00 tu3031 [1731]
Spain set to tear down its last statue of General Franco	5 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [1759]
Ron Silver	5 00:00 KBK [1736]
Paper: Deutsche Post gives ex-CEO $26 million	1 00:00 Shipman [1739]
Uganda, Kenya Agree Over Disputed Island	0 [1731]
Virus gripped PMO's email for 3 months	7 00:00 john frum [1734]
Official: Pakistan to restore chief justice	0 [1744]
Austrian incest father Fritzl on trial for murder	1 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
US troops hold first St Patricks Day parade in Baghdad	1 00:00 Broadhead6 [1760]
Rally demands Georgian presidents resignation	0 [1736]
Madagascar president refuses to quit	0 [1743]
Russia's nuclear bombshells	3 00:00 gromky [1732]
Israel rivals 'renew coalition bid'	0 [1738]
Opec leaves crude output unchanged	3 00:00 Shipman [1741]
Mexico says 'emo' youths face discrimination	16 00:00 Frank G [1762]
Violence mars Pakistani anti-government protest	0 [1737]
Obama taps new FDA chief	1 00:00 Shipman [1742]
Bones in Turkish 'acid well'	0 [1736]
Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes	5 00:00 49 Pan [1736]
Inmate put in cell with killer he testified against; beaten to death	9 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Chavez deploys navy to Venezuelan ports	4 00:00 Shipman [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed	5 00:00 trailing wife [1769]
Spengler: This almost-chosen, almost-pregnant land	0 [1738]
Obamas (Highly Creepy) Pledge Project	2 00:00 newc [1765]
Rethink the Afghanistan surge	0 [1759]
Belmont Club: Pakistan Again	0 [1743]
Islam and Free Speech	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Osama bin Elvis	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
Center stage for the 21st century: Rivalry in the Indian Ocean	3 00:00 ed [1742]
Shut down Pakistan's ISI to end jihad	5 00:00 M. Murcek [1768]
Page 6: Politix
Bank America outsources 10,000 jobs to India and the Philippines today	4 00:00 CrazyFool [1751]
The One is Not a Socialist?	10 00:00 Iblis [1738]
EU to listen in on Skype calls	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles the flatulent [1747]
Rep. Frank wants to see if AIG bonuses recoverable	18 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1738]

    
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                        23:29 CrazyFool

                        22:56 newc

                        22:51 M. Murcek

                        22:46 JosephMendiola

                        22:39 Muggsy Glink

                        22:27 newc

                        22:21 JosephMendiola

                        22:15 Frank G

                        22:14 Frank G

                        22:13 Frank G

                        22:09 Broadhead6

                        22:08 Shavins Big Foot8769

                        22:06 Broadhead6

                        22:04 Shavins Big Foot8769

                        22:02 JosephMendiola

                        21:57 tipover

                        21:53 Atomic Conspiracy

                        21:44 Classer

                        21:44 Procopius2k

                        21:40 SteveS

                        21:35 JosephMendiola

                        21:29 JosephMendiola

Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Pakistan
3	Hamas
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
3	Taliban
2	al-Shabaab
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Hezbollah
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Global Jihad

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2009-03-16
Zardari caves: Judges restored

Sun 2009-03-15
Nawaz arrested!

Sat 2009-03-14
Sudan: Kidnappers demand Bashir arrest warrant be dropped

Fri 2009-03-13
Pakistain: Political leaders in hiding as hundreds arrested

Thu 2009-03-12
Taliban Hideout dronezapped

Wed 2009-03-11
Boomer near Sri Lanka mosque kills 15

Tue 2009-03-10
33 dead as Iraq tribal leaders attacked

Mon 2009-03-09
Iraq suicide bomber kills 30, wounds 57

Sun 2009-03-08
Palestinian PM submits resignation making way for unity govt

Sat 2009-03-07
US taps Delhi on Lanka foray: Marines to evacuate civilians

Fri 2009-03-06
Marwan to be 'freed' as part of Shalit deal

Thu 2009-03-05
ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's president-for-life

Wed 2009-03-04
Lanka troops in last Tamil Tiger Towne

Tue 2009-03-03
Lanka cricketers shot up in Lahore

Mon 2009-03-02
Hariri tribunal gets underway in The Hague

Sun 2009-03-01
Mighty Pak Army claims famous victory in Bajaur

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