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German AP Photographer Shot Dead in Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	4 15:48 gorb [1733]
Taliban offer $5 for Kabul voter card	4 12:02 Shipman [1749]
Militant group claims freeing captured Iranian guards	0 [1729]
Bomb-making accident claims three Shaboobs	0 [1731]
Somali army and Shaboobs at it again in Gedo	0 [1733]
Shaboobs attack military base last night in Hiiraan	0 [1731]
Bombing in Chechnya kills four Russian soldiers	0 [1733]
Abu Sayyaf behind abduction of two in Sabah	0 [1735]
12 Killed in 'Qaida Attack'	0 [1746]
17 Dead in Iraq Violence as Elections Loom	0 [1734]
Rockets Hit Bekaa Towns, 'Free Sunnis' and ISIL Claim Attack	0 [1729]
German AP Photographer Shot Dead in Afghanistan	0 [1785]
Syria Army Steps Up Operations near Damascus	0 [1730]
'Severely Beaten' Man Dropped in Riyaq after Brief Abduction	0 [1731]
Akkar Woman Abducted on Her Way to Tripoli	0 [1733]
Army to Conduct Security Plan in Bekaa in Upcoming Hours	0 [1738]
State Security Foils Rocket Attack on al-Nabi Othman	0 [1733]
Turkey Returns Artillery Fire Into Syria	1 10:15 Devilstoenail [1741]
Report: Rebels Take Northern Syrian Town On Main Highway	0 [1739]
Syrian airstrikes kill at least 7 outside Damascus	0 [1738]
Egypt: Military Destroyed 30 More Terror Tunnels Into Gaza	0 [1735]
Page 2: WoT Background
C.Africa 'regrets' Chad decision to withdraw troops	0 [1733]
Five Including IEC Employee Arrested For Selling Votes: MoIA	3 14:48 trailing wife [1733]
Trial of Mumbai attacks case suspects stalled	0 [1729]
TTP extends ceasefire until April 10	0 [1727]
Bilawal assails govt for pushing nation into dark ages	0 [1742]
"Teenager" bought plane ticket for fleeing terror suspect	0 [1732]
Trial for "Canadian" Arrested On Way To join Shaboobs	0 [1729]
Report: Kuwait Minister under U.S. Fire on Syria Jihad Quits	0 [1733]
Iraq Christians Say Homes Seized as Unrest Spikes	0 [1731]
8 Charged for Nusra Front Membership	0 [1735]
'Free Sunnis Brigade' Criticizes Security Plan in Tripoli, Says it Violates Sanctity of Muslim Homes	0 [1733]
Syrian Opposition Urges 'End to Racism' against Refugees in Lebanon	3 14:42 SteveS [1736]
Morocco Journalist 'Terror' Case in Judge's Hands	0 [1728]
Zawahiri Says Jihadist Infighting In Syria Is 'Sedition'	0 [1738]
Egyptian Journalists Strike, Demanding Protection	0 [1732]
US Official: Iran Nuclear Deal To Be Drafted In May	1 08:22 AlanC [1726]
200 Palestinians Protest Near Ofer Prison, 5 Injured	0 [1726]
Rights Group Calls On US To Delay Military Aid To Egypt	0 [1728]
Egypt Deports Man Lobbying Against Mass Death Sentences	1 11:58 Frank G [1739]
Two Drug Tunnels, With Rail Systems, Found At U.S.-Mexico Border	14 23:08 USN, Ret. [1750]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Venezuelans wary that food ID cards are thin end of rationing wedge	3 22:05 Frank G [1763]
Klingon attempts unassisted human flight from 5th floor of office bldg.	7 23:19 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1751]
Russian Passports For Armenians living in Georgia	0 [1734]
Russian Military Buildup in South Ossetia	0 [1729]
Obama says NO to MAP for Georgia in NATO	0 [1731]
This Week in Guns, April 5th, 2014	4 23:58 trailing wife [1757]
McDonald's to go: US fast food chain shuts doors in Crimea	4 14:59 Barbara [1735]
Three sentenced to death in Mumbai gang rape case	1 12:25 Frank G [1729]
Policeman suspended for accusing baby of attempted murder	0 [1727]
PIA fires 300 employees for having fake degrees	0 [1729]
Call for 'calm and patience' in case of beaten motorist	7 23:55 Rambler in Virginia [1754]
Bosnian Serb War Crimes Suspect Arrested in France	0 [1732]
New wave of political correctness hits campuses	6 16:20 Elmerert Hupens2660 [1728]
Israel Okays Controversial East Jerusalem Archaeology Project	3 08:48 g(r)omgoru [1727]
Meltdown: Staffers Beaten, Students Brawling at Lawless Philly High School	12 21:51 trailing wife [1756]
Pay Day activities return to 21st SUPCOM, K-Town, Germany	9 18:55 Pappy [1744]
Page 4: Opinion
Who Really Won the Cold War?	9 18:07 borgboy [1755]
Obama's Mideast Nightmare	10 19:16 AlanC [1750]
TTP, winning the war on TV	0 [1735]
Unsavoury spectacle	0 [1730]
Underhand tactics	0 [1730]
Ruling Pakistan	0 [1731]
Spike In Iran Executions Seen As Politically Motivated	2 12:44 Pappy [1731]
Afghan Twilight	3 06:36 Besoeker [1731]
Egypt Is On The Brink Of Chaos. Here's Why It Should Matter To Washington	6 15:07 SteveS [1737]
Chevron Takes Battle To Radical Environmentalist Lobby	2 01:22 Besoeker [1741]
Page 6: Politix
Eric Holder Defends Using Justice Department Airplane	2 14:59 M. Murcek [1733]
Kansas Senate passes school finance bill stripping funding for Common Core standards	13 23:12 SteveS [1760]
$6 Billion Goes Missing at State Department	11 18:25 Bubba Graiting8281 [1751]
French Far-Right Leader Says Pork or Nothing for Pupils	4 15:09 SteveS [1733]
Time to derail the Democrats' gravy train for trial lawyers	3 12:25 OldSpook [1736]

    
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8	Arab Spring
5	al-Shabaab
5	Govt of Pakistan
3	TTP
2	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Iran
1	Narcos
1	Seleka
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Syria
1	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2014-04-05
German AP Photographer Shot Dead in Afghanistan

Fri 2014-04-04
10 Insurgents Killed in Logar

Thu 2014-04-03
20 Dead as 'Qaida' Attacks Yemen Army Headquarters

Wed 2014-04-02
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Tue 2014-04-01
Bomb explodes on man assembling it in Nairobi

Mon 2014-03-31
20 Boko Haram detainees killed in failed jailbreak attempt in Abuja

Sun 2014-03-30
Taliban Attacks Afghan Election Headquarters

Sat 2014-03-29
Six Die in Indian Kashmir Militant Strike

Fri 2014-03-28
'Dangerous Terrorist' Sami al-Atrash Killed in Army Raid in Arsal

Thu 2014-03-27
Phillipines, MILF sign historic peace agreement

Wed 2014-03-26
Delhi police arrest chief of Indian Mujahideen

Tue 2014-03-25
Muslim Brotherhood Activists Burn School In Protest Of Death Sentences

Mon 2014-03-24
Egypt sentences 528 Morsi supporters to death

Sun 2014-03-23
Report: Assassination Attempt On Egyptian Army Commander Thwarted

Sat 2014-03-22
Taliban commander kills self, family in NWA bomb accident

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