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Taliban militants blow up one of the oldest shrines of Ghazni city
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Security forces arrest 17 Palestinians overnight at the West Bank	0 [11123]
Terror attack on Egyptian army near Rafah- report	0 [11124]
Four Civilians Killed In Cross-Line Shelling By Pakistani	0 [11128]
Afghan Air Force choppers pound Taliban positions in Faryab province	0 [11124]
Taliban Commander in Zabul Joins the Peace Process	0 [11125]
Taliban positions pounded with artillery, airstrikes in Badghis leaving 17 dead, wounded	0 [11131]
Taliban militants blow up one of the oldest shrines of Ghazni city	2 09:27 Woodrow [11127]
Afghan Special Forces kill 14 Taliban militants, rescue abducted soldier in their latest raids	0 [11127]
Senior Haqqani Network leader killed in Paktia province	0 [11125]
Falcons Cell dismantles terrorist networks in Baaj	0 [11127]
Security forces cleanse border strip with Syria	0 [11132]
Teenage boy killed, sister critically injured in 'unprovoked' Indian firing from across LoC	0 [11126]
Shocking video shows migrants using a rope ladder to scale the Mexico border fence	2 09:29 Woodrow [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Would-be NYC subway bomber Najibullah Zazi to be released on time served	1 19:41 Dron66046 [11129]
Persecution of Christians is modern-day 'genocide', UK Foreign Secretary blames 'political correctness'	2 15:07 AlanC [11132]
Abbas Bypasses EU, Asks Russia Help Avert PP Collapse Over Terror Payments	3 07:25 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Hamas leader Sinwar heads to Egypt to discuss truce with Israel	0 [11129]
Sri Lanka Mass Cancelled over 'Specific Attack Threat'	0 [11126]
Sudan orders Bashir interrogated over suspected money laundering, terrorism financing: Judicial source	0 [11125]
Gustavo Tarre denounced the operation of Hezbollah and the Islamic State in Venezuela before the OAS	0 [11127]
Turkey’s energy sector has $12-13 bln worth of problem loans	0 [11124]
Afghans call for ceasefire as peace summit wraps up	0 [11125]
Merkel to push for a single EU stance on Libya crisis	0 [11129]
Turkey must hand over ‘murderers’ of alleged Palestinian spy, says cousin	0 [11127]
Senate upholds veto of Yemen resolution	0 [11124]
Huge crowds join sit-in outside Sudan’s defense ministry	0 [11135]
‘Use of oil as weapon by nations threatens OPEC’	6 21:21 trailing wife [11126]
‘Negative portrayal of Muslims in western media igniting hatred’	7 19:54 Dron66046 [11135]
SC wraps up Lal Masjid suo motu case after govt assurance	0 [11129]
Munir Ali Na'im Shait aka "Haj Hashem" leading Hezbollah activities in Golan	0 [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
US Embassy in Haiti - Shelter in place order if near embassy	1 22:48 Skidmark [11128]
Another Great Month for the US Economy	0 [11128]
U.S. Steel Investing $1 Billion In Mon Valley Works	1 18:12 Airandee [11123]
Off-duty soldier survives 70-foot fall from Kilauea volcano caldera	1 11:49 trailing wife [11127]
Egypt's astute move towards China's Belt and Road Initiative	1 09:46 lord garth [11130]
Mother-of-three allegedly burnt alive by husband, in-laws in Shakargarh tehsil	1 00:59 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11127]
Luis Silva: "Folklore of peoples will never die"	3 09:44 Raj [11127]
Adolescents are more vulnerable to social rejection	0 [11123]
Confirmed death of at least four protesters in recent day of protests	0 [11127]
Spain rules out giving Leopoldo López to the Venezuelan authorities	1 06:06 Mike Kozlowski [11126]
San Francisco billionaire gives $30 mln to study homelessness	14 20:44 Frank G [11136]
Parents plead guilty in US college admissions bribery scandal	0 [11126]
Majority of Britons believe climate change could end human race	2 18:05 SteveS [11128]
Death of woman in Karachi govt hospital was due to allergic reaction: autopsy report	0 [11126]
Prayer leader arrested for rape, murder	1 01:44 Cheger Peacock6239 [11124]
KU says sexual harassment complaint against faculty members is 'fake'	0 [11125]
Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew From ‘Star Wars' Dies at 74	3 13:42 rjschwarz [11127]
Former DHS CSO Marshall: Moving Background Checks to DoD ‘Makes Perfect Sense'	1 07:18 Procopius2k [11127]
Russia Quadruples Monthly Borrowing to More Than $6 Billion	1 18:10 Ebbavirt Clunk4147 [11125]
Eurosceptics assemble in Warsaw to demand exit from bloc	2 18:15 Silentbrick [11123]
Drought affecting Panama Canal Traffic.	1 13:43 rjschwarz [11126]
Florida teachers will be allowed to carry guns in the classroom after 144-hour training course as lawmakers pass bill following Parkland shooting	3 07:12 Procopius2k [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Trump's Sons Kill a Triceratops on Hunting Safari - Liberals Believe, And They're Very Upset	4 20:45 Frank G [11129]
Why are boringly straight women claiming to be lesbians?	5 18:24 Woodrow [11123]
Dems Solemnly Don Tinfoil Hats Before Questioning Barr On Mueller Report	3 09:12 Frank G [11127]
Child marriage	0 [11127]
Checkmate. How President Trump's legal team outfoxed Mueller	2 12:34 Abu Uluque [11127]
Trump Coup Biggest Violation of Constitution in History – Kevin Shipp	0 [11124]
Venezuelan Coup Fails & So Does CNN	7 17:07 Ebbavirt Clunk4147 [11123]
Page 6: Politix
Book Sez Obama Butthurt Over 2016 Election	12 17:52 Bobby [11135]
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, others in hate crackdown	1 09:14 charger [11130]
Lindsey Graham will ask Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate FISA court misconduct	3 18:28 Woodrow [11125]
Here We Go – FBI Admits Using Spies Against Trump Campaign…	5 11:24 Abu Uluque [11133]
FBI Used 'Honeypot' Spy To Tag-Team Papadopoulos In London Russiagate Setup: NYT	6 11:27 Abu Uluque [11126]
Trump's Fed Reserve Board pick pulls back nomination after handful of Republicans join Romney in ‘concern'	6 11:19 trailing wife [11125]
EU vows 'measures' against full US implementation of Helms-Burton Act on Cuba: official	6 15:59 Slomoper Tholing7084 [11128]
Baltimore mayor quits over children's books corruption scandal	1 00:39 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11125]
Lazy Mazie Morphs into Crazy Mazie	6 11:44 JohnQC [11124]
Russian Oligarch's wife paid £135,000 for dinner with Theresa May and SIX female cabinet ministers	1 01:57 Cheger Peacock6239 [11130]
Former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya becomes first politician to be KICKED OUT of Parliament by voters after almost 20,000 signed petition	2 09:59 lord garth [11126]

    
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6	Taliban
4	Commies
4	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Sublime Porte
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Iran
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda
1	Arab Spring
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-05-03
Taliban militants blow up one of the oldest shrines of Ghazni city

Thu 2019-05-02
Iran, Turkey criticize US plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group

Wed 2019-05-01
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated businessman Malek sentenced to 25 years in prison

Tue 2019-04-30
Gunmen kill pastor, worshippers in Burkina Faso church

Mon 2019-04-29
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seen in new video for first time in five years

Sun 2019-04-28
Father, brothers of alleged Sri Lanka bombing mastermind killed

Sat 2019-04-27
Sri Lanka - Inside help?

Fri 2019-04-26
Jihadists 'blow themselves up' as soldiers raid suicide vest factory in Sri Lanka

Thu 2019-04-25
Trump says sending ‘armed soldiers’ to US-Mexico border

Wed 2019-04-24
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes, most of them minority Shiites

Tue 2019-04-23
IS claims Sri Lanka blasts

Mon 2019-04-22
Sri Lanka explosions, 24 arrested, 290+ dead, 8 kabooms

Sun 2019-04-21
3 churches bombed at Easter services in Sri Lanka 262 Dead

Sat 2019-04-20
Woman killed after shots fired during violent riots in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Fri 2019-04-19
Islamic State Declared A New Wilaya In Africa

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