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Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IAEA finds particles of highly enriched uranium in Egypt	3 00:00 trailing wife [1769]
Turkish air strike kills 10 PKK terrorists, destroys bases in N. Iraq	1 00:00 Glenmore [1737]
Turkish Navy takes command of Somalia anti-piracy force from US	4 00:00 Skidmark [1771]
Zardari wants drones as part of the arsenal of Pak Army	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1731]
11 dead in Baghdad bombing	0 [1734]
Australian Special Forces Kill Senior Taliban Leader	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
Good morning	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
'Government will not allow Taliban to collect jizia'	5 00:00 trailing wife [1760]
7 dead in attack in Philippines	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Security forces shell militants' hideouts in Lower Dir	0 [1736]
Militants occupy govt buildings in Swat	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1735]
Indefinite curfew declared in Shangla	0 [1734]
Pakistan: Militants step up attacks beyond Swat to border area	0 [1728]
Residents told to flee Mingora, as Taliban takes hold	0 [1730]
Taliban take control of Saidu Sharif	0 [1734]
15 Taliban, two soldiers killed in Mohmand clash	0 [1736]
Seven killed, 48 injured in Bara suicide car blast	0 [1727]
Sri Lanka claims Prabhakaran trapped	3 00:00 Jolusing Sproing8799 [1732]
Page 2: WoT Background
Afghan definition of a civilian, Out of ammo, too wounded to fight, dead	6 00:00 ed [1735]
British terror preacher Abu Izzadeen freed from jail early	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1731]
Top US official: Israel should join Non-Proliferation Treaty	7 00:00 trailing wife [1775]
Obama keeps Afghan ally at arm's length	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Saudi Arabia donates $25m to rebuild Nahr El-Bared refugee camp	1 00:00 trailing wife [1771]
One step closer to the Caliphate: Dar-ul-Qaza established in NWFP	2 00:00 Glusotle Sproing7572 [1722]
Karzai chooses Fahim as running mate	0 [1741]
Full bench formed to hear Hafiz Saeed's detention case	0 [1732]
PM reconstitutes Council of Islamic Ideology	1 00:00 john frum [1727]
Fresh Chad-Sudan row after Doha deal	0 [1728]
Karachi Sheraton bombers released from Durance Vile	8 00:00 trailing wife [1769]
Talks with Iran will not hurt Arab allies: Gates	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1731]
Obama is committed to Israel, Biden tells AIPAC	9 00:00 Ming the Merciless [1740]
SaddamŽs ''sleepless nights'' revealed in FBI files	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
IranŽs president fires new tirade against Israel	0 [1739]
WH to discuss closure of militants' hideouts: Karzai	0 [1733]
EU funds paid three months late to GazaŽs needy	5 00:00 Bright Pebbles the pedantic [1738]
Syria: Hamas Žnot seeking exit strategyŽ	0 [1740]
Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Niger to mount joint offensive against al-Qaeda	1 00:00 newc [1736]
War tribunals, probe teams by June	0 [1734]
Fatah bids to counter Hamas propaganda	0 [1731]
Bosworth to visit Asia, Russia for N. Korea talks	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Hamas wonŽt recognize Israel	2 00:00 Mark Espinola [1738]
UN probe finds Israel guilty of war crimes	4 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1729]
US wants national govt with Nawaz as PM: report	1 00:00 Paul2 [1731]
Sunnis want treason case against Sufi	0 [1744]
Court acquits two in killing of 11 French	0 [1737]
Pakistan not a failed state: Holbrooke	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
Sri Lanka: British MPs to visit refugee camps	0 [1735]
Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire	4 00:00 mojo [1782]
Khamenei rebukes Ahmadinejad	7 00:00 mojo [1726]
US considers halting drone attacks on Pakistan	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
No charges likely over interrogation memos: early report	8 00:00 bman [1734]
Norks have cyber war unit targeting SKor, U.S. military	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Obama urged to address human rights iwith Norks	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1735]
S. Korea rules out redeploying troops to Afghanistan	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1740]
Finally: Grand Ayatollah Muqtada al-Sadr	24 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1769]
Pakistan: India's "Water Terrorism" worse than Taliban	1 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1758]
Page 3: Non-WoT
video: Nano-spy-chopper	1 00:00 Woozle Unineng9534 [1758]
The one that didn't get away - fishing video	0 [1731]
20% of homeowners 'underwater'	9 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1765]
Democrat Ag Chairman "will not support any kind of climate change bill"	6 00:00 Frank G [1735]
Eco-sailors rescued by oil tanker	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1743]
College Student Guns Down Home Invader	3 00:00 SteveS [1728]
USN Mission Canceled Because Of Influenza	0 [1742]
AIG bonuses four times higher than reported	5 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1735]
Obama signs directive to move toward "clean energy economy"	16 00:00 ed [1724]
KuwaitŽs Salafis call voting for women a sin	5 00:00 trailing wife [1752]
Mugabe not respecting power-sharing deal: Tsvangirai	4 00:00 Kofi Flomotch5556 [1724]
EgyptŽs top cleric OKs post-rape abortion	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
ŽBlood feudŽ massacre at Turkish wedding kills 44	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1731]
Strip Sircar of MP status	0 [1735]
Jubok housing chief held	0 [1723]
China to resume Peking Man site excavations	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1739]
8 Home Invaders - 2 Shot In Utah	4 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama's Prosecutions by Proxy	3 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1738]
Montana Governor Signs New Gun Law	15 00:00 Jumbo Slinerong5015 [1741]
The CIA's Fight With Obama	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1731]
Obama bites rich hands that fed him	9 00:00 DarthVader [1731]
Page 6: Politix
John Kerry vouches for a child-porn criminal	0 [1732]
Poll: Ridge pulling away, Specter DOA	4 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1767]
Stimulus oversight left up to taxpayers, House Stimulus Oversight Committee MIA, and/or clueless	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1731]
Specter Will Be Junior Democrat on all Committees except Aging - HaHaHaHa	12 00:00 trailing wife [1761]
Administration to Investors: Fear "Madman President" Obama!	7 00:00 ed [1735]
Obama Democrats Accent Bullying Over Governing	6 00:00 trailing wife [1750]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	TTP
6	Hamas
4	Govt of Pakistan
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	TNSM
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Iraqi Baath Party

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2009-05-06
Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire

Tue 2009-05-05
Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship

Mon 2009-05-04
Khaled Mashaal re-elected Hamas political leader

Sun 2009-05-03
64 civilians killed in Lanka hospital attack

Sat 2009-05-02
60 Taliban killed in Buner offensive

Fri 2009-05-01
Taliban hold Buner town people hostage

Thu 2009-04-30
U.S. missile strikes kill 10 in South Waziristan

Wed 2009-04-29
70 militants killed in Pak operation

Tue 2009-04-28
TNSM suspends talks with govt

Mon 2009-04-27
Suspect in Bat Ayin attack in custody

Sun 2009-04-26
North Korea reactivates its nuclear program

Sat 2009-04-25
US may use daisy-cutters 'if Pakistan shows reluctance'

Fri 2009-04-24
73 killed in twin suicide blasts in Baghdad

Thu 2009-04-23
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi nabbed

Wed 2009-04-22
Turkish police detain 37 in anti-Qaeda raids

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