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Hezbollah at war with Leb
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq arrested: report	12 00:00 Spot [1740]
Beirut gunbattles as Hezbollah says govt 'declares war'	24 00:00 McZoid [1779]
Nasrullah: Lebanese government decision is a declaration of war	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Residents says Iraqi soldiers warn them to leave Sadr City	12 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1736]
Five wounded in bus bombing in southern Philippines	0 [1734]
Talibunies ask for Divine intervention to get Cellphone Bomb to work- Denied - Video	9 00:00 sinse [1743]
Iraqi troops showing "incredible maturity" in Basra operation	7 00:00 liberalhawk [1738]
Good morning	7 00:00 Enver Theagum2595 [1741]
Beirut Airport Besieged by Hezbies	9 00:00 sinse [1746]
Hezbollah declares Leb Army an enemy	1 00:00 JohnQC [1732]
Suspected al Qaeda 'media chief' rejects U.S. court	3 00:00 tu3031 [1743]
Blast kills 2 soldiers of Afghan NATO-led force	0 [1730]
Top LeT commander held	0 [1744]
Roadside bomb kills 8 troops in Somalia	0 [1741]
2 cops among 4 killed in Quetta	0 [1736]
Militants raze second Swat girls' school	0 [1738]
Gas supply suspended after blast in Sui	0 [1743]
Twelve dead in Afghanistan violence	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Interesting oil supply issues	20 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1759]
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Revealed? Picture at Link	3 00:00 tu3031 [1740]
Guantanamo judge threatens to suspend Canadian case	1 00:00 tu3031 [1727]
Preacher Abu Qatada granted bail	0 [1747]
Islamic group finds town's emergency drill offensive	8 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1754]
Iran clerics rebuke Ahmadinejad over 'hidden imam'	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
Big military push coming in Baghdad; media readying defeatist narrative	2 00:00 tipover [1737]
As Baghdad grapples with Sadr City, Iraqi Kurdistan busily builds 'Dream City'	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Malaysian court allows Muslim convert to revert back to her faith	4 00:00 gromky [1731]
Viktor Bout Indicted for Conspiracy to Kill Americans & Related Terrorism Charges	1 00:00 gromky [1728]
Colombian Newspaper Reports INTERPOL Found No Tampering with FARC Computers	0 [1739]
Top Sunni Mufti in Leb accuses Hezbollah of invading Beirut	0 [1727]
Back From Syria - Global Warming causes NYT to print "Good News" story	4 00:00 RD [1738]
Hezbies to 'open the gates of hell' to government	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Ex-prince wants Taliban brought into Afghan govt	0 [1736]
'Pakistan's radical groups facilitating Arab funding to Taliban, Al Qaeda'	1 00:00 Paul [1746]
Amnesty International calls for inquiry into US role in Somalia	5 00:00 sinse [1740]
Five Pakistani 'traffickers' arrested in Spain	2 00:00 sinse [1735]
Govt aware of foreigners joining 'unwanted' groups: Qureshi	0 [1734]
Mohmand jirga to negotiate 7 abducted troops' release with Taliban	0 [1733]
Aid groups: Humanitarian woes grow in Baghdad's Sadr City	2 00:00 tu3031 [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Fearing an armed citizenry, D.C. Police armed with AR-15s	2 00:00 JohnQC [1726]
More Horror Stories from Mexio - Top Cop Killed	1 00:00 JohnQC [1762]
Today is V-E Day	0 [1739]
Russian parliament confirms Putin as prime minister	4 00:00 Frank G [1742]
N. Korea turns over nuke weapons documents to U.S.: report	0 [1738]
Chinese Protesters Extinguish the Olympic Torch in Shenzhen? [unconfirmed]	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1731]
Pelosi: Democratic race should go on	1 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Global Warming/Climate Change "reporters" caught in another lie!	6 00:00 George Smiley [1737]
McCain wants 'Office' star for VP	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Airbus continues its long, slow downward spiral	13 00:00 USN,Ret. (from home) [1767]
Clean air could kill the Amazon, researchers say	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Dubai has World's Best Bar	8 00:00 Pappy [1733]
The Hildebeast is Toast , say Pundits - Video	11 00:00 DarthVader [1737]
Yes, We Shall! Cobra '08	1 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [1725]
Two Japanese women kidnapped in Yemen	10 00:00 DMFD [1736]
Bangladesh charges ex-PM Hasina in oil firm case	0 [1731]
Myanmar death toll may rise very sharply - U.N.	24 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1733]
Could there be an Obama-Clinton 'dream ticket?'	28 00:00 Procopius2k [1758]
Russia's Medvedev takes power, pledges freedom	4 00:00 remoteman [1732]
Democrats quietly send word to Clinton it's over	15 00:00 Secret Master [1753]
McCain backs incentives to boost offshore oil	12 00:00 Whoque the Slender6519 [1729]
Zimbabwe Youths Kill Opposition Activists	2 00:00 RWV [1736]
Obama aide: 'We can see the finish line'	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [1734]
75% Sindhi girls have never been to school: WB	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
Californias Potemkin Environmentalism	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Dealing with Iran with Honor	2 00:00 JohnQC [1733]
Thoughts on an unusual election cycle	1 00:00 no mo uro [1743]
Two Books for Liberty	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1729]
Lebanon's religious pluralism figures to deny firm foothold for Al-Qaeda	1 00:00 gromky [1737]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Two 13 year-old boys tried to rape asst principal in MD on Sunday	3 00:00 JohnQC [1736]
First Look: 'W,' Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1760]
Morgan Sparks, inventor of the first practical transistor	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1732]
Irvine Robbins, Ice Cream Entrepreneur and a Maestro of 31 Flavors, Dies at 90	1 00:00 JohnQC [1734]
Global warming delays campground opening because of cold	0 [1728]
Israeli Paratrooper Lands in Crowd, 8 injured	1 00:00 Whoque the Slender6519 [1740]
Navy to name ship after Lt. Michael Murphy (MOH)	12 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1736]
Dan 'Kenneth' Rather, Unemployable Luser	9 00:00 George Smiley [1749]
You gotta admire the ingenuity ....	8 00:00 USN, Ret. [1736]
Grand Theft Auto 4 Has $500 Million First Week	5 00:00 McZoid [1751]
New hope for Iraqi in fight to stay in UK	0 [1734]
Austrian incest father says he is "not a monster"	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Florida Substitute Teacher Fired, Accused of Wizardry	14 00:00 George Smiley [1735]
Skinning of billboards featuring women resumes in Peshawar	3 00:00 no mo uro [1733]
Seven-year-old girl rape case adjourned till 12th	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1730]

    
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                        23:08 Secret Master

                        23:00 Abdominal Snowman

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                        22:44 JosephMendiola

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Who's in the News
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4	Taliban
3	al-Qaeda
3	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Mahdi Army
1	TNSM
1	Global Jihad
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-05-08
Hezbollah at war with Leb

Wed 2008-05-07
Hezbollah telecom network shut down

Tue 2008-05-06
3500 U.S. troops surge home

Mon 2008-05-05
Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady

Sun 2008-05-04
24 killed, 26 injured in Iraqi violence

Sat 2008-05-03
Marines chase Talibs through Helmand poppy fields

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

Tue 2008-04-29
Pak Talibs quit peace talks

Mon 2008-04-28
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Sun 2008-04-27
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