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Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	14 23:35 Shipman [1768]
Suspect in Boko Haram Nigeria Attack 'Held in Sudan'	1 11:59 Pappy [1743]
School blown up in Mohmand	1 19:16 3dc [1775]
Bombing outside restaurant in Rawalpindi wounds fifteen	0 [1744]
Nearly Ten Die in Central Africa Clashes	0 [1744]
Arsal Man Kidnapped En Route to Baalbek, Abductors Demand $100K	0 [1746]
Kidnappers Release Iraqi but Abduct His Relative over Ransom Dispute	0 [1741]
Several Arrested, Drugs and Weapons Seized as Army Raids Metn Neighborhoods	0 [1744]
Bekaa Fraud Gang Member, Car Robbery Network Head Arrested	0 [1751]
2 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Troops at Nakba Protest	8 15:03 Frank G [1747]
Gunmen Kill Cleric, Two Soldiers in Libya's Benghazi	0 [1741]
Militants Execute Five Iraq Army Officers	0 [1748]
Yemen Air Force Strikes Qaida Targets in South	1 09:41 Besoeker [1745]
Three policemen dead in Dagestan shootout	0 [1749]
Shaboobs, gummint troops clash in Mogadishu	2 16:04 Pappy [1744]
Mortars thump districts in Mogadishu	1 03:21 Zenobia Floger6220 [1739]
Malaysia arrests suspect in India terror plot	1 13:02 Squinty [1745]
Mindanao policeman fights off six NPA militants	0 [1746]
Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border	0 [1755]
Syria Monitoring Group: 40 Dead In Air Strikes In Northern Syria	3 03:54 g(r)omgoru [1753]
London Times Reporters Released From Captivity At The Hands Of Syrian Rebels	1 11:49 Squinty [1745]
Two Palestinians Killed In Nakba Day Protests In West Bank	0 [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Report: US threatened Nigeria with sanctions in 2013 for fighting Boko Haram	16 22:18 trailing wife [1777]
Karachi operation: over 360 suspects shot dead by LEAs in eight months	0 [1739]
Nigeria Kidnap Families Want 'Unconditional' Release	0 [1734]
Rawalpindi police website hacked	0 [1734]
India in Security Crackdown on Eve of Election Results	0 [1734]
Lyariites unconvinced of Baba Ladla's death	0 [1739]
Iran nuke deal may leave program in place	2 16:36 irishrageboy [1735]
Lebanon Eyes Tourism Boost as Saudi 'Ends Unofficial Ban'	2 18:53 Pappy [1739]
HMAS Darwin finds 449kg of heroin in vessel off Somalia	2 16:15 Squinty [1736]
UK Ups Syria Opposition Diplomatic Status, U.S. Says 'Raw Data' Suggest Chlorine Used in Conflict	0 [1729]
Afghan Election Results Confirm Abdullah-Ghani Run-Off	3 16:24 Frank G [1742]
UN In Shock Over Deliberate Flooding In Iraq	2 10:32 AlanC [1731]
Egypt's Sisi Asks For US Help In Fighting Terrorism	0 [1740]
Israeli Arrested In Alleged US Arms Export Scheme	0 [1742]
Hagel Says Is Not Aware Of Israel Spying On US	9 18:46 AlanC [1733]
Revealed: Hillary Clinton's State Department refused to classify Boko Haram as a 'terror group'	3 15:41 Frank G [1733]
Page 3: Non-WoT
U.S. Waited Months to Send Ukraine Spare Tires	5 21:15 ed in texas [1760]
Home / News / Proton-M rocket carrying Russia's most advanced satellite crashes	2 23:35 JosephMendiola [1765]
Modi By A Landslide In India	4 18:55 Pappy [1770]
S. Sudan Ceasefire Crumbles as Battles Rage in Oil-State	0 [1741]
Fighting in Sudan's Kordofan Intensifies	0 [1742]
Hungary Asks for MEP Immunity Lifted over Russia Spy Probe	2 18:11 trailing wife [1739]
New Deaths Take Saudi MERS Death Toll to 160	1 10:45 Cousin Avi [1738]
Khar's son held in court attack case	0 [1741]
Abe Pushes for More Active Japanese Military	8 20:06 JosephMendiola [1769]
Polio drops mandatory for movement of FATA citizens	0 [1740]
HRW Urges Saudi to Free Two Ahmadis Held for Apostasy	1 14:31 Squinty [1729]
Presidential Elections Postponed for Fourth Time over Lack of Quorum	1 10:10 Squinty [1742]
Jumblat to Quit Political Activity as Taymour Begins Preparations for Parliamentary Life	2 16:49 SteveS [1734]
Kerry: US Set To Levy More Sanctions On Russia	4 20:48 JosephMendiola [1759]
Ukraine Reports Military Success In The East	2 14:51 Pappy [1740]
Egypt Wants Arbitration Resolved To Allow Gas Exports From Israel	1 13:36 Squinty [1737]
Israeli Jailed In Egypt Sends Letter To PM Urging Action For His Release	1 12:18 Pappy [1740]
USCC China's Cyber Activities	0 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Putin Worries About Poland, But Not Obama	1 23:38 JosephMendiola [1766]
Arnaud De Borchgrave: Clumsy Diplomacy could trigger Cold War II	1 08:57 rjschwarz [1739]
Eleanor Clift: I won't back down from my Benghazi claim	18 22:03 Uncle Phester [1756]
He came, he saw, but he didn't do much	0 [1743]
Mangal Bagh territory	0 [1737]
Karachi's unending violence	0 [1738]
Trouble at the Top: Chinese officialdom is in turmoil	7 17:03 Squinty [1737]
Glib Czech Islamophobia in EU election ad?	1 03:46 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Page 6: Politix
Idaho Governor's Debate	0 [1740]
D.C. Federal Court Judge leaning toward Executive Privilege over F&F.	9 11:48 CrazyFool [1742]
Gilbert Chagoury: "Every one knows I'm friends with the Clintons,"	1 21:53 Uncle Phester [1770]
ValJar: We have a commitment from Boehner to Try to Pass Amnesty.	5 19:01 Pappy [1764]
Bill Clinton's incredible contradiction regarding the Beast's illness.	8 22:10 Uncle Phester [1766]
U.S. Rebuked Norway on Obama Nobel Peace Prize	12 21:22 ed in texas [1766]

    
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6	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab
2	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	Commies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Narcos
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Arab Spring

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2014-05-16
Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border

Thu 2014-05-15
Syria Rebels Detonate Tunnel Bomb under Idlib Army Base

Wed 2014-05-14
13 People Burned Alive in C. Africa at the Weekend

Tue 2014-05-13
Belmokhtar aide killed in Mali

Mon 2014-05-12
Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

Sun 2014-05-11
Almost 90 %t vote for self-rule for east Ukraine region

Sat 2014-05-10
11 Killed as Iraq Forces Launch Assault near Fallujah

Fri 2014-05-09
Syrian Rebels Claim Massive Aleppo Hotel Bombing

Thu 2014-05-08
Hundreds Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Border Town

Wed 2014-05-07
Bomb In Syria's Idlib Kills 30 Government Fighters

Tue 2014-05-06
New bus kabooms in Nairobi

Mon 2014-05-05
Rebel infighting in eastern Syria kills 62

Sun 2014-05-04
Borno: 29 Killed In Another Boko Haram Attacks

Sat 2014-05-03
India: 23 killed in sectarian attacks

Fri 2014-05-02
24 Syrians Register to Run in Presidential Vote as Regime Raid on Aleppo Kills 33

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