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NATO sez sinks eight Libyan warships in.... NO SAILING ZONE
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Polish soldiers capture Taliban commander Abdul Manan	6 00:00 Besoeker [1765]
NATO sez sinks eight Libyan warships in.... NO SAILING ZONE	4 00:00 Gmanzato [1764]
Netanyahu rejects total pullback to 1967 borders	9 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1773]
War Dogs helocast - Foreign Policy	0 [1740]
One dead, 11 injured after US consulate in Pakistan bombed	2 00:00 whatadeal [1746]
NATO order: Climb mount Niitaka! - Libyan Navy Crippled	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1771]
Gun battle leaves four Thai terrorists dead	0 [1754]
Good morning	20 00:00 Bill Clinton [1770]
Bahrain Jails 9 for 20 Years for Policeman Kidnap	0 [1735]
Roadside bomb kills one civilian in NW Pakistan	0 [1745]
Girls' seminary torched in Swabi	0 [1754]
US Troops Kill 12 Militants in Afghanistan	0 [1746]
Indonesian police search for 15 suicide bombs	0 [1745]
NATO: Gaddafi forces 'significantly degraded'	0 [1740]
Yemen Opposition Blames Saleh for Gulf Plan Failure	0 [1746]
Gulf mediator gives up on Yemeni political deal	0 [1742]
Bomb kills two near Myanmar capital: Official	0 [1741]
27 killed, 89 injured in Iraq blast	4 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
If you've got it...	19 00:00 Pollyandrew [1775]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Europe 'stealing Iran's rain'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1771]
President Breaking The Law, Claims Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers	1 00:00 USN,Ret. [1763]
Netanyahu makes himself clear: No basis for new talks	1 00:00 phil_b [1744]
Nobody wants the bin Laden families, poor dears	3 00:00 trailing wife [1746]
Pakistan, The Double Game - by Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker	2 00:00 Black Bart Phuling7750 [1747]
Security boosted in Thai south ahead of election	0 [1744]
S Arabia to shut consulate in Karachi	1 00:00 Squinty Glatch1099 [1742]
Neighbours Try to Weaken Afghan Army: MoD	2 00:00 Pappy [1752]
Karzai Advisor Spanta Terms Taliban Terrorist	0 [1741]
Syria: Refugees deny Regime's Islamic Emirate claim	0 [1740]
Syria condemns US sanctions on Assad	0 [1741]
Pakistan orders inquiry into killing of five Chechens	0 [1744]
Libya rebels prepare for democratic transition	0 [1742]
Israel Expects Obama to Take Back '1967 Lines' Demand	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1777]
Obama seeks Palestine state on 1967 borders	24 00:00 Frank G on the road [1768]
Aoun's Bloc Nearing Decision to End Miqati's Nomination	0 [1738]
UN warns on worsening Libya crisis	0 [1741]
Ban Ki Moon: 'Arab leaders should make concessions'	0 [1733]
Iran slams efforts to disturb PG region	0 [1748]
Iran MP warns of US-led West plots	0 [1742]
'West plots to cause drought in Iran'	3 00:00 bman [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ward Churchill Still A Social Leper	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1742]
UK National Health Patients need patience, 4-6 months to get appointment	0 [1737]
Watch the Sun Eat a Comet and (Partly) Explode	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1760]
Another Great Moment in Socialized Medicine	3 00:00 Iblis [1746]
New book says USSR was behind Roswell UFO	0 [1741]
Grace Mugabe sues over WikiLeaks	3 00:00 Andy Ebbavirt2035 [1769]
Gang of North Korean road agents finally caught: they're high school students	1 00:00 Lumpy Elmoluck5091 [1745]
Prosecutors wrap up case against Blagojevich	0 [1746]
Mugabe wants Zimbabwe elections this year	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1737]
Japan falls back into recession	2 00:00 Dale [1764]
Chavez' chances high for re-election	2 00:00 newc [1738]
Spain protests persist ahead of polls	0 [1741]
Japan workers enter Fukushima reactor	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1771]
US govt. sued over pipeline project	1 00:00 newc [1738]
Strauss-Kahn steps down as IMF chief	2 00:00 Glenmore [1734]
Turkish ruling party to win: Poll	0 [1741]
World to end May 21st	32 00:00 Dale [1773]
Page 4: Opinion
Republicans Can Learn from Bibi	0 [1740]
The Power of Palestinian Propaganda - with more than a little help from Al Beeb	0 [1738]
Who Created Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal?	0 [1744]
The two swift changes in foreign policy that signal a new Egypt	0 [1740]
OB touts women's progress, sez unwilling to defund Planned Parenthood infanticide	0 [1744]
Evil pubs block vote of Goodwin Liu to Federal Appellate court	1 00:00 Frank G on the road [1739]
Obama jumps the gun on Arab Spring	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1742]
Fact-Checking Abbas' NYTimes Op-Ed	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1740]
Boomers, and why they are so despised	1 00:00 Bobby [1743]
Netanyahu: US must be based on 1847 borders	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
The 'Electronic Brownshirts'	6 00:00 Old Patriot [1732]
Page 6: Politix
Dude, Willie Nelson, like, changed his presidential endorsement. Bummer!	0 [1741]
Senate rejects GOP bill to expand, speed up offshore drilling	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1747]

    
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                        23:42 Frank G on the road

                        23:39 Rambler in Virginia

                        23:34 JosephMendiola

                        23:26 CrazyFool

                        23:08 JosephMendiola

                        22:52 Dale

                        22:36 Besoeker

                        22:34 Dale

                        22:30 Procopius2k

                        21:19 Andy Ebbavirt2035

                        21:16 Bill Clinton

                        21:11 Bill Clinton

                        21:09 Bill Clinton

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                        20:28 tipper

Who's in the News
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3	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Syria
2	TTP
2	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Commies
1	Hezbollah
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	PLO
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2011-05-20
NATO sez sinks eight Libyan warships in.... NO SAILING ZONE

Thu 2011-05-19
Afghan company: Militants kill at least 35 workers

Wed 2011-05-18
Over 70 militants attack Pakistani security post, 17 dead

Tue 2011-05-17
Frontier Shootout between Pak Army & NATO Helicopter

Mon 2011-05-16
29 Murdered In Northern Guatemala, Most Decapitated

Sun 2011-05-15
Pakistan's parliament condemns US bin Laden raid

Sat 2011-05-14
US charges six with aiding Pakistani Taliban

Fri 2011-05-13
Dronezap kills several in Pakistan

Thu 2011-05-12
ISI Confirms Mullah Omar in Pakistain

Wed 2011-05-11
Qadaffy forces tossed from Misrata. Again.

Tue 2011-05-10
U.N. Team Blocked from Syria's Daraa as Regime Arrests 'Thousands' in Banias

Mon 2011-05-09
Syrian troops, tanks enter Homs, Tafas

Sun 2011-05-08
Gunfire disrupts pro-Osama rally

Sat 2011-05-07
Drones kill 17 in North Waziristan

Fri 2011-05-06
Fidel, Meshaal criticise way Osama was killed

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