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Thousands flee tense Wazoo
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iranian Missile Similar to Pakistani Model, Israeli Experts Say	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
AP Interview: Insurgents crossing into Pakistan	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1779]
Pakistani army claims Taliban's elimination in Swat valley imminent	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Maoist rebels kill 16 police in western India	0 [1749]
Troops kill 34 Taliban in major Afghan operation	10 00:00 ed [1736]
T-shirts, trousers 'trouble' Taliban	6 00:00 funky skunk [1745]
NYC terror plot suspects have lengthy criminal records	4 00:00 Zhang Fei [1760]
Good morning	11 00:00 Ptah [1743]
German troops in Afghanistan get High-Tech Response To Rocket Attacks	4 00:00 ed [1738]
16 policemen killed by Naxal militants in India	0 [1739]
Nine killed in Tank Pakaboom	0 [1749]
Taliban commander, five aides surrender	2 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Thousands flee tense Wazoo	1 00:00 tu3031 [1780]
US Says 9 Militants Killed in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
Ex-U.S. soldier gets life sentence for Iraq murders	7 00:00 mojo [1746]
Page 2: WoT Background
Citizen Spies Lift North Korea's Veil	4 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [1763]
Air Force downplays weakened GPS system risk	5 00:00 tipover [1747]
Muslim immigrants clash with Greek police	7 00:00 Old Patriot [1746]
Did the USSR Give Birth to Somali Pirates?	0 [1745]
Tigers used phosphorus bombs in final stand	2 00:00 SteveS [1731]
Internet can help free US reporters in NKorea: Hildebeast	12 00:00 mojo [1734]
Big OIC confab in Damascus starts Saturday	1 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Fake colleges let Pakistani suspects into Britain	1 00:00 tu3031 [1749]
Fazl refuses to share table with Asfandyar	1 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Cheney: Current Policies Put More Americans at Risk	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1767]
Accused Somali pirate arraigned in U.S. court	1 00:00 Frank G [1743]
EU congratulates Salam Fayyad on his reappointment as PM of PA	0 [1740]
Israel evicts settlers from West Bank settlement	1 00:00 Frank G [1727]
Unprecedented debate within Fatah over "expanded" Paleogov	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1742]
Netanyahu says all Jerusalem to remain Israeli	0 [1739]
Govt moves to amend Int'l Crimes Act	0 [1745]
Nat'l inquiry report on BDR mutiny to be made public soon	0 [1739]
Sudan warns it would deter Chad's aggression in a "decisive" manner	0 [1739]
Oministration renews commitment to engage with Iran	0 [1735]
U.S. journalists may be freed after trial: Richardson	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1746]
SKor may import U.S. spy planes by 2015	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
SKor Unification ministry closes Nork aid unit, bolsters intelligence	0 [1734]
SKor conservatives call for pullout from Kaesong joint park	0 [1737]
Pakistan Cricket Team may play in Belfast to avoid terrorist threat	1 00:00 Raj [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
150th Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	5 00:00 Kofi Claitle6576 [1761]
Influenza and Arsenic	1 00:00 Phil_B [1766]
Recession Turns Malls Into Ghost Towns	8 00:00 Phil_B [1767]
"Dog" takes down bail jumper at Police Station	0 [1739]
47 percent of the US population under the age of 5 are a minority.	3 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Man guilty of murdering sisters	0 [1740]
Crackdown on anti-black Hispanic racist gang	3 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1739]
Metro: Taxpayer files left in trash by the IRS	1 00:00 WolfDog [1743]
Fed Open to Buying More Securities	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
Poland expects Patriot in 09, US 'yes' to shield	0 [1743]
Obama OKs nuclear deal with United Arab Emirates	0 [1742]
Foreign Ballistic Missile Capabilities	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
2 Soyuz-ST (Russian) rockets are to be launched from French Guiana,	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Surprising New Pathway For North Atlantic Circulation - heh not like GW nuts think!	2 00:00 OldSpook [1734]
Evolution in action: Some reefs adapting to warmer water	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1767]
Sexual-Harassment Cases Plague U.N.	5 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1752]
300k Bullets A Day, 100M Primers On Order	13 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
Muslims clash in Greece after 'Quran incident'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Indian PM Singh to be sworn in for second term	0 [1736]
Egyptian murder of Suzanne Tamim get death sentence	0 [1734]
Arab Gas Pipeline ministers to meet in Cairo late May	0 [1740]
Future elections to be held without army: CEC	0 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
Out of the loop Joe Biden says decision to shut Gitmo was like opening Pandoras Box	1 00:00 tu3031 [1740]
Will the Feds take over California - force them to change their Constitution?	11 00:00 ed [1766]
It's a Good Time to Be George W. Bush	3 00:00 AzCat [1763]
A modest proposal	18 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1741]
Home Bio-Hackers - Oops...	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1785]
Britain's Debt Omen	1 00:00 ed [1732]
N.Korea's Grandstanding 'Suggests Internal Power Struggle'	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
How to Defeat Insurgencies: Sri Lanka's Bad Example	15 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [1809]
Hurrah for the good guys	3 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [1738]
Page 6: Politix
Massachusetts Pol pleads on 23 corruption charges (Bra stuffing included)	0 [1736]
Kass on reform in Chicago, part 2	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1737]
Darth Cheny rains on the O's parade, point and counter point.	1 00:00 Glenmore [1728]
US House speaker Pelosi to visit China	16 00:00 Procopius2k [1768]

    
                23:58 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division

                        23:57 JosephMendiola

                        23:46 JosephMendiola

                        23:37 JosephMendiola

                        23:34 JosephMendiola

                        23:02 ed

                        22:34 Atomic Conspiracy

                        22:30 Atomic Conspiracy

                        21:54 Phil_B

                        21:50 Phil_B

                        21:48 JosephMendiola

                        21:43 JosephMendiola

                        21:40 JosephMendiola

                        21:39 Kofi Claitle6576

                        21:27 JosephMendiola

                        21:24 Frank G

                        21:15 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:53 Procopius2k

                        20:48 SteveS

                        20:45 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:36 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:05 AzCat

                        20:00 Zhang Fei

                        19:49 Richard of Oregon

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2009-05-22
Thousands flee tense Wazoo

Thu 2009-05-21
Iran tests long range missile

Wed 2009-05-20
Army takes Sultanwas, kills 81; Mullah Fazlullah maybe titzup

Tue 2009-05-19
Prabhakaran dead as a rock!!!!!

Mon 2009-05-18
Norks to nullify Kaesong agreements

Sun 2009-05-17
Tamil Tigers say they surrender

Sat 2009-05-16
Sri Lanka president declares victory in civil war

Fri 2009-05-15
60 Talibs killed in Swat

Thu 2009-05-14
Morocco dismantles Salafiya Jihadiya cell

Wed 2009-05-13
113 deaders, thousands flee Somalia festivities

Tue 2009-05-12
Pak commandos dropped into Taliban stronghold

Mon 2009-05-11
200 Taliban killed in Swat operation

Sun 2009-05-10
Scores dead as drone hits S. Wazoo Mehsud stronghold

Sat 2009-05-09
1.2 million people leave Buner, Swat other areas

Fri 2009-05-08
Gilani orders all-out war on Pak Taliban

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