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Libya: Haftar Escapes Suicide Attack
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
China sentences 81 people for terrorism	0 [1739]
Good morning	2 12:59 Shipman [1734]
Six MNLF leaders face charges for killing US soldiers	2 11:19 Frozen Al [1740]
Roadside bomb injures two Thai soldiers	0 [1736]
Cross-Border Militant Attacks Kill Four Soldiers In Bajaur	1 10:39 Slinelet Pelosi7787 [1741]
Kenyan police arrest tailor with security uniforms in Wajir	0 [1738]
Two Syrian Mortar Shells Land In Golan Heights	0 [1740]
4 Afghan Police Killed By Roadside Bomb	0 [1746]
Shaboobies dispatch four in Hiran region	0 [1739]
ONLF, Al Shabab fought against Somalia Army in Bakool region	0 [1735]
Bullets in the Classroom: Cameroon Students Caught in Boko Haram Crossfire	2 10:49 Shipman [1741]
Taliban Kidnap Indian Charity Head In Herat	0 [1751]
ICRC Confirms Aid Worker Killed in Libya's Sirte	0 [1752]
Iraq Attacks Kill 21	0 [1747]
Germany Charges Lebanese Man, 2 Accomplices with Terrorism	1 12:31 Squinty [1743]
Libya: Haftar Escapes Suicide Attack	0 [1800]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israel Unblocks Plans for 1,800 Settler Homes	0 [1741]
Last Of The Navajo 'Code Talkers' Dies At 93	2 18:00 mom [1761]
COL Steve Ganyard: Bergdahl prisoner release observations.	0 [1740]
Kenya turns up the heat on Somali refugees	0 [1750]
Kenya police looking into possible sighting of 'white widow'	0 [1737]
Network Of Extortionists Traced, Crackdown Ordered	0 [1750]
TTP Claims Fateh Jang, Bajaur Attacks	0 [1733]
Iran Can Now Detect U.S. Stealth Jets at Long Range	11 17:05 3dc [1731]
Another Rs701bn Lost Due To Terrorism	1 17:44 Shipman [1745]
Waziristan Situation A Blessing In Disguise	0 [1733]
Kerry: US Doesn't Recognize Palestinian Gov't Because There Is No Palestinian State	6 22:58 SteveS [1760]
US: 1,800 Troops Left In Afghanistan Will Conduct Counterterror Operations	0 [1738]
Brussels Attack Possible Result Of French Blunder	1 12:15 Squinty [1748]
Assad Wins 3rd Presidential Term with 88.7% of Votes and 73.42% Turnout	3 17:30 JohnQC [1756]
Brussels Shooting Suspect to Fight French Handover to Belgium	2 09:17 Frank G [1730]
U.S. Welcomes 'Good Steps' by Iran on Nuclear Drive	1 05:17 g(r)omgoru [1729]
Conflicting Reports on Death Row Woman Reflect Sudan 'Confusion'	0 [1738]
FBI Offers Reward to Nab People who Target Plane with Lasers	3 10:57 Squinty [1737]
White House: U.S. Looks Forward to Working with Egypt's Sisi	1 15:13 Squinty [1731]
Hudna: Yemeni Army, Shiite Rebels Agree Ceasefire	0 [1733]
World Bank: Response to Syria Refugee Crisis 'Disappointing'	2 18:20 swksvolFF [1762]
Kerry Meets Salam, Urges Hizbullah, Iran, Russia to Exert Efforts to End Syria War	4 18:27 Zenobia Floger6220 [1761]
Secret Service Requests Software To Track Social Media Trends, Detect Sarcasm	25 22:38 Rob Crawford [1759]
Jihadist Groups' Threat To U.S. Grows, Report Says	0 [1735]
Iran Launches "Hizbullah Syria" to Open a New Front Against Israel on the Golan Heights	2 15:45 Snusort Spomose2148 [1744]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Today in History	0 [1742]
The Obama Recovery: As Bad as (or Worse than) the Great Depression?	9 19:42 swksvolFF [1774]
Tough questions form part of Narendra Modi's plan to vet performance of top bureaucrats	0 [1735]
3 Kanadian Koppers shot dead in New Brunswick	0 [1738]
Altaf Urges MQM Workers To Remain Peaceful, Respect Law	0 [1742]
Pro-Russian Insurgents Triumph Over Two Ukrainian Bases	0 [1738]
Modern Language Associated Rejects Israel Boycott	0 [1738]
Russia Pushes Back Ukraine Gas Cut Ultimatum	1 07:26 ed in texas [1747]
Magic Magnifying Glass	1 11:12 Shipman [1734]
Germany Opens Criminal Probe over Merkel Phone Tapping	3 14:31 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1732]
EU 'Deeply Concerned' about Threat of New North Korea Nuclear Test	2 11:41 Devilstoenail [1738]
West Finds it Hard to Isolate Putin over Ukraine Crisis	1 03:51 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Soldier Quizzed over Alps Murders Dies in Apparent Suicide	2 07:56 Glenmore [1747]
Turkish Troops Wounded in Clashes with Kurd Protesters	1 12:42 Squinty [1740]
Obama Meets Ukraine's Poroshenko ahead of Putin Encounter	3 16:42 Shipman [1741]
Documents Show How Russia's Troll Army Hit America	6 14:40 rjschwarz [1740]
Page 4: Opinion
This Day in History - the U-505	6 18:09 mom [1753]
Relentless Incompetence: Americans Are Giving Up on Obama	7 16:50 Shipman [1749]
Why Are We Releasing Terrorists Who Kill Girls Because They Go To School?	9 15:34 Procopius2k [1742]
Analysis: Altaf Hussain, Losing The Plot	0 [1748]
No, Prisoner-of-War Bowe Bergdahl Did Not Get Americans Killed	24 16:52 Shipman [1748]
Europe Living In Denial	1 07:45 ed in texas [1757]
'The New York Times' and Israel	2 18:26 trailing wife [1755]
Analysis: Iran at Crossroads 25 Years after Khomeini	0 [1745]
Analysts: Cracks in U.S.-Israel Ties Widening	2 12:52 Squinty [1740]
Analysis: Rocky Road ahead for Egypt President-Elect Sisi	0 [1758]
Page 6: Politix
Erdogan's Tightening Grip On Turkey	0 [1751]
CBO throws in the towel on scoring ObamaCare	9 19:12 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1751]
U.S. to Review Europe Troop Presence to Reassure Allies	7 18:44 tu3031 [1751]

    
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Who's in the News
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3	al-Shabaab
3	Govt of Iran
2	TTP
2	Taliban
1	Houthis
1	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Moro National Liberation Front
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2014-06-05
Libya: Haftar Escapes Suicide Attack

Wed 2014-06-04
At Least 120 Dead in Clashes in Yemen

Tue 2014-06-03
Somali gummint claims to have whacked 74 Shaboobs

Mon 2014-06-02
5 Gitmo Terrorists Arrive in Qatar "With No Sign They Are -- Under Custody"

Sun 2014-06-01
Bowe Bergdahl, Army Sergeant Held by Taliban Since 2009, Is Released

Sat 2014-05-31
U.S. Confirms American Carried Out Syria Suicide Bombing

Fri 2014-05-30
Syrian Regime Rains Barrel Bombs on Aleppo as ISIL Executes 15, including Kids

Thu 2014-05-29
Top Iranian officer beheaded in Syria

Wed 2014-05-28
Wanted Hizbullah Commander Killed in Syria

Tue 2014-05-27
23 Terror, Religious Extremism Groups Busted In Xinjiang

Mon 2014-05-26
New leader of Caucasus insurgency threatens "crushing blows"

Sun 2014-05-25
Toll from Syria rebel attack on Daraa rally up to 37

Sat 2014-05-24
Militants attack Somali parliament

Fri 2014-05-23
Militias stream into Libyan capital, Tripoli

Thu 2014-05-22
Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'

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