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G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning, barely	4 00:00 Mizzou Mafia [1738]
Basra Special Groupie Bagged in Baghdad	2 00:00 Frank G [1731]
Hamas says four members arrested by pro-Abbas forces	0 [1731]
Israeli tank shells on eastern Gaza kills Hamas militant	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1729]
Local BBC journalist killed in Somalia	6 00:00 George Smiley [1736]
Mali army says kills 20 Tuareg rebels in clashes	0 [1733]
Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence	0 [1734]
Arrested extortion suspect an alleged Abu Sayyaf member	0 [1736]
Bomb explodes in Multan, no casualties	0 [1732]
Pak engineer kidnapped in Afghanistan	0 [1726]
'US drones violate Pakistan airspace'	8 00:00 DarthVader [1752]
THe CounterInsurgency Library	1 00:00 George Smiley [1739]
Tracking the Coalitions Afghan spring offensive	2 00:00 Glenmore [1727]
Baitullah Mehsud's fighters killed in Afghanistan	3 00:00 M. Murcek [1735]
Seizures in Iraq reveal militia's arsenal	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 6 dead	0 [1731]
US troops kill 4 suspects near Mosul	0 [1727]
Perv does hand-wave, still sez he's not going peaceful-like	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
Pak troops fire at Indian post	7 00:00 George Smiley [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Lt. Watada Might Not Get Out Of The Military Until 2018(?)	7 00:00 Zenobia Ulating7399 [1749]
Iran paid $300/mo for Madhi terrorist to fight the UK troops	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1725]
Afzal 'sick' of delay in death penalty	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1736]
Musharraf Rejects Calls to Resign	0 [1729]
Al-Qaeda: the cracks begin to show	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Iran demands Security Council action on Israel threat	1 00:00 SteveS [1728]
Hundreds of students still stranded in Gaza	3 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1730]
Somaliland forces arrest two Westerners	4 00:00 Shieldwolf [1724]
Pakistan to ask EU to amend laws on freedom of expression	2 00:00 3dc [1731]
South Africa surpasses Iraq in violence	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1734]
Gulf of Aden: People Smugglers "Worse than the sharks"	0 [1727]
In Yemen, a Mostly Concealed Sectarian Fight Endures	0 [1733]
US drones violate Pakistan airspace	2 00:00 McZoid [1729]
Government frees seven Taliban prisoners	0 [1729]
Paks to 'ask' EU to amend laws on freedom of expression	4 00:00 CrazyFool [1735]
Colombia says ammunition delivery to FARC thwarted	0 [1731]
al-Bashir meets UN delegation	0 [1733]
Sarkozy visits Lebanon to support peace efforts	0 [1724]
pdf: Zawahiri: Lift the Siege of Gaza!"	1 00:00 McZoid [1723]
Iraq's Maliki arrives in Teheran	0 [1732]
Iran FM: Obamas statements on Iran unrealistic	2 00:00 trailing wife [1722]
Court keeps spectre of Sharifs disqualification alive	0 [1732]
Musharraf no longer indispensable: US	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
Frontier Corps: Attempt to smuggle flour in UN vehicle foiled	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1749]
Australia to join UN mission to Darfur: PM	0 [1737]
Saudi oil help on the cards Gilani, Zardari meet King Abdullah	3 00:00 Shieldwolf [1753]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Michelle Obama to Appear on The View	6 00:00 McZoid [1755]
40,000 march against US beef in South Korea over fears of BSE	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1751]
Murders Surge in Capital City	2 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1732]
Delayed But Gracious Clinton Exit Leaves Fractured Party	13 00:00 Steve White [1729]
Bob plans to win then hand over power	6 00:00 3dc [1725]
Zimbabwe court overturns police ban on rallies	0 [1725]
U.N. envoys back Congo's Kabila against Rwandan rebels	0 [1731]
Sudan says Uganda rebels kill troops, start "war"	4 00:00 anonymous5089 [1730]
'Musharraf cashing in on coalition's incompetence'	0 [1736]
Up in the Sky, An Unblinking Eye: The UAV Revolution	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
Boeing Fires New Thin-Disk Laser Achieving Solid-State Laser Milestone	5 00:00 lotp [1724]
What could Mark Steyn's punishment look like? Look at Alberta	6 00:00 CrazyFool [1727]
Sen. Bill Nelson wants to get rid of Electoral College	16 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1731]
Groups monitoring D.C. P.D. checkpoints	6 00:00 Deacon Blues [1726]
Turkish speaker seeks to curtail court's powers	0 [1728]
LRA-Ugandan Gov't Talks suspended	0 [1725]
Guatemala to put army on Mexican border in drug war	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1722]
Canada concludes Colombia free trade talks	1 00:00 George Smiley [1733]
G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars	0 [1762]
Page 4: Opinion
Searching Obama's Site for 'Jewish Lobby'	2 00:00 OldSpook [1754]
B-2 Crash Video - Edited for Impact	0 [1734]
Pakistan gives in to terror	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1743]
BBC Reporter: Genuine Eyewitness or Palestinian Propagandist?	6 00:00 Procopius2k [1731]
Is Obama an enlightened being?	7 00:00 Besoeker [1757]
Curriculum of hate	4 00:00 ed [1732]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
time ... the universe.... and ... everything... 42	4 00:00 Gawd [1729]
6.1 earthquake in Greece.	9 00:00 The asterisked one. [1758]
Fire destroys Texas governor's mansion	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
At least 7 dead in Tokyo stabbing spree	6 00:00 Frank G [1726]
Texas Dems assail voter ID bill	8 00:00 Steve White [1719]
diesel-electric drive - Like trains - for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1746]
The "Science" Behind Glo-bull Warming Brings Us This . . .	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1725]
Brazil to Protect Oil Fields with Nuclear Sub	9 00:00 Shieldwolf [1750]
6.1 magnitude quake jolts Indonesia	3 00:00 McZoid [1748]

    
                23:44 Zenobia Ulating7399

                        22:41 Procopius2k

                        22:28 Redneck Jim

                        22:24 Redneck Jim

                        22:07 rammer

                        21:58 DarthVader

                        21:56 Redneck Jim

                        21:53 Frank G

                        21:48 Redneck Jim

                        21:38 General Custer

                        21:36 JosephMendiola

                        21:29 Shieldwolf

                        21:27 Shieldwolf

                        21:19 The asterisked one.

                        21:19 Besoeker

                        21:17 McZoid

                        21:17 Shieldwolf

                        21:15 McZoid

                        21:14 JosephMendiola

                        21:11 JosephMendiola

                        21:09 OldSpook

                        21:06 OldSpook

                        20:58 JosephMendiola

                        20:55 Frank G

Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Hamas
2	Islamic Courts
2	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Global Jihad
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-06-08
G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars

Sat 2008-06-07
U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot

Fri 2008-06-06
Guantanamo arraignment begins for five accused 9/11 plotters

Thu 2008-06-05
Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders

Wed 2008-06-04
US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement

Tue 2008-06-03
Norway, Sweden close Islamabad embassies in wake of Danish kaboom

Mon 2008-06-02
Darul-Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against terror

Sun 2008-06-01
Australia ends combat operations in Iraq

Sat 2008-05-31
100 Talibs killed in Farah

Fri 2008-05-30
Suicide bomber kills 16, injures 18 near Mosul

Thu 2008-05-29
Lebanese president reappoints prime minister

Wed 2008-05-28
Yemen reports crushing Zaidi rebels near capital

Tue 2008-05-27
Leb: 9 wounded in gunfight between pro-gov't, opposition supporters

Mon 2008-05-26
Lebanon Elects Suleiman President as Hezbollah Gains

Sun 2008-05-25
Iraq says Qaeda cleared from Mosul

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