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Death-row Bali bombers forgo presidential pardon
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Hezbollah Brigades propaganda specialist captured in Baghdad	1 00:00 trailing wife [1762]
Video of flying IEDs.	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Iraq: US arrests Iran-linked militant propagandist	0 [1741]
Court gags Pakistan nuclear scientist	7 00:00 Shotch Hapsburg3052 [1737]
Blast wounds seven as terrorists condemn Thai 'cease-fire'	0 [1737]
Spy dogs parachuted into war zones	18 00:00 phil_b [1769]
Schoolboy arrested for arms dealing (RAB, but no Crossfire)	5 00:00 USN,Ret. [1743]
Bus blasts kill 3, injure 14 in southwest China	1 00:00 gromky [1739]
Good morning	11 00:00 scpatriot [1732]
Blast hits Kashmir mountain resort: police	0 [1749]
Ultras tonsure girls in J-K on suspicion of being army spies	1 00:00 Steven [1740]
Major, LeT Commander Among 6 Killed In Jk	0 [1741]
Five children die in Mogadishu shelling	0 [1734]
Militant toll rises to 33, nine FC personnel killed	0 [1732]
Coalition air strikes kill nine Afghan policemen	0 [1744]
Taliban claim finding bodies in Mohmand	0 [1740]
2 militants killed in Swat clash	0 [1743]
Afghan operation kills 18, wounds 25 insurgents	4 00:00 .5MT [1743]
15 militants killed and 60 injured in Hangu operation, says military	0 [1743]
16 killed as Sri Lanka captures rebel camp	5 00:00 Frank G [1740]
Fourth bomb explodes in north Spain	2 00:00 Frank G [1744]
Heavy fighting in South of Somalia	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Radovan Karadzic Arrested for bad hair and genocide	6 00:00 Sheba Sheamble5056 [1757]
Despite deal with militants, Pakistan city lives in fear	0 [1741]
McCain will 'not allow holocaust'	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Obama didn't raise troop withdrawal with Iraq PM	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1755]
Death-row Bali bombers forgo presidential pardon	5 00:00 Besoeker [1791]
MSM gets it wrong again	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1748]
An encounter with the Taliban	6 00:00 Frank G [1743]
Analysis: Egypt enraged over Hamas claims it isn't honest broker	2 00:00 tu3031 [1738]
Holding photo of Gilad Shalit, Betancourt urges 'freedom for everyone'	0 [1743]
Ministers: Israel needs to be more flexible with Hamas over Shalit talks	3 00:00 swksvolFF [1741]
Colombians take to streets to protest kidnappings	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1744]
Prosecuting Beshir won't help Darfur, says Kenyan PM	3 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Obama Meets Afghan Leader and Discusses Terrorism	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1741]
US will strike al-Qaeda targets in Pak if it gets info: Obama	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
'Pakistani forces, tribesmen will expel foreign troops if attacked'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Baitullah orders inquiry into Taliban groups' clash	1 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Mullen sees a 'syndication' of extremist groups in FATA	0 [1737]
PPP govt's first 100 days a total failure, says Sajid Mir	6 00:00 tu3031 [1738]
Afghan police seize 44 tonnes of drugs in 3 months	10 00:00 .5MT [1735]
Amidst peace talks, LoC truce disintegrates	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1734]
Negotiations between Tuareg and Mali in Algiers focus on prisoners' issue	2 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
A road map to dry financial sources of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
Elahi: PM's speech pack of lame excuses	0 [1730]
Olmert vows to recover captured soldier in Gaza	0 [1733]
'5,000 rebels killed this year'	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1740]
Sudan to refute ICC accusations with legal defenses	6 00:00 bigjim-ky [1739]
Dictatorship is creating problems, says Gilani	1 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
Jordan king urged to pardon killer of Israeli schoolgirls	7 00:00 Frank G [1736]
Time running out for Iraq poll in 2008: commission	0 [1731]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dupe URL: Lot of Sea of Blood-Style Revolutionary Operas Produced	1 00:00 swksvolFF [1739]
Europe's governments immune to Obama-fever	5 00:00 Besoeker [1750]
Safeguards inspection not necessary for India: IAEA official	0 [1741]
Obama To Hold Press Conference At 10 Downing -- Alone	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
NYT REJECTS MCCAIN'S EDITORIAL; SHOULD 'MIRROR' OBAMA	12 00:00 Procopius2k [1743]
Brokaw asks Al Gore about his carbon footprint	7 00:00 Querent [1739]
Archdruid: 'Christian doctrine is offensive to Muslims'	18 00:00 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields [1773]
Pope rejects invitation to address European Parliament	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1734]
Newspaper Death Spiral Blamed on Internet	16 00:00 JosephMendiola [1744]
B-52 bomber carrying 6 crashes off Guam	7 00:00 Frank G [1736]
Talansky: I can't remember details of cash transfers to Olmert	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1730]
Group says it ordains 3 women Catholic priests	23 00:00 OldSpook [1762]
Democrats want gas tax hike	18 00:00 3dc [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
Spengler: Turkey in the throes of Islamic revolution?	3 00:00 Percy Spumble4268 [1769]
Malkin: The Obama World Tour t-shirt finalists	2 00:00 JohnQC [1739]
DNA ID May Not Be As Infallible As Imagined	12 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1756]
Iranian fashion show	9 00:00 Frank G [1744]
Analysis: Taliban resurgence	6 00:00 Frozen Al [1745]
Winning Isn't News - Investor's Business Daily	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
African National Congress (ANC) set to open political academy.	0 [1743]
Lobster wars! Should we save big Dee-Dee, or . . .	8 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Beggar in India is a millionaire in Bangladesh	4 00:00 Shotch Hapsburg3052 [1740]
A different pattern of sea ice retreat	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]

    
                23:39 Sheba Sheamble5056

                        23:28 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields

                        23:20 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields

                        23:16 JosephMendiola

                        23:09 JosephMendiola

                        23:01 OldSpook

                        22:59 Percy Spumble4268

                        22:54 Rambler in California

                        22:51 JosephMendiola

                        22:46 OldSpook

                        22:44 JosephMendiola

                        22:36 Percy Spumble4268

                        22:33 OldSpook

                        22:11 trailing wife 

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                        22:03 phil_b

                        22:03 trailing wife 

                        21:57 Besoeker

                        21:48 Goober Chinetle8558

                        21:47 Threnegar the Svelte

                        21:43 Frank G

                        21:41 Galactic Coordinator Chineting4499

                        21:35 AllahHateMe

                        21:25 g(r)omgoru

Who's in the News
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10	Taliban
4	Govt of Pakistan
4	Hamas
2	Islamic Courts
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-07-21
Death-row Bali bombers forgo presidential pardon

Sun 2008-07-20
B.O. visits Afghanistan on grand tour

Sat 2008-07-19
Mighty Pak Army zaps 10 Hangu Talibs

Fri 2008-07-18
Four Madrid bomb convicts cleared

Thu 2008-07-17
Israel-Hezbollah 'prisoner' exchange

Wed 2008-07-16
Paks: NATO massing forces on border

Tue 2008-07-15
ICC charges against Sudan's Bashir

Mon 2008-07-14
Failed Meknes suicide bomber sentenced to life

Sun 2008-07-13
Nine US soldier among scores who die in wave of attacks in Afghanistan

Sat 2008-07-12
Leb Forms New Cabinet, Hezbollah Keeps Veto Power

Fri 2008-07-11
Petraeus takes command of CENTCOM

Thu 2008-07-10
3 dead and 32 wounded in Leb fighting

Wed 2008-07-09
Turkey: 3 turbans, 3 cops killed in shootout outside U.S. consulate

Tue 2008-07-08
One killed, scores injured in series of blasts in Karachi

Mon 2008-07-07
Suicide bomber kills 41 at Indian embassy in Kabul, 141 injured

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