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Yemen Loyalists Retake Southern Provincial Capital
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	0 [1734]
Soldier, Two Militants Killed in Kashmir Gun Battles	0 [1736]
IS battles Syria rebels for key supply lifeline: Monitor	0 [1732]
Insurgents recapture villages on Syrian plain vital to Assad	0 [1740]
One dead, 10 injured in Istanbul attacks	0 [1735]
ISIS air served, especially	1 19:06 Canuckistan sniper [1757]
Russia paratroop chief says force willing to fight in Syria	4 14:45 SteveS [1737]
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill four in road ambush in Nigeria's Borno state	0 [1744]
Three Egyptian policeman killed in Sunday shoot-out in Suez and bomb in North Sinai	0 [1739]
Yemen Loyalists Retake Southern Provincial Capital	0 [1786]
U.S., allies target militants in 23 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S.	0 [1727]
Officials: Saudi-led friendly fire in Yemen kills 20	0 [1732]
Swede suspected of passing intelligence to Hezbollah	2 16:53 g(r)omgoru [1752]
Pakistani woman critically wounded during exchange of fire along LoC	0 [1733]
Taliban suicide bomber kills 29 in northern Afghanistan	0 [1730]
ISIS bomb facility destroyed on Makhmour front	0 [1738]
Report: 390 PKK killed in Turkish air raids, 400 wounded	1 20:12 Alaska Paul [1741]
Helicopter arrives in Kufra to transport injured	0 [1743]
IS fires at women's Sirte demonstration	0 [1733]
Qaddafi grand mufti freed by Misrata	0 [1732]
Tarhouna militia leader reported shot	0 [1750]
Residents close roads in west Tripoli	0 [1729]
Car bomb in Derna kills 8	0 [1740]
IS commander killed in Benghazi fighting	0 [1728]
Israeli troops kill Palestinian who stabbed civilian in West Bank	1 19:02 Canuckistan sniper [1754]
AU soldiers open fire on bus, five civilians killed	0 [1727]
U.S. sends six jets, 300 personnel to Turkey base in Islamic State fight	1 19:03 Bobby [1750]
Abu Sayyaf gun down two soldiers in Sulu	0 [1733]
Page 2: WoT Background
Leading member of Islamist group Al-Gamaa Al-Islami dies in jail	2 21:39 trailing wife [1735]
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE ZIONIST CONSPIRACY AGAINST OBAMA SPEAKS OUT	5 16:16 Alaska Paul [1756]
Imran warns of agitation if ECP fails to answer his '40 queries'	0 [1735]
Ghani, Nawaz discuss Afghan Taliban reconciliation process	0 [1744]
IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam's army	0 [1733]
MQM calls strike in Karachi over death of worker	0 [1734]
Kurdish opposition party accuses Iran of planting defused bombs	0 [1754]
Ocalan calls on PKK and Ankara to end fighting	0 [1727]
Abadi eliminates VP post, other high-ranking positions	0 [1736]
Birmingham man nabbed on terror charges	0 [1730]
IGP: Free-thinkers should not cross the limit	0 [1732]
Final hearing set for WaPo reporter held in Iran	0 [1735]
Carly Fiorina: Islamic Civilization was “Greatest in the World”	9 11:13 Bright Pebbles [1730]
Three Niloy murder suspects under scanner	0 [1733]
Israel cracks down on Jewish extremists with new arrests	3 08:13 Besoeker [1729]
Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world	4 13:28 Procopius2k [1731]
Iraqi leader announces measures aimed at fighting graft, dysfunction	2 15:52 borgboy [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ukraine reports heavy tank battle with pro-Russians	2 15:54 borgboy [1731]
World population soars to 11 billion by 2100 - with half living in Africa. Forecast by statisticians for the UN population division	11 20:24 SteveS [1750]
Fighting intensifies in western Donetsk	0 [1735]
Why they hate 2nd amendment	7 16:10 borgboy [1756]
Zakharchenko: we are ready for anything that might happen	0 [1732]
Girl, passer-by killed in crossfire between police and bandits	0 [1730]
Islamabad bar to start verifying the degrees of lawyers	0 [1739]
Kasur child abuse scandal: Shahbaz orders judicial probe	0 [1736]
Child abuse scandal	0 [1732]
Bullet-hit newborn still not out of danger	0 [1736]
Six tiger poachers killed in Sundarbans shootout	0 [1749]
Suspect charged with capital murder in death of 6 children, 2 adults	0 [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Rules of engagment - Obama style.	2 16:17 borgboy [1754]
Are Saddam-era soldiers secretly behind the rise of Islamic State?	8 16:26 borgboy [1754]
Former DIA director: Obama White House Made "Willful Decision" to Support AQ and MB in Syria	4 14:30 Besoeker [1741]
Scott Walker: Everything That Hillary Clinton Touches Is a Mess	5 18:56 JHH [1759]
The Democratic Party, on the Edge of the Abyss	2 10:41 Procopius2k [1732]
Blogger's killing	1 04:37 anon1 [1748]
Everyone must take steps to stop targeted killings of bloggers	0 [1745]
Hold police to account for failing to protect bloggers	0 [1736]
Page 6: Politix
Why Obama is losing Africa	0 [1735]
The Red State Tax - Conservative coal towns are being destroyed across America	10 20:55 Blossom Unains5562 [1754]
Shots Fired In Ferguson On Brown Death Anniversary, Day After Beest Says "Police Bias Is Clear"	5 19:55 Procopius2k [1750]
Obama: Netanyahu only foreign leader I can recall forcibly interfering in US policy	11 19:16 Elmerert Hupens2660 [1756]

    
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                        19:06 Canuckistan sniper

                        19:03 Bobby

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                        18:56 JHH

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                        17:05 Besoeker

                        16:57 Shipman

                        16:53 g(r)omgoru

                        16:26 borgboy

                        16:21 NoMoreBS

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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Jamaat-e-Islami
2	Arab Spring
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2015-08-10
Yemen Loyalists Retake Southern Provincial Capital

Sun 2015-08-09
Yemen pro-govt forces launch offensive

Sat 2015-08-08
Prominent Bangladeshi secular blogger murdered

Fri 2015-08-07
'Father of Taliban' Sami ul-Haq pledge allegiance to Mullah Mansoor

Thu 2015-08-06
66 Taliban and Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike

Wed 2015-08-05
Head of Taliban's Qatar-based political office Tayeb Agha quits as leadership rift deepens

Tue 2015-08-04
Mullah Omar's Son Yaqub Reportedly Killed: Official

Mon 2015-08-03
Clash between Afghan Taliban fighters leaves nine dead

Sun 2015-08-02
Official: Nearly 800 ISIS militants killed in Mosul last month

Sat 2015-08-01
Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead, say Taliban sources

Fri 2015-07-31
Afghan Taliban confirm leader Mullah Omar's death

Thu 2015-07-30
Belgium Jails Syria Jihad Recruiters for Up to 20 Years

Wed 2015-07-29
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq, two sons killed in Muzaffargarh 'encounter'

Tue 2015-07-28
Syrian Army Advances in Palmyra, ISIL Militants Flee

Mon 2015-07-27
13 Die as Bombers Target Swimming Pool in Northern Iraq

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