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Baghdad demands Damascus hands over boom masterminds
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Somali Pirates Fire on U.S. Helicopter	5 00:00 trailing wife [1768]
French hostage escapes from Somali kidnappers	0 [1754]
'Militants die in drone attack'	0 [1742]
US chopper blasts clinic after Taliban checks in	7 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1768]
Good morning	2 00:00 gorb [1766]
Two wounded in Quetta motorcycle bomb explosion	0 [1745]
Jets pound militant positions in South Waziristan	0 [1744]
PHC orders release of Maulana Sufi's sons	0 [1749]
Baghdad demands Damascus hands over alleged masterminds	1 00:00 Mitch H. [1772]
Iran puts reformists and Khatami aides on trial	0 [1748]
Afghan Official Dies in Car Bombing	0 [1738]
Interpol seeks arrest of Hafiz Saeed	0 [1743]
Suicide attack by 13-year-old foiled in eastern Algeria	0 [1741]
3 criminals killed in shootouts	0 [1749]
Russia deploys ballistic missile interceptors to counter N. Korea threat	5 00:00 GirlThursday [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
U.S. moves toward formal cut off of aid to Honduras	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1733]
Building a nation with Crooks and Corruption - Blood for Drugs?	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1760]
Four Labour ministers met Libyans before bomber's release	3 00:00 lotp [1735]
Karzai's Lead Widens in Afghan Race	0 [1748]
Netanyahu hopes to resume Palestinian talks	2 00:00 abu do you love [1742]
France's Sarkozy slams Irans nuclear program	6 00:00 trailing wife [1769]
Iran protests planned before vote: Khamenei	0 [1742]
Pakistan Taliban vows to avenge Baitullah's death	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1777]
Iran MP committee probing mass burial rumor	0 [1739]
In Iran, Leader vows firm action over jail crimes	0 [1738]
Rafsanjani's son denies part in embezzlement plot	1 00:00 Victor Emmanuel Spusort9161 [1741]
'No one dares to attack a nuclear facility'	0 [1740]
Enough proof given to Pakistan: India	0 [1735]
Saudi religious police crack down on summer festivals	0 [1738]
2 Koreas agree to resume reunions of families separated by war	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1752]
Hezbollah part of next govt: Lebanons Hariri	0 [1739]
Germany seeks life for veil martyr killer	3 00:00 abu do you love [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
ABC, NBC Won't Air Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care Plan	1 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1746]
India intercepts Air France plane	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
India, China armies clash in Sikkim?	0 [1741]
Finland will let Russia build their pipeline, at a price	5 00:00 Mizzou Mafia [1769]
You think you Earthlings have a global warming problem? You ain't got nothing next to these guys	3 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1737]
Health Care, Dignity, and even a fishing pole	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Real US unemployment rate at 16 pct: Fed official	0 [1734]
No Muslims at Malaysia Black Eyed Peas concert	0 [1753]
The monkeys that prove babies can be born to THREE parents..	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
VA wrongly tells vets they have fatal disease	1 00:00 Glenmore [1736]
Update! Maurice is not a boy or girl maybe trans person	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1736]
Chief politicians embezzle donation money in Ishaq era	0 [1737]
5 injured as BCL factions clash at RU	0 [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Celebrity tyrants	0 [1744]
Into the despair and beyond it: a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau	1 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1740]
Ted Kennedy: The Last Liberal	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1749]
Air Force Seeks a Cheaper Way to Fly and Fight	0 [1745]
Picturing The Enemy -- The Enemy Being CIA Operatives & Families	5 00:00 trailing wife [1762]
VDH: Obama and 'Redistributive Change'	5 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1741]
Ted Kennedy's death heralds Camelot's end	13 00:00 Mike N. [1767]
Bowing to the dictator	0 [1738]
Page 6: Politix
Respect for the dead	0 [1745]
Medicare will take hit - Congresswoman Markey (D-CO) An honest pol? Whodathunkit?	2 00:00 trailing wife [1763]
Howard Dean's Town Hall: 'Better Than Jerry Springer'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
U.N. Report Advocates Teaching Masturbation to 5-Year-Olds	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1762]
Some Surprised By 'Clunker' Tax	2 00:00 SteveS [1742]
Friends in High Places	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1736]
House quietly gives 'bonuses' to top aides	4 00:00 ed [1735]
White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase	5 00:00 Besoeker [1739]
ACORN in Retreat	9 00:00 trailing wife [1766]
FCC 'Diversity' Chief Calls for 'Confrontational Movement' to Give Public Broadcasting Dominant Role in Communications	11 00:00 3dc [1759]
Hundreds vent frustrations at political event in Brewer	2 00:00 49 Pan [1731]
Byrd: Rename health care bill for Kennedy	13 00:00 DarthVader [1737]
Gov. Patrick says successor plan 'reasonable,' would sign it	2 00:00 mojo [1736]
State attorney decides against felony charges in Obama Joker poster case	5 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1740]
Payday For Unions	2 00:00 Victor Emmanuel Spusort9161 [1735]
Time's Klein Recalls Meeting a Drunk Ted Kennedy While High on Pot	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1747]
Paterson: I Shouldn't Have Made Race Remarks	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1739]
Foes, backers of health care overhaul speak out at Myrick-hosted event.	0 [1732]
South Carolina Lt. Gov. calls on Sanford to resign	0 [1735]
Leaked e-mail shows how GE puts the government to work for GE	1 00:00 Spot [1737]
Moran's town hall descends into chaos	1 00:00 Shating Grundy9656 [1736]

    
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7	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	TTP
1	TNSM
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Lashkar e-Taiba

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2009-08-27
Baghdad demands Damascus hands over boom masterminds

Wed 2009-08-26
'Prince of Jihad' arrested in Indonesia

Tue 2009-08-25
NKor proposes summit with SKor

Mon 2009-08-24
Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Probe Terror Suspect Interrogations

Sun 2009-08-23
Hakimullah Mehsud appointed Baitullah's successor

Sat 2009-08-22
Karzai, Abdullah declare victory in Afghan vote

Fri 2009-08-21
Lockerbie bomber home in Libya amid US anger

Thu 2009-08-20
Maulvi Faqir claims TTP leadership, Muslim Khan replaces Omer

Wed 2009-08-19
Khatami, Karroubi join Mousavi's Green movement

Tue 2009-08-18
Maulvi Omar nabbed

Mon 2009-08-17
Maulvi Nazir one with the ages

Sun 2009-08-16
Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary. Wotta surprise.

Sat 2009-08-15
Eight killed, 80 injured in Hamas, radicals clashes

Fri 2009-08-14
Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde

Thu 2009-08-13
Seven Pak preachers gunned down in Puntland mosque

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