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Sri Lanka claims smashing 'final' Tiger defences
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Marines turn over another peaceful Sunni Triangle city to the Iraqis	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1739]
Ft. Dix case to test informants' credibility	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1736]
Good morning	8 00:00 Ulomonter Panda9134 [1734]
Sri Lanka claims smashing 'final' Tiger defences	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1775]
Israeli protestors shut down Gaza crossing	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1744]
Israeli lightly hurt as fire bomb hurled at car in West Bank	0 [1748]
Unknown gunnies kill KDP guard in Ninewa	0 [1743]
Police defuse roadside bomb in central Baghdad	0 [1742]
Sulaimaniya provincial council dismisses deputy governor	0 [1736]
2 wanted persons arrested in Mosul	0 [1736]
Police forces nab al-Qaeda commander in Diyala	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1745]
25 militants killed as den of miscreants destroyed in Swat	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1746]
9 Chinese oil workers kidnapped in Sudan	4 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran busts 'spy pigeons' near nuclear site	18 00:00 JosephMendiola [1754]
Al-Qaida Still Offline for 'Technical Reasons'	12 00:00 Capsu 78 [1754]
Military report says terms 'jihad,' 'Islamist' needed	0 [1733]
Iranian foreign minister warns West against talks with Taliban	1 00:00 Rivrdog [1733]
Barak: Israel giving serious thought to Saudi peace plan	4 00:00 DMFD [1738]
Hamas: Demonstrations won't help free Shalit	1 00:00 lena [1747]
Kim watch continues	0 [1737]
US gives Maliki concessions on immunity issue	0 [1742]
Iran: Iraqis entitled to decide their fate	0 [1744]
Baghdad, London to launch talks on UK forces' presence in Iraq	0 [1740]
US-backed reform forum meets in UAE amid doubts	0 [1747]
Human Rights Ministry announces end of Christian's displacement in Mosul	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1736]
U.S. army holds conference for tribes in Wassit	0 [1740]
Boucher, President discussed Pak-US bilateral ties	0 [1733]
Ultraconservative Islam on rise in Mideast	0 [1748]
Mujahid denied bail, asked to surrender to trial court	0 [1733]
Talks With Only Those Who Lay Down Weapons, Says Zardari	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Nickelodeon's kids pick Kerry as president	2 00:00 Frank G [1744]
Barack Obama vows to 'change the world'	12 00:00 General_Comment [1773]
Pakistan risks losing orbital slot if satellite not launched	4 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1757]
Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers	0 [1745]
Biden expects his administration to get low approval ratings(!)	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1743]
Obama faces first crisis, backs Rays, Phillies	2 00:00 The Obamessiah [1745]
Biden predicts "international crisis" if Obama wins	17 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [1760]
US warship 'catches fire in Persian Gulf'	4 00:00 Don Vito Omeling5062 [1745]
Cisneros- Ive been waiting for someone to put all the blame at my doorstep,	4 00:00 newc [1742]
Ten Percent Of $700 Billion Bailout Could Go To Bonuses (GS)(C)(MS)	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1745]
Every USA Church, Synagogue Gets Militant Islam DVD	3 00:00 Darrell [1747]
Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election	82 00:00 3dc [1761]
UK: Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1739]
Pirzada escapes beating from lawyers	1 00:00 Mitch H. [1741]
BNP, Jamaat revise constitutions	0 [1757]
Hugo Feels the Pinch	21 00:00 Don Vito Omeling5062 [1742]
'Pressure can't conclude Zimbabwe deal'	0 [1741]
Turkish court prepares to try suspects in alleged coup plot	0 [1741]
Europe paying price of US econ crisis	5 00:00 Deacon Blues [1731]
Poll: Sole bailout beneficiary, Wall Street	2 00:00 Ulusoling Hatfield4645 [1735]
France rallies around head of IMF as alleged office affair investigated	1 00:00 charger [1741]
World leaders prepare for summits on finance reform	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1734]
South Korea to Guarantee Foreign Debt	0 [1753]
Army chief calls on Thai leader to quit	0 [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
The ELITE plan	0 [1745]
Happy birthday, Israel and Shalom - Andrew Roberts	1 00:00 trailing wife [1754]
Peters: America the weak	9 00:00 ex-lib [1737]
Biden to Supporters: "Gird Your Loins",	14 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1740]
The '08 crash - early conclusions	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1744]
False Claims By Defeated Slaves Undermine Their Campaign	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1736]
The Army of Joes (including Tito and Connie)	3 00:00 SteveS [1735]
Financial crisis: Somehow we have to break the chain	0 [1737]
Dems get set to muzzle the right	8 00:00 treo [1739]
Herbert & Marion Sandler Sub-prime loan spoof .	0 [1739]
Lileks on Bill Ayres	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1739]
Obama's Carbon Ultimatum	6 00:00 remoteman [1740]
Tom Bradley Didn't Lose Because of Race	3 00:00 OldSpook [1741]
Why Ayers (and others in academia) aren't exceptional	5 00:00 mom [1737]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1771]
Six dead in South Korea fish knife frenzy	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Man jailed for "activity" at car wash	16 00:00 ed [1742]
Former Beijing Official Receives Death Sentence With Reprieve	1 00:00 gorb [1748]
Saudi investigates blackmail against women	1 00:00 gorb [1742]

    
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                        23:53 General_Comment

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                        23:28 Sherry

                        23:28 CrazyFool

                        23:26 Sherry

                        23:26 General_Comment

                        23:19 General_Comment

                        23:17 Capsu 78

                        23:13 Hyper

                        23:05 Thrinegum Jones8447

                        22:59 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:46 ex-lib

                        22:44 Jolutch Mussolini7800

                        22:42 Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

                        22:40 Jolutch Mussolini7800

                        22:39 Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

                        22:23 General_Comment

Who's in the News
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5	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Govt of Iran
2	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Global Jihad
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-10-20
Sri Lanka claims smashing 'final' Tiger defences

Sun 2008-10-19
Taliban stop bus- massacre 30

Sat 2008-10-18
Kidnapped Chinese engineer escapes Pakistani Taliban

Fri 2008-10-17
Missile Strike Targeting Baitullah Country Kills 6

Thu 2008-10-16
18 Talibs titzup in attack on Lashkar Gah

Wed 2008-10-15
Puntland Coasties free Panama ship from pirates

Tue 2008-10-14
DPRK regrants IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities

Mon 2008-10-13
12 boomers among 27 zapped in Wazoo

Sun 2008-10-12
Lankan president asks LTTE to surrender

Sat 2008-10-11
North Korea taken off US terror list

Fri 2008-10-10
15 dead in suicide blast at Pakistan tribal meeting

Thu 2008-10-09
Boom Bitch Kills 10 in Diyala Province

Wed 2008-10-08
World's Stock Markets Plunge

Tue 2008-10-07
Iran forces down Corporate Executive ''Fighter Jet''

Mon 2008-10-06
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

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