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Syria army retakes key base near Aleppo: State TV
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	7 19:32 3dc [1759]
Qaeda suspects on trial for plot to kill Yemeni leader	0 [1745]
3 'LJ militants' held in covert operation	0 [1748]
Kidnapped Syrian MP executed by jihadists	0 [1731]
Two policemen killed in Egypt's Ismailia	0 [1734]
Bahrain jails 2 Shiites for life for bombing	0 [1744]
Three Lyari gangsters killed	0 [1733]
Karachi police arrest 88 accused	2 08:22 Frank G [1730]
Rangers given shooting orders in case of resistance	0 [1733]
Armed Men Kill Six in Central Nigeria	0 [1741]
Benghazi Air Force Colonel averts suspected kidnapping attempt	2 10:13 Pappy [1732]
Syria army retakes key base near Aleppo: State TV	0 [1767]
2 ITBP jawans hurt in Chhattisgarh landmine blast	0 [1732]
Huge haul of ammonium nitrate at Muthanga	3 18:51 phil_b [1748]
Iranian deputy minister shot dead	0 [1736]
At least one killed in attack on liquor store in Dagestan	1 11:55 Glenmore [1731]
Afghani interpreters who helped U.S. denied visas	7 20:25 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1761]
Homemade bomb injures troops, civilians in southern Thailand	0 [1732]
Page 2: WoT Background
Syrian opposition renews rejection for any future role for Assad	0 [1736]
Grand Mufti rails against militias, calls for action	0 [1734]
Syria Opposition Says will Spurn Geneva Talks without Rebel Backing	1 19:18 JosephMendiola [1755]
TTP denies demanding release of Sufi Muhammad to free Prof Ajmal	0 [1745]
Imran wants Nawaz to lead Taliban peace talks	0 [1751]
Ulema appeal to Mullah Omar to tame TTP	0 [1735]
Afghan, Foreign Officials Differ on ANSF Casualties	0 [1741]
Tribal Elders Oppose Jirga and BSA	2 20:23 Pappy [1759]
Gaza faces power outages amid political infighting	1 08:00 Frank G [1732]
IAEA chief hopes for Iran deal despite Geneva failure	1 10:04 Bill Clinton [1729]
Æthiopia considering joining AU force in Somalia	0 [1746]
Secularists and Islamists exchange accusations over Egypt's new constitution	0 [1742]
Draft constitution 'favours rich, ignores women and minorities': Tagammu	0 [1740]
Ex-presidential candidate Khaled Ali leaves Egypt's Socialist Alliance Party	0 [1746]
Egypt army chief holds talks with Palestinian president in Cairo	0 [1736]
120 unknown corpses since 30 June: Egypt's forensic authority	0 [1739]
Brüderbund's El-Beltagy says 'having time of my life in prison'	0 [1745]
Mass membership resignations rejected by Egypt's Socialist Popular Alliance Party	0 [1745]
Army lambasts JI chief for calling terrorists 'martyrs'	0 [1741]
Turkey's Davutoglu in Iraq to Push Fresh Start	0 [1726]
Libyan PM warns: foreign powers will intervene if chaos continues	1 10:08 Bill Clinton [1752]
Syrian opposition agrees to participate in Geneva 2 talks	0 [1734]
PRI prepares to gut Fox era security reforms	2 20:23 USN,ret [1760]
Iraq's Kurdish region pursues ties with Turkey	2 17:11 Frank G [1752]
Rohani: Iran will not abandon nuclear rights	0 [1731]
Round of Federal Govt-Somaliland dialogue postponed	0 [1736]
Iran to France: We'll get you, and your little dog!	7 12:17 newc [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Maduro to set "limits on profits". Kiss Venezuela goodbye	3 14:00 Mullah Richard [1725]
Video: TV skit mocking Nasrallah sparks protests in Lebanon	4 12:45 Pappy [1728]
Illegal migrants in Saudi surrender after deadly riots	0 [1740]
Pakistani private schools ban Malala Yousafzai autobiography	0 [1740]
Maldives Supreme Court suspends run-off vote	0 [1732]
Thai 'Red Shirts' rally ahead of key amnesty debate	0 [1732]
Con Men Prey on Confusion Over Health Care Act	7 13:54 Bobby [1736]
Two Cypress Springs High School students killed in house party shooting	1 00:26 Redneck Jim [1739]
Public Revolts Against Obama, Political Establishment's Amnesty Efforts	1 00:27 Redneck Jim [1739]
Miley twerks dwarf	10 19:57 swksvolFF [1751]
Philippine typhoon deaths climb into thousands	6 19:38 swksvolFF [1754]
Reclaiming the Mezquita in Córdoba	0 [1735]
Charter could discourage French-speaking Muslim immigration to Quebec	13 17:12 SteveS [1751]
Italian navy arrests 16 human traffickers off Libya	0 [1732]
Ingushetia hikes fines for bride kidnapping	1 11:45 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1735]
Manfred Rommel, son of WWII military leader, dies at 84	3 13:46 Guillibaldo McCoy1948 [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
EDITORIAL : Sects in motion	0 [1736]
Ethnic nationalism and the plight of the Hazaras -- Dr Fawad Kaiser	3 20:52 lord garth [1750]
Can we really talk to the Taliban? -- Yasser Latif Hamdani	1 00:21 Redneck Jim [1739]
Taliban talks sabotaged -- Farooq Sumar	0 [1728]
The Pakistani policy of peace -- Lubna Umar	0 [1724]
Page 6: Politix
Obama golfs 150th round as superstorm devastates Philippines, Iran deal enrages	15 12:50 swksvolFF [1743]
Hagel sez cuts to Mil pay and benefits needed.	7 19:08 JosephMendiola [1755]
Obama threatens GOP with executive orders on 'drawer full' of ideas	16 19:36 JosephMendiola [1766]

    
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Who's in the News
33	[untagged]
11	Arab Spring
6	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
1	al-Shabaab
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Jamaat-e-Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2013-11-11
Syria army retakes key base near Aleppo: State TV

Sun 2013-11-10
Imambargah attacks leave three dead, spark outrage

Sat 2013-11-09
Zawahiri Disbands Main Qaida Faction in Syria

Fri 2013-11-08
'Mullah Radio' takes overTTP, terms talks 'waste of time'

Thu 2013-11-07
Nigeria president seeks state of emergency extension

Wed 2013-11-06
Mortar round hits Vatican embassy in Damascus

Tue 2013-11-05
152 soldiers sentenced to die for mutiny in Bangladesh

Mon 2013-11-04
Blast inside Quetta seminary leaves two injured

Sun 2013-11-03
Gunmen kill 30 in suspected Islamist attack on Nigerian wedding convoy

Sat 2013-11-02
Egypt army arrests head of Sinai radical militant group, dozens others

Fri 2013-11-01
Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike: sources

Thu 2013-10-31
Israeli warplanes strike shipment of Russian missiles at Syrian port: officials

Wed 2013-10-30
Suicide blast in Tunisian resort of Sousse

Tue 2013-10-29
Somalia's al-Shabab commanders 'killed' in strike

Mon 2013-10-28
Bomb blast kills 18 wedding guests in Afghanistan

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