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Pak supremes: Nawaz can return
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Paras Kill 18 Terrs	6 00:00 ed [1739]
Return to Tora Bora	17 00:00 GK [1743]
Philippines keeps fighting Muslim insurgency	0 [1748]
Thailand takes battle to deep-South's Islamic schools	1 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1743]
Former village leader killed in southern Thailand	0 [1743]
Good morning	10 00:00 JohnQC [1750]
Lebanon arrests 2 Palestinian suspects in bombing targeting UN mission	1 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
IDF troops arrest top Hamas terror suspect in Halhoul	0 [1749]
Sudan expells top Canadian, EU diplomats from country	3 00:00 Excalibur [1746]
Alleged al-Qaida gunmen kill 15 in two Iraqi villages	2 00:00 wxjames [1740]
Blast rips through car east of Gaza City; Hamas: IDF attacked us	9 00:00 gromgoru [1746]
Two arrested in connection with UNIFIL bombing in s. Lebanon	0 [1744]
Two soldiers killed in north Lebanon camp clashes	1 00:00 gromgoru [1738]
Operation Lightning Hammer disrupts al-Qaeda in Diyala	3 00:00 gorb [1747]
One terrorist killed, 10 suspects detained in Coalition operations	1 00:00 gorb [1734]
Al Qaeda attacks Coalition Outpost in Northern Baghdad	0 [1734]
11 detained in Rashid, including 9 Iraqi Policemen	2 00:00 Frank G [1770]
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain three, destroy weapons cache	1 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [1739]
Terrorist responsible for shooting down coalition helicopter detained	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1742]
FC fort attacked, militant killed in North Waziristan	2 00:00 Fun Dung Poo [1746]
13 killed in Afghanistan	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Describing the IRGC	2 00:00 gromgoru [1760]
AEL wants to demonstrate in Brussels..on 9/11!	5 00:00 rhodesiafever [1739]
The Army's New Sniper Rifle	3 00:00 ed [1743]
Scottish inquiry into 'rendition' flights by CIA	4 00:00 Anonymoose [1739]
PCHR's Wonderful World of Gaza	2 00:00 Zenster [1741]
Burning rubbish compounds Gaza's mounting crisis	14 00:00 SteveS [1750]
Dutch police arrest attacker of former Muslim	0 [1741]
FBI, Muslim charity reach deal on records	1 00:00 Zenster [1747]
US libraries to keep Alms for Jihad on hand	6 00:00 Eric Jablow [1742]
EU Muslims: seeking jihad or democracy?	3 00:00 Paul [1741]
Help is on the way for [burned Iraqi child] Youssif	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1744]
Hamas troops to become main police force	1 00:00 Zenster [1736]
Poll: Palestinians support Western-backed gov't	2 00:00 The Doctor [1739]
Britain refuses visas to Palestinian soccer team	3 00:00 DepotGuy [1733]
'Abbas definitely won't seek reelection'	1 00:00 gromgoru [1737]
Recommendation: Drop Marine murder case	17 00:00 Jan [1766]
Fearing Syrian missile onslaught, IDF boosts Arrow defenses in North	19 00:00 Mike N. [1772]
Somalia: Government soldier executed	0 [1751]
Wally calls for presidential elections by simple majority	1 00:00 Frank G [1740]
US general blames Britain for Basra crisis	3 00:00 Oztralian [1735]
Knobby tells Wally: Honored to be Hezbollah's 'Mail Box'	3 00:00 Seafarious [1759]
Asylum seekers drop to 14-year low in UK	1 00:00 Excalibur [1737]
Hamas blames Israel, US for impasse	3 00:00 Excalibur [1740]
US eavesdrops on thousands of foreign calls	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
'Chemical Ali threw my sons from chopper': trial witness	10 00:00 Frank G [1754]
'Iranian Guards beat UN sanctions'	0 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Castro assumes room temperature at last?	9 00:00 trailing wife [1766]
Scientists found life on Mars back in the 70s	8 00:00 Frank G [1730]
Opus Comics Widely Censored Out Of Fear Of Offending Muslims	19 00:00 Angie Schultz [1736]
Norway: Spree Killer from Somalia demands compensation	3 00:00 Unutle McGurque8861 [1748]
Sweden: MPs want to limit press freedom	4 00:00 ed [1734]
Edwards slams Hillary about Bill's fundraising adventures	1 00:00 Mike [1744]
Malaysia suspends newspaper for image of Jesus with cigarette	2 00:00 newc [1749]
China declares 'war' on tainted products	9 00:00 Zenster [1739]
Venezuela to change time zone by 30 min in September	12 00:00 gromgoru [1742]
Mugabe prepares to take control of foreign firms	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1742]
Romney invested in China, linked with Kissinger	3 00:00 DepotGuy [1740]
Former state employee wins $150,000 in reverse discrimination case	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [1747]
1 in 4 UK babies born to a foreign parent	4 00:00 Abu Uluque6305 [1750]
Sharifs can return: SC	2 00:00 OldSpook [1788]
Nawaz vows to contest polls	0 [1748]
Musharraf can be president in civvies: Benazir Bhutto	0 [1746]
SC ruling domestic issue, says US	0 [1742]
Only democracy can beat terrorists, Nawaz tells US	2 00:00 McZoid [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
Learning from History	0 [1735]
Dukakis: a massacre on American soil might hurt Democrat prospects	10 00:00 Zenster [1758]
Finally, a Reasoned Debate on Iraq	0 [1737]
President Bush's Vietnam analogy not inaccurate, just incomplete	4 00:00 eLarson [1737]
Why Democrats dread hearing the V-word	1 00:00 ed [1743]
Peggy Noonan: a toast to American troops	2 00:00 whatadeal [1735]
Nuking The Deal, But... 30 Years of Communist Rule	2 00:00 ed [1744]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Homeless Vampire Girl Convicted	1 00:00 Renfield1896 [1764]
NFL Suspends Michael "Ookie" Vick "Indefinitely"	1 00:00 RWV [1760]
A blast from the past: Judge won't halt Noriega extradition	4 00:00 SteveS [1760]
Thieves carried off 22 pigs in compact car	1 00:00 Zenster [1740]
Hallway rape went unreported by neighbors	4 00:00 DepotGuy [1757]
French deny U.S. bid to extradite suspect	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1739]
Another Bollywood star heading to jail	6 00:00 Eric Jablow [1741]
Woman Stabs Husband During Sex	11 00:00 Zenster [1744]
The Dangers of Wind Turbines	10 00:00 Frank G [1747]
Great Adventures in Mainstream Media Fact-Checking, #247	7 00:00 Zenster [1751]
Muslim-Jew agreement signed	3 00:00 Zenster [1734]
Trading Up From Red Paper Clip to White Picket Fence	1 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Headscarf makes way for bandana	1 00:00 Snoop Camel [1747]
Plans to lower height of Cologne mosque dropped	2 00:00 Glenmore [1754]

    
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Who's in the News
48	[untagged]
8	Iraqi Insurgency
6	al-Qaeda in Iraq
5	Hamas
2	Taliban
2	Thai Insurgency
2	Jund al-Shams
2	Hezbollah
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Fatah
1	Mahdi Army
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	IRGC

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2007-08-24
Pak supremes: Nawaz can return

Thu 2007-08-23
Izzat Ibrahim to throw in towel

Wed 2007-08-22
Aksa Martyrs: We'll no longer honor agreements with Israel

Tue 2007-08-21
'Saddam's daughter won't be deported'

Mon 2007-08-20
Baitullah sez S. Wazoo deal is off, Gov't claims accord is intact

Sun 2007-08-19
Taliban say hostage talks fail

Sat 2007-08-18
"Take us to Tehran!" : Turkish passenger plane hijacked

Fri 2007-08-17
Tora Bora assault: Allies press air, ground attacks

Thu 2007-08-16
Jury finds Padilla, 2 co-defendents, guilty

Wed 2007-08-15
At least 175 dead in Iraq bomb attack

Tue 2007-08-14
Police arrests dormant cell of Fatah al-Islam in s. Lebanon

Mon 2007-08-13
Lebanese army rejects siege surrender offer

Sun 2007-08-12
Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed

Sat 2007-08-11
Philippines military kills 58 militants

Fri 2007-08-10
Saudi police detain 135

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