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Chinese aircrew thwarts hijacking attempt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
American Hero: Female Medic in Afghan -- Silver Star	2 00:00 Penguin [1739]
Last Weeks Iraq Ops Leave 10 Terrorists Killed, 16 Captured	1 00:00 mhw [1736]
Meet Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Good morning....	1 00:00 Skunky Phaising6010 [1736]
At least five shot dead in Orakzai	0 [1742]
Fazlullah's ~~lover~~ aide among four held in Swat	0 [1731]
Hotel bomb kills 1 in Kohlu	0 [1733]
Chinese aircrew thwarts hijacking attempt	10 00:00 Mike [1758]
Olympics 'terror plot' foiled	7 00:00 mhw [1736]
Police nab 8 in connection to Jerusalem terror attack	3 00:00 Icerigger [1727]
Clashes kill 12 in northern Sri Lanka	0 [1735]
100 bodies found in Iraq mass grave: US	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1733]
NATO soldier killed in roadside explosions	0 [1730]
20 injured in bomb explosions in north-eastern India	0 [1737]
British soldier awarded the Military Cross for fighting off 150 Taliban	9 00:00 GK [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
NWFP government hopes for federal ratification of ~~surrender to TNSM~~ new Islamic laws	1 00:00 Seafarious [1754]
Al-Jazeera apologizes over 'Barbarian Muslims' remark	12 00:00 CrazyFool [1746]
British servicemen taunted with web video of US soldier's death	3 00:00 Icrigger [1734]
Egyptian official: Syria likes Gaza chaos	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
"Death to Holland. Death to Denmark,"	12 00:00 NoMoreBS [1727]
N. Korea admits to sending engineers to Syria	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Has Al Qaeda Joined Real Ira Plot?	0 [1728]
Interior Ministry Warns Al-Qaeda Financiers	2 00:00 trailing wife [1732]
Hezbollah denies involvement in yeshiva attack	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Bush vetoes bill to ban waterboarding	32 00:00 Old Patriot [1757]
Abbas demands peace after killings	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1727]
China urges Sudan to seek compromise in Darfur	1 00:00 newc [1728]
Hezbollah accuses U.S. of declaring war on Lebanese opposition	0 [1732]
Hamas claims responsibility for Jerusalem seminary attack	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1753]
Hamas, Islamic Jihad to discuss ceasefire in Egypt next week	0 [1734]
Palestinian sources say Hamas, Hezbollah helped in terror attack	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1744]
Rising number of troops losing hearing	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
Iraqi president seeks to build on Turkey ties	0 [1735]
Peres says Israel will not act alone on Iran	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1725]
Pakistan army still backs him: Musharraf	0 [1732]
Egypt discovers and destroys six smuggling tunnels	0 [1726]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Indian-American Governor Suggested For Republican VP	7 00:00 ed [1761]
AP probe finds drugs in drinking water	5 00:00 trailing wife [1741]
Dean Says Solution for Democrat Dilemma Up to Florida, Michigan	1 00:00 Bobby [1728]
PML-N, PPP show 2/3rds PA majority	0 [1727]
Global Warming Alert: Record snowfalls mean big meltdown	2 00:00 Frank G [1726]
Russian President Accuses NATO of Attempting to Replace UN	5 00:00 SteveS [1758]
Venezuela's Chavez says US was 'big loser' at Latin American summit	11 00:00 NoMoreBS [1732]
Afghan president calls for end to forced marriage	0 [1729]
Obama leads Clinton in Wyoming	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1726]
Colombia, Ecuador end their standoff	4 00:00 Pappy [1727]
Chavez visits Cuba after ending crisis with Colombia	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1733]
Spain decides whether to give Zapatero second term	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1723]
Ex-Pak minister nabbed for people trafficking	0 [1728]
India signs MiG-29 upgrade deal with Russia	3 00:00 3dc [1729]
Malaysia ruling coalition suffers surprise upset	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1745]
Myanmar rejects UN proposal for observers at referendum	0 [1731]
Serbian cabinet falls, early elections on May 11	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1726]
Calling Cap'n Ahab!	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1728]
Page 4: Opinion
SNL's "President Obama, 3 a.m." skit	0 [1731]
Video: Food Fight - An American-Centric History of Warfare From WWII to Today	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Artistic freedom yes, but not with Aurangzeb	4 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1733]
Why, that Hil'ry's jus' a good ol' country girl who's a-droppin' her final consonants!	13 00:00 trailing wife [1760]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
The passing of an unglamorous but remarkable general	0 [1730]
Professor Blair: former British PM to take up Yale position	5 00:00 trailing wife [1743]
Auburn Accused Murderer -- Iraq War Vet	5 00:00 lotp [1733]
I loved that jet (SR-71)	1 00:00 Mike [1734]
Goodness! STAY OUT OF NYC	12 00:00 trailing wife [1754]
Meet Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman, DFC	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [1731]
Priest heeds call to Iraq	1 00:00 Phort Barnsmell7838 aka Broadhead6 [1729]
Iron Lady Thatcher at home after hospital stay	2 00:00 newc [1735]

    
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Who's in the News
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4	Hamas
2	TNSM
2	Taliban
2	Hezbollah
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda

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Sat 2008-03-08
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Fri 2008-03-07
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Thu 2008-03-06
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Wed 2008-03-05
Double kaboom at Pak navy college kills 5

Tue 2008-03-04
Hamas claims 'victory' as Olmert dithers, IDF pulls out of Gaza

Mon 2008-03-03
U.S. bangs Qaeda big in Somalia

Sun 2008-03-02
70 Gazooks titzup in IDF operation

Sat 2008-03-01
Colombia bangs FARC 2nd in command in Ecuador

Fri 2008-02-29
Predator zap kills 10 in South Wazoo

Thu 2008-02-28
VA imam thought to have aided al-Qaida

Wed 2008-02-27
Boomer on a bus kills 40 near Mosul

Tue 2008-02-26
Wheelchair boomer kills cop in Samarra

Mon 2008-02-25
Yemen foils attempt to bomb oil pipeline

Sun 2008-02-24
Iraqi security forces kill 10 al-Qaida insurgents

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