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Hezbollah seizes large parts of Beirut
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Meanwhile back in Basra	1 00:00 Pappy [1727]
Islamic preacher Abu Qatada is bailed	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1753]
US military denies Iraq report of al-Masri arrest	7 00:00 Frank G [1728]
US Marines Foot Patrol Ambushed By Insurgents In Zaidon - Iraq, Video at link	6 00:00 anymouse [1727]
Hezbollah seizes large parts of Beirut	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
More on Abu Ayub al-Masri arrest...	5 00:00 anymouse [1725]
Good morning	9 00:00 Fred [1731]
Israeli incursion kills Palestinian	2 00:00 PlanetDan [1722]
Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested	0 [1728]
Beirut racked by street battles	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1760]
At least 23 dead in Somalia shoot-em-up	0 [1724]
Gun battles erupt in Sadr City	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1724]
Taliban 'governor' killed in raid: Afghan ministry	2 00:00 gorb [1729]
Suicide car boom targets convoy, kills innocent bystanders	3 00:00 tu3031 [1726]
Troops block road to South Waziristan	0 [1729]
FC man killed in another militant attack in Swat	0 [1725]
Shiraz mosque blast: Iran arrests group with links to UK, US	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1729]
India to probe Glasgow bomber's brother	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1725]
Armed clashes erupt in tense Beirut	0 [1728]
Hezbollah rejects Hariri proposal	0 [1731]
Bombing wounds ex-Iraq Qaeda leader	4 00:00 Pappy [1730]
N Korea gives nuclear records to US	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1745]
Four Iraqi soldiers killed in Mosul	0 [1724]
Heavy fighting claims 66 lives in Lanka	0 [1734]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mosque for church bid in faith barter	0 [1732]
Who paid to free Abu Qatada?	3 00:00 ed [1727]
Bad omens in Latin America	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1747]
One is Sunni and one Shiite. Together they are the key to peace in Baghdad suburb	2 00:00 tu3031 [1731]
Libya tells Italy it won't fight illegal migration	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [1730]
First Muslim Police Association created in Scotland	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
Power wars may doom French Muslim council	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1719]
Aussie Diggers accused of mistreating detainees	6 00:00 Dan [1720]
Iraq-Saudi meeting in Amman on Saudi prisoners	2 00:00 Pappy [1734]
Airport and border closures could cost Lebanon dearly	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
Russia joins UN economic sanctions on Iran	2 00:00 Pooty [1731]
Code Pink Tries Witchcraft at Berkeley Anti-Marine Rallies	21 00:00 Eric Jablow [1750]
US pushing hard for border agreement	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [1721]
PM suspected of illegally accepting large sums of money	1 00:00 twobyfour [1722]
Iranian-Made Rocket Discovered Near Basra Alarms Iraqis	2 00:00 sinse [1727]
Secret Bush "Finding" Widens War on Iran	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
Pakistanis see risks in UN inquiry	1 00:00 tu3031 [1725]
Law and order in NWFP not exemplary, says Info minister	1 00:00 tu3031 [1728]
Nasrallah vows to kill anyone in Lebanon who touches his weapons	3 00:00 Victor Emmanuel Sloluns1769 [1735]
Grand Mufti: We've had enough of Hezbollah	0 [1725]
Lebanon MP : Berri is a Dictator	0 [1733]
UN envoy: Hezbollah's rockets a threat to Lebanese civilians	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
Suleiman Franjieh vows to take down Lebanon's government	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Hamadeh accuses Nasrallah of turning hatred for Israel on Lebanon	0 [1720]
CID permitted to take Huji man Sumon on remand	0 [1721]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Gore rejects cabinet post in new administration	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1747]
UN breaks ground on intentionally 'ugly' temporary headquarters	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1740]
Once-secret memos question Clinton's honesty - Tell me it isn't so	9 00:00 rjschwarz [1740]
FBI Confiscates Tommy Chong Documentary	9 00:00 rjschwarz [1726]
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Olmert denies taking bribes	2 00:00 liberalhawk [1726]
Berlusconi appointed prime minister	2 00:00 twobyfour [1728]
Burma generals still not letting aid in	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1745]
Clinton Touts White Support	11 00:00 Frank G [1751]
Embattled Olmert admits taking cash	1 00:00 OyVey1 [1725]
Page 4: Opinion
Another democracy threatens the Mideast	1 00:00 gorb [1726]
Putin and Lots More about EADS (refueling tankers' builder)	2 00:00 USN,Ret. (from home) [1737]
This is interesting . . .	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1728]
The Obama Democrats' Ostrich Moment (a "Democrat Fratricide" production)	4 00:00 trailing wife [1754]
Lileks: Israel at 60	0 [1735]
A different battlefront	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
John McCain's not-so-secret plan to lose Michigan	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Conservatives Happier Than Liberals	5 00:00 trailing wife [1729]
Self-harm as strategy	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1726]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Calif. man jailed in eco-terrorism plot	1 00:00 gromky [1730]
A Chinaman has survived 10 years using a cigarette packet to cover a gaping hole in his chest	9 00:00 RD [1756]
Nerves. Canadian Train Quarantined After Death, Flu-Like Symptoms	6 00:00 USN, Ret. [1729]
Bloomberg Wants 2nd Amendment Trial Gag	3 00:00 Darrell [1728]
European study: researchers find link between drinking, drugs, and wild sex	7 00:00 CrazyFool [1735]
Take heart, America--your political savior is here!	4 00:00 Frank G [1749]
Lost in the Holocaust: experts plumb newly opened archive	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1732]
SF Talkshow Host "Lion of the Left" pleads guilty to Child Porn, will get 5-9	9 00:00 Frank G [1760]
Boeing's Screamliner is also late	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Britons throw away third of all food: study	18 00:00 trailing wife [1728]
Police arrests leading lawyer for 'insulting' Mugabe	1 00:00 USN,Ret. (from home) [1726]
Islamic divorce ruled not valid in Maryland	4 00:00 dan [1730]
Sindh reports two more polio cases	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1737]

    
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                        22:44 Frank G

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                        22:23 Eric Jablow

                        22:05 Anonymoose

                        22:00 JosephMendiola

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                        21:54 GolfBravoUSMC

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                        21:35 trailing wife

                        21:30 Free Radical

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Who's in the News
44	[untagged]
8	Hezbollah
6	al-Qaeda in Iraq
4	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Syria
2	Mahdi Army
2	Global Jihad
1	Islamic Courts
1	Islamic Jihad
1	HUJI
1	Palestinian Authority
1	SIMI
1	TNSM
1	Hamas
1	Iraqi Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-05-09
Hezbollah seizes large parts of Beirut

Thu 2008-05-08
Hezbollah at war with Leb

Wed 2008-05-07
Hezbollah telecom network shut down

Tue 2008-05-06
3500 U.S. troops surge home

Mon 2008-05-05
Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady

Sun 2008-05-04
24 killed, 26 injured in Iraqi violence

Sat 2008-05-03
Marines chase Talibs through Helmand poppy fields

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

Tue 2008-04-29
Pak Talibs quit peace talks

Mon 2008-04-28
U.S. Marines join Brits fighting Taliban in Helmand

Sun 2008-04-27
Karzai survives another assassination attempt

Sat 2008-04-26
Tater loses nerve, tells fighters to observe truce

Fri 2008-04-25
Basra in govt hands

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