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Israel-Hezbollah 'prisoner' exchange
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Littoral Combat Ship For Israel?	0 [1747]
Israel says Lebanese killer Kantar in its sights	12 00:00 Claving Tojo4648 [1763]
Reports: Hezbollah mutilated the corpses	20 00:00 Deadeye Choluck2323 aka Broadhead6 [1768]
Judge weighs delaying Gitmo tribunal	5 00:00 Deacon Blues [1743]
Court: Bush can order indefinite detentions	3 00:00 SteveS [1747]
Good morning	10 00:00 Besoeker [1737]
Canadians deliver blow against Taliban	7 00:00 Besoeker [1742]
Jaish's Financial Chief, Soldier Killed in Kashmir Gunfight	1 00:00 Red Dawg [1770]
Hezbollah chief welcomes prisoners	6 00:00 Hellfish [1733]
Kidnappers demand release of 15 Taliban	1 00:00 Bobby [1740]
Kazakh gas pipeline blown up	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1740]
Sri Lankan military captures key northern town	0 [1748]
15 killed, 94 wounded in Talafar car bomb	0 [1747]
Member of Shiite sect survives assassination attempt in Basra	0 [1742]
24 Indian police killed in landmine blast	0 [1745]
Taliban restrict diesel smuggling to Afghanistan	7 00:00 Red Dawg [1740]
Militant killed over madrassa occupation	0 [1749]
7 killed in Tirah Valley clashes	0 [1748]
Barisal JCD leader killed in 'shootout'	1 00:00 USN,Ret. [1740]
Pak launches crackdown on Taliban in Hangu district	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1736]
Israel and Hezbollah 'prisoner' exchange	8 00:00 Deadeye Choluck2323 aka Broadhead6 [1777]
Taliban's so-called 'deputy governor' of Kandahar killed in coalition air strike	1 00:00 JohnQC [1739]
Sindh govt bans 'controversial books'	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1749]
Page 2: WoT Background
Six wounded as gunman attacks Jordan bus	3 00:00 Besoeker [1746]
Pakistan: Tension grips town over Koran burning	11 00:00 john frum [1731]
Khadr 'earned' Guantanamo stay	1 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Two supposed terror chiefs claim ceasefire in southern Thailand	0 [1736]
Some US soldiers in Iraq yearn to be in Afghan war	10 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1741]
House Homeland Security Committee's staff said to be in turmoil	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1734]
Investigators: Costly weapon-detection plans in disarray	1 00:00 tipover [1739]
French diplomat visits Gaza and says no Hamas talks	0 [1732]
Canada dismisses pressure over Guantanamo inmate	6 00:00 Jack is Back! [1732]
Colombia misused Red Cross emblem in hostage rescue	17 00:00 Red Dawg [1742]
Afghan secret service alerted India on terror cell	3 00:00 James Carville [1742]
Anti-terror unit warns Israelis in Sinai face danger of abduction	0 [1735]
Pakistani post was not on records: US	3 00:00 SteveS [1739]
Peace jirga fails	0 [1734]
Gilani condemns Karzai's allegations	0 [1729]
NWFP minister asks militants to surrender	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1737]
'I am alarmed at the ferocity of people who think they are good Muslims'	8 00:00 Besoeker [1732]
'Azizuddin reached South Waziristan through Afghanistan'	0 [1740]
Bajaur Qazi courts start operations	0 [1733]
Hamas celebrates	1 00:00 JohnQC [1740]
Sudan's Bashir could escape war crimes indictment	3 00:00 rjschwarz [1759]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Who the hell do these people in DC think they are?	13 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1772]
Al Sharpton Critizes Jesse Jackson on "N" word (red on red)	9 00:00 Hellfish [1735]
Foreign acts banned after Bjork debacle	6 00:00 SteveS [1739]
Two-thirds of Egyptian men harass women - blame women	3 00:00 Jomosing Bluetooth8431 [1737]
US to open 3.9m acres in Alaska for drilling	22 00:00 Albemarle Uniper3460 [1760]
Pakistani Investors Stone Karachi Exchange as Stocks Plunge	5 00:00 anonymous5089 [1730]
This about sums it up for Dems on Drilling	7 00:00 Spurong the Really Smart9789 [1732]
Sarkozy call for second EU vote provokes storm in Ireland	11 00:00 Besoeker [1732]
UN duped, ancient 'bill of rights' bogus	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1735]
Undersea volanoes did it	8 00:00 Menhaden S [1730]
Donors move to aid Central African Republic	1 00:00 tu3031 [1736]
Fresh step to shut convicts out of polls	0 [1730]
No talks with anyone in Jamaat's presence: AL	0 [1734]
Jamaat's so-called body tarnishes image of freedom fighters	0 [1729]
Arrest warrants issued against Elahi, Fazl	0 [1743]
Another Olmert probe, another American businessman, another unpaid loan	0 [1734]
McCain Addresses NAACP Convention	12 00:00 Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226 [1752]
FBI investigates IndyMac for possible fraud: report	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1758]
Page 4: Opinion
Video - Obama Proposes Formation Of Civilian Army Equal In Size To U.S. Military	27 00:00 3dc [1775]
Born under an unlucky star	5 00:00 xbalanke [1739]
This is why I'm Hot	20 00:00 Besoeker [1759]
Lileks: the Land of Inversion	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1732]
What 'bomb Iran' really means	16 00:00 OldSpook [1732]
Goin' Fission?	18 00:00 phil_b [1733]
Evil Deeds and Dark Doings As Hillary Plots Behind the Scenes	12 00:00 Jack is Back! [1726]
The pleasure that Hezbollah takes in torture By Bradley Burston	3 00:00 penguin [1724]
Why Some Terrorists Make the Choice to Leave al Qaeda	8 00:00 Frozen Al [1733]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
AWOL Gets 6 Months, BCD	0 [1727]
When Expensive Toilets Go Bad	3 00:00 Deacon Blues [1729]
Robots Take Over University	3 00:00 SteveS [1764]
Crackheads attempt robbery, beaten by mob	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1742]
Clueless in Chicago	2 00:00 Shusorong White1099 [1734]
CSI Copycat Suicide	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1748]
California gay marriage ban vote to proceed	8 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]

    
                23:54 Redneck Jim

                        23:08 Albemarle Uniper3460

                        22:54 Procopius2k

                        22:41 rjschwarz

                        22:31 Richard of Oregon

                        22:30 SteveS

                        22:30 Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226

                        22:29 Jager Bluetooth5233

                        22:29 Blinky Unoter4811

                        22:25 Deadeye Choluck2323 aka Broadhead6

                        22:24 Deadeye Ulump2048

                        22:24 Large Angaising5916

                        22:20 Deadeye Choluck2323 aka Broadhead6

                        22:20 3dc

                        22:15 newc

                        22:11 Old Patriot

                        22:02 Procopius2k

                        21:55 KBK

                        21:53 Hellfish

                        21:49 Yosemite Sam

                        21:44 Red Dawg

                        21:44 Besoeker

                        21:41 badanov

                        21:39 James Carville

Who's in the News
47	[untagged]
10	Taliban
4	Govt of Pakistan
4	Hezbollah
3	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	ISI
1	Iraqi Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-07-17
Israel-Hezbollah 'prisoner' exchange

Wed 2008-07-16
Paks: NATO massing forces on border

Tue 2008-07-15
ICC charges against Sudan's Bashir

Mon 2008-07-14
Failed Meknes suicide bomber sentenced to life

Sun 2008-07-13
Nine US soldier among scores who die in wave of attacks in Afghanistan

Sat 2008-07-12
Leb Forms New Cabinet, Hezbollah Keeps Veto Power

Fri 2008-07-11
Petraeus takes command of CENTCOM

Thu 2008-07-10
3 dead and 32 wounded in Leb fighting

Wed 2008-07-09
Turkey: 3 turbans, 3 cops killed in shootout outside U.S. consulate

Tue 2008-07-08
One killed, scores injured in series of blasts in Karachi

Mon 2008-07-07
Suicide bomber kills 41 at Indian embassy in Kabul, 141 injured

Sun 2008-07-06
Maliki: government has defeated terrorism

Sat 2008-07-05
2 Pakistanis detained in S Korean bust on 'Taliban' drug ring

Fri 2008-07-04
Norway: "Osama" bomb threat forced offshore platform evacuation

Thu 2008-07-03
Bulldozer Attacker's Dad: Is My Son a Dog? He's not a Terrorist

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