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US tourist dies in Beijing attack
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
AP: Russia Good, Georgia And US Bad. Surprised?	1 00:00 phil_b [1759]
Russia: Ukraine is helping Georgia	16 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1776]
Georgia claims downing 10 Russian aircraft, destroying 30 tanks	10 00:00 badanov [1773]
Italy holds five on terror charge	1 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1742]
US tourist dies in Beijing attack	3 00:00 Sherry [1772]
Italy: 5 arrested on suspicion of planning attacks	0 [1744]
GI's break up Al-Qaeda slumber party in Diyala, kill two	1 00:00 DarthVader [1752]
Iran Offers To Help Screw Up S.Ossetia crisis	0 [1752]
U.S. troops, contractors in Georgia not believed to be at risk	1 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1778]
One beheaded, two shot dead in troubled Thai south	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
Good morning	6 00:00 .5MT [1751]
Gunmen kill Shiite leader in D.I. Khan	0 [1750]
Taliban kill three 'spies' in Pakistan tribal area	1 00:00 Abu do you love [1753]
Terrorists behind PAF attack held	0 [1749]
Govt drops Lal Masjid cases	0 [1750]
TTP take 14 police hostage in Buner	0 [1749]
Top Qaeda suspect seized in Iraq: police	0 [1754]
30 militants killed in Pakistani tribal area fighting: army	0 [1748]
Car bomb strikes Tal Afar	0 [1745]
Muslim rebels agree to leave villages in Philippines	0 [1746]
Syrian dissident freed after seven years in prison	1 00:00 Raj [1744]
Pakistan army targets militants in northwest	0 [1749]
Shutdown in Kashmir, separatist leaders under house arrest	0 [1745]
China: Nine killed in explosion in Xinjiang	1 00:00 McZoid [1742]
Yemen: Shia rebels agree to peace terms	3 00:00 Frank G on the road [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
Syria bars IAEA re-visit to bombed site	0 [1739]
Chinese crackdown in Xinjiang after Islamist threats	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1749]
Canadian terror suspect's fate rests on his own words	0 [1743]
UK under cyber attack	6 00:00 3dc [1760]
Afghanistan: Security chief confirms MPs' role in drug trade	3 00:00 Abu do you love [1736]
TTP want to work with Nawaz and Qazi	0 [1745]
FATA inhabitants condemn militant attacks on girls' schools	0 [1756]
Guantanamo inmate petitions rights panel over torture	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1745]
Colombia mulls deploying troops in Afghanistan	4 00:00 SteveS [1735]
Israel to free Palestinian prisoners to Abbas	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1768]
In Iraq, Regional Politics Heats Up	0 [1743]
Focus on army as coalition moves to impeach president	0 [1743]
Iran urges China, Russia to resist US	7 00:00 FOTSGreg [1738]
World Leaders Call for End to Fighting in South Ossetia	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1750]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War	0 [1749]
Steep rise in violent crime by UK children	0 [1749]
Other shoe to drop in Edwards affair: Hunter family challenges Edwards to DNA test	6 00:00 JohnQC [1739]
Chavez moves to perpetuate his hold on power	0 [1740]
Abkhazis strike, opening 2nd front for Georgia	2 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1772]
Debka (SALT IT) Debka say Georgia Lost Russia tells US what to do.....	4 00:00 ed [1769]
Fiber optic communications for China's missile system were damaged in earthquake	1 00:00 .5MT [1741]
Russian Stock Markets Tumble on War Fears	6 00:00 .5MT [1744]
Video: Al Jizz seems to slant strongly in Russia's favor.	0 [1730]
Khaleda's release from prison at final stage: Adviser	0 [1731]
Video: It's the US and the West's fault! (Russian Televsion with raw propaganda)	3 00:00 JohnQC [1750]
US dollar rallies as extent of worldwide recession becomes clearer	5 00:00 Abu do you love [1743]
RT - Russian Televison video on Georgia	4 00:00 linker [1743]
Abkhazia moves to flush out Georgian troops	5 00:00 linker [1745]
Suspicious ties force Obama adviser's resignation	1 00:00 Besoeker [1737]
Russian bombers move south to Gori, Georgia	2 00:00 Abu do you love [1742]
Russian bomb city of Gori	0 [1733]
Commander: Georgia to remove all troops in Iraq	5 00:00 Verlaine [1743]
Russian planes renew bombardment of So. Ossetia	20 00:00 trailing wife [1749]
US tourist killed in Beijing	3 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1736]
Russian jets attack Georgian city	2 00:00 linker [1736]
GEORGIA: PRESIDENT SAYS GEORGIAN TROOPS CONTROL SOUTH OSSETIA	16 00:00 linker [1740]
Olmert 'taking investigators for a ride'	0 [1748]
Sherry says 18 'Q' MPs to back impeachment	1 00:00 McZoid [1740]
Taslima returns to India; taken to undisclosed location	0 [1742]
Ebadi denies state media report on daughter's conversion	0 [1738]
First Lady Visits Burmese Refugees	0 [1733]
Archdruid: gay relationships OK	6 00:00 3dc [1732]
Mauritanian police use tear gas to break up anti-coup protest	0 [1732]
US stocks surge on 'watershed' rise in the dollar	14 00:00 ed [1741]
Chinese spy in US sentenced to 15 years	3 00:00 Kirk [1738]
Pakistain army to ask Pervez Musharraf to resign	1 00:00 .5MT [1737]
Shibir men assault Rajashi U Vice Chancellor, teachers	0 [1748]
Grassroots of major parties prepare for upazila polls	0 [1745]
France rejects Rwanda's genocide accusations	1 00:00 McZoid [1739]
Edwards career a total loss with no insurance	37 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1766]
Georgian troops, warplanes, pound separatists	1 00:00 Gomez Gliper4865 [1731]
Russian tanks enter South Ossetia	0 [1742]
Page 4: Opinion
Video - Barackroll	1 00:00 ed [1784]
War in Georgia: Yawns and Kneejerks in America	18 00:00 Bangkok Billy [1792]
The absconding future	1 00:00 Hupiling the Galactic Hero1106 [1735]
How The Surge Worked	0 [1742]
How Georgia fell into its enemy's trap	14 00:00 Deacon Blues [1745]
Russia / Georgia conflict sounds alarm bells at threat to vital link in the energy chain	6 00:00 linker [1756]
Can Pakistan clean up its intelligence agency?	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1752]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Allah Arrested On Drug Charges	5 00:00 CrazyFool [1773]
Al Franken holds event - one person shows up	5 00:00 Johnathan Arbuckle [1760]
Convict shortage in Singapore, prison construction halted	6 00:00 JohnQC [1737]
Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at 50	6 00:00 Eric Jablow [1751]
OK to vote for McCain - He's Kosher.	5 00:00 James [1745]
Nigerian advises against 86 wives	4 00:00 gorb [1759]
Detroit Mayor Makes Bail	4 00:00 lotp [1741]

    
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                        23:18 Johnathan Arbuckle

                        23:00 badanov

                        22:45 Old Patriot

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                        22:26 Steve White

                        22:18 Pappy

                        22:14 Chuck Simmins

                        22:09 phil_b

                        22:08 Chuck Simmins

                        22:06 Chuck Simmins

                        22:01 Chuck Simmins

                        21:48 ed

                        21:43 linker

                        21:25 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:23 3dc

                        21:22 Steve White

                        21:21 macofromoc

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                        20:46 USN,Ret.

                        20:42 3dc

Who's in the News
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6	TTP
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Iran
2	al-Qaeda
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2008-08-09
US tourist dies in Beijing attack

Fri 2008-08-08
Russia invades Georgia

Thu 2008-08-07
Paleo hard boy Jihad Jaraa survives ''assassination attempt'' in Ireland

Wed 2008-08-06
Bin Laden's Driver Guilty

Tue 2008-08-05
Philippine Supremes halt MILF autonomy deal

Mon 2008-08-04
16 officers killed,16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang

Sun 2008-08-03
''Assad's right hand man'' assassinated in Syria

Sat 2008-08-02
Taliban deny al-Qaida No. 2 hit by missile

Fri 2008-08-01
189 arrested, curfew lifted in Diyala

Thu 2008-07-31
Qaeda big turban in Afghanistan killed in US airstrike

Wed 2008-07-30
Gilani in Washington; Paks raid Haqqani's empty madrassa in N Wazoo

Tue 2008-07-29
Military offensive under way in Diyala

Mon 2008-07-28
Mudhat Mursi: Dead Again?

Sun 2008-07-27
3 people killed in second day of Tripoli festivities

Sat 2008-07-26
India: Serial kabooms in Ahmadabad

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