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300 child hostages freed in NWFP
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Indian police battle Islamic militants in capital	4 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11129]
Student, two terrorists killed in southern Thailand	0 [11125]
Norks Test Engine of Long-Range Missile	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Good morning	6 00:00 Old Patriot [11129]
Pakistan: Child hostages freed in troubled northwest	3 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11129]
Sri Lanka: Fierce clashes claim more victims in troubled north	0 [11125]
Philippines: Army says it has seized southern Muslim rebel camp	5 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11125]
US imposes sanctions on Iranian military firms	3 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11136]
Hizb ut-Tahrir leaders held over 'militancy'	0 [11126]
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza border tunnel collapse	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11126]
14 killed in fresh clashes in Kurram	0 [11126]
'Int'l troops killed Afghan district chief'	3 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11125]
83 killed in fierce Lankan clashes	0 [11123]
Militants say they bombed pipeline in Nigeria	1 00:00 Mark Espinola [11123]
Somali pirates hijack Greek ship	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [11123]
Yemen: Thirty suspects arrested over US embassy blast	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Blacks Against Obama Interrupt Campaign Rally	8 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11128]
Banned militant Islamist sect 'is recruiting young Muslims'	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Denied 'Toronto terrorist' video leaked to web	1 00:00 Abu do you love [11128]
Polio up in Pakistan as clashes impede vaccination	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [11126]
Unilateral strikes in Pakistan not a viable solution, says Negroponte	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11124]
Germany arrests two men linked to planned terror attacks	0 [11123]
British schoolboy terrorist gets two years	0 [11127]
US wants NATO to ante up: $20bn to fund Afghanistan effort	12 00:00 3dc [11128]
Britain to boost Afghanistan force	1 00:00 .5MT [11126]
Marine general says limited troops available	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11130]
Pakistan: US gave no warning of missile strike	5 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11134]
Paleoeconomy becoming aid dependent, says World Bank	8 00:00 Bulldog [11125]
Hackers shut down Shiite Websites in Iran	1 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
Tehran says Israel in weak position to attack	3 00:00 Flomoling Borgia7200 [11122]
Hizb ut-Tahrir banned in most of ME	0 [11125]
'Pakistan close to boosting atom bomb ability'	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11123]
Ahmadinejad: Israel won't survive in any shape or form	3 00:00 DLR [11127]
Iranian official: Our missiles can reach ships in Persian Gulf	10 00:00 rjschwarz [11126]
Russia warns NATO over Afghanistan airspace	7 00:00 General_Comment [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
And another county heard from	9 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Space shuttle moved to launch pad as rescue ship	15 00:00 OldSpook [11133]
Hugo expels Human Rights Watch activists for criticism	2 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Russian minister says war with the United States not possible	9 00:00 General_Comment [11137]
Prayer, God and War: The Media Elites v. Palin, Clinton, JFK, FDR, and Lincoln	2 00:00 JohnQC [11128]
Talk of $1 Trillion Bailout Stuns Congresspersons	30 00:00 Mike N. [11132]
Rue Britannia	1 00:00 JohnQC [11129]
Joe Biden loses Barack Obama the Catholic vote	14 00:00 OldSpook [11126]
Sandra Bernhard: Palin Would Be Gang-Raped By Blacks in Manhattan	26 00:00 no mo uro [11125]
Major Battle at Wikipedia Over "Community Organizer" Entry	1 00:00 DLR [11127]
Turkey proposes new security measures for Black Sea	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11125]
CNN's Campbell Brown gets bitch slapped by new McCain supporter	5 00:00 tu3031 [11127]
Sweden announces controversial new defence cuts	11 00:00 General_Comment [11129]
Honest Sam's used Apache lot	3 00:00 Procopius2k [11128]
Blair's sister in law eats her words in Gaza 'concentration camp'	8 00:00 tipper [11132]
Barry takes shiv in the back from Bill Clinton	8 00:00 Uninesh Bonaparte1898 [11126]
Facebook reflects struggle over Islam's role	4 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
Another bad day at Gaza Tunnel Authority	1 00:00 Halliburton Vibroseis Division (Geosource) [11128]
SEC TO Ban Short Selling?	68 00:00 Mike N. [11137]
Obama / I worked with the "community organizer" in 1994	7 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [11127]
Palin expects Biden to be a '~~master~~ great debater'	12 00:00 3dc [11125]
New Scientist: Software spots the spin in political speeches	2 00:00 DoDo [11125]
Obama phones Jones. reversal on ethics bill - because now he can say he fought machine	4 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11126]
Russia ratchets up US tensions with arms sales to Iran and Venezuela	7 00:00 General_Comment [11125]
Dem. Congressman's son arrested for human smuggling in Az.	0 [11129]
Turkey: Fifteen arrested in alleged coup plot	0 [11125]
Indonesia: Rights groups call for an end to child slavery in Malaysia	0 [11126]
Dutch FM protests Moroccan espionage attempt	0 [11125]
Israel's Livni vows to form coalition quickly	4 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
Centre warns Orissa, K'taka over attack on Christians	0 [11125]
Palin Disinvited from Anti-Iran Rally	8 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
Ukrainian parliament speaker declares resignation	0 [11125]
Zim Cabinet talks stall over key ministries	0 [11125]
Bails slow down anti-graft drive	0 [11127]
Second prison riot in days in Mexico kills 19	2 00:00 Frank G [11128]
Thai King endorses Somchai's premiership	0 [11123]
Italy: Illegal immigrants start riot in holding centre	1 00:00 Black Charlie Uleanter1279 [11126]
Olmert must resign and end his 'sorry decline', says US expert	2 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
12 Year Old Boy Invents New Type of Solar Cell	7 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Viral e-mail: is Joe Biden getting a pink slip?	12 00:00 Zhang Fei [11137]
Palin Pick Puts Many Women on the Verge	16 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
Campaign Lies, Media Double Standards	1 00:00 DLR [11123]
The Old Neighborhood	1 00:00 3dc [11126]
Is Europe lost?	21 00:00 Chemist [11124]
History will judge Bush's legacy	8 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11127]
Thwarting jihad despite civil libertarians	0 [11124]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
The Good Hands people have their Hands Tied	0 [11126]
YJCMTSU, Human Soul, Retail	8 00:00 CrazyFool [11127]
Vermont candidate to prosecute Bush for murder if she wins	14 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Photos: The short - but eventful - life of Ike	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11128]
Canadians demand more welfare art	6 00:00 ryuge [11122]
What's in Obama's e-mail inbox (humor)	0 [11125]
Italian prostitutes to dress as nuns	13 00:00 USN, Ret. [11126]
Swiss restaurant to serve meals cooked with human breast milk	12 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [11131]
UK NHS: Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die'	18 00:00 Frank G [11125]
World's Largest Model R/C Airplane	9 00:00 remoteman [11125]
Ugandan govt considers miniskirt ban	3 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [11132]

    
                23:37 General_Comment

                        23:31 mrp

                        23:28 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        23:21 General_Comment

                        23:20 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        23:12 Cornsilk Blondie

                        23:12 Mike N.

                        23:05 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        23:04 Mike N.

                        23:01 General_Comment

                        23:01 tipper

                        22:56 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        22:54 Frank G

                        22:53 General_Comment

                        22:48 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        22:44 3dc

                        22:41 OldSpook

                        22:40 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        22:39 JosephMendiola

                        22:32 Zhang Fei

                        22:31 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        22:26 RWV

                        22:22 Last Breath Farm Resident

                        22:22 OldSpook

Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Iran
2	TTP
2	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-09-19
300 child hostages freed in NWFP

Thu 2008-09-18
25 arrested over embassy attack in Yemen

Wed 2008-09-17
Odierno takes over as US commander in Iraq

Tue 2008-09-16
Twelve Mauritanian troops dead in attack blamed on Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing

Mon 2008-09-15
Pak Troops open fire at US military helicopters

Sun 2008-09-14
Pakistan order to kill US invaders

Sat 2008-09-13
30 dead, 90 injured as five blasts hit Indian capital

Fri 2008-09-12
Kimmie recovering from brain surgery

Thu 2008-09-11
Seven years. Never forgive, never forget, never ''understand.''

Wed 2008-09-10
Head of al-Qaeda in Pakistain dead in Haqqani raid

Tue 2008-09-09
Car boom attempt on Chalabi

Mon 2008-09-08
Drones hit Haqqani compound

Sun 2008-09-07
Mr. Ten Percent succeeds Perv as Pakistan president

Sat 2008-09-06
Sauerland Group planned attacks in major cities

Fri 2008-09-05
Lanka troops move to take LTTE capital

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