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Parliament approves Islamic law in Somalia
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Democracy is un-Islamic: Swat cleric	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Waterboarding never works the first 182 times	11 00:00 Broadhead6 [1763]
LeT threatens action' against those who take part in polls	1 00:00 trailing wife [1744]
US airstrike targets Taliban training camp in South Waziristan	9 00:00 Glenmore [1745]
'Sauerland cell' terror trial to begin in Germany	0 [1742]
Good morning	6 00:00 3dc [1737]
Egypt finds five smuggling tunnels	1 00:00 abu do you love [1740]
Somali pirates attack two vessels, seize one	1 00:00 NancyB [1737]
Security forces kill 7 militants in Kohat clashes	0 [1740]
Suspect arrested with explosives	0 [1731]
Two civilians among 18 killed in Afghan violence	0 [1737]
One killed as stored explosives blow up in Hangu	0 [1738]
Troops escape bombing near Miranshah	0 [1740]
Taliban shoot US drone 'informants'	4 00:00 Hellfish [1754]
Tehsildar dies in Taliban custody	0 [1744]
Blast leaves four dead in Khyber Agency	0 [1738]
Taliban, forces agree to ceasefire in S Waziristan	0 [1742]
US jamming Taliban radio, websites	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1748]
ETA military leader arrested in France: police	0 [1739]
Parliament approves Islamic law in Somalia	0 [1763]
Palestinian runs down Israeli policemen	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
TV reporters face jail in North Korea	5 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1753]
No live coverage of Isro's spy sat launch	1 00:00 john frum [1735]
India plans to monitor fishing vessels from space	1 00:00 Frank G [1728]
Swat Taliban promote love marriages	6 00:00 Seafarious [1743]
Britain will attend Durban II	3 00:00 Zorba Craising6734 [1739]
DEKKA:Obama's charm offensive for radical rulers abandons Israel to Iranian threat	10 00:00 CrazyFool [1753]
Zardari calls for help in fighting terror	3 00:00 paul2 [1734]
Indian Muslims refusing 26/11 terrorists burial in their graveyard	2 00:00 JohnQC [1735]
Don't link terrorism with any single country: Pakistan	4 00:00 rabid whitetail [1729]
'No justification for Taliban to display arms in Malakand now'	0 [1732]
Qaeda asks Somalis to attack 'crusader' ships	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Israel ready to strike Iran nuke sites: report	16 00:00 trailing wife [1776]
Arbitration for SudanŽs Abyei begins	0 [1731]
Gaarzon rules out dropping Gitmo probe	2 00:00 3dc [1737]
Abbas meets Mitchell in peace bid	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1745]
D-Day set for four suspects in Hariri case	0 [1733]
N. Korea says S. KoreaŽs PSI plan means Ždeclaration of warŽ	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Japan products found on N. Korea missile kit vessel in 1999	0 [1734]
PA, Hamas wonŽt recognize Jewish state	6 00:00 SteveS [1742]
ŽAxis of evil tried to overthrow regimeŽ	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
From Chavez, literary criticism	4 00:00 Frank G [1730]
Clinton 'Deeply Concerned' About American Journalist Roxana Saberi	24 00:00 trailing wife [1759]
Page 3: Non-WoT
A US Marine and his Infernal Machine	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1767]
India resumes Gurkha recruitment after two-year lull	0 [1735]
Stroller Pushing While Intoxicated	13 00:00 Phil_B [1743]
Phoenix PD Gun Down Home Invader, Arrest Others	4 00:00 anonymous5089 [1739]
'Slumdog Millionaire' kid Rubina for sale?	2 00:00 Frank G [1739]
IMF predicts prolonged, deep global recession	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
65 quake survivors demand shelter from AJK govt	2 00:00 Besoeker [1734]
Man, woman killed for having 'illicit relations'	0 [1739]
Imran vows to enter Karachi on May 3	1 00:00 Cherelet and Tenille1095 [1734]
Bangla: Cyclone Bijli fizzles out with no major damage; 5 killed	0 [1729]
Reports: South Korean prosecutors to quiz ex-president	0 [1731]
Court cancels offshore drilling program	6 00:00 Steve White [1733]
Grisly slayings brings Mexican drug war to US	22 00:00 Mike N. [1762]
UN employee caught with child pornography at airport	5 00:00 Snonter Darling of the Jutes7898 [1730]
South Africa refuses to host Pakistan 'A' cricket team	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1735]
Group behind plot to kill Bolivian pres a mystery	4 00:00 Pappy [1727]
Page 4: Opinion
Taliban influence in bureaucracy	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
MAERSK ALABAMA - First Person Account of the Pirate Attack	1 00:00 Besoeker [1733]
The Defeat of the Schools	0 [1745]
Five Pillars of Obama	2 00:00 Besoeker [1741]
The Fluttering Flag of Jehad	2 00:00 paul2 [1738]
Brave new world	2 00:00 mercutio [1735]
Slipping away	0 [1738]
Please send drones	1 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Sleepwalking to disaster	2 00:00 john frum [1742]
Page 6: Politix
Obama Gets History Lesson From Latin American Leaders	5 00:00 Procopius2k [1746]
More Murtha Madness	4 00:00 Caesar Omusort7071 [1737]
U.S. to Skip U.N. Conference on Racism	2 00:00 Shealing Dark Lord of the Jutes8850 [1727]
Real Story of Obama's Role In Freeing US Captain	18 00:00 CrazyFool [1738]

    
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6	TTP
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	Taliban
1	Islamic Courts
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Pirates
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2009-04-19
Parliament approves Islamic law in Somalia

Sat 2009-04-18
Pakaboom kills 27

Fri 2009-04-17
Mufti Hannan, 13 other Huji men indicted

Thu 2009-04-16
Lal Masjid holy man makes bail

Wed 2009-04-15
Pak police told to give Talibs a free hand

Tue 2009-04-14
Zardari officially surrenders Swat

Mon 2009-04-13
Somali insurgents fire mortars at U.S. congressman

Sun 2009-04-12
Breaking: Captain Phillips Freed

Sat 2009-04-11
Holbrooke reaches out to Hekmatyar

Fri 2009-04-10
French attack Somali pirates, free captured yacht

Thu 2009-04-09
500 killed in Lanka fighting

Wed 2009-04-08
Somali pirates seize ship with 21 Americans onboard

Tue 2009-04-07
B.O. makes surprise visit to Iraq

Mon 2009-04-06
Today's Pakaboom: 22 dead in Chakwal mosque

Sun 2009-04-05
North Korea space launch 'fails'

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