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Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan Officials: Civilians Killed in U.S.-Led Airstrike	6 00:00 Procopius2k [1766]
Iraq Army issuing Virgin Vouchers, Monday 31 win One Way Tickets to Paradise	2 00:00 Querent [1750]
Pakistani army flattening villages as it battles Taliban	6 00:00 Phusogum Wittlesbach7239 [1763]
Pakistan asks Obama to get first India pull back its forces	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1739]
Good morning	15 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1769]
32 killed in Afghan violence	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1773]
Six more Israeli ŽspiesŽ caught in Lebanon	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Boat used to take supplies to Gaza sinks	6 00:00 mojo [1748]
5 more sepoys confess guilt	0 [1749]
Ex-NSI boss remanded	0 [1732]
Criminal killed in shootout with Rab	0 [1739]
Algeria sentences Mokhtar, Droukdel to 20 in jug	0 [1747]
Policeman killed, four injured in Hangu firing	0 [1744]
Sri Lankan rebels suffer 'heavily' in fresh fighting	2 00:00 abu do you love [1755]
SKorean warship rescues NKorean vessel off Somalia	7 00:00 CrazyFool [1734]
Doh! Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship	12 00:00 DarthVader [1793]
'TNSM not responsible for peace'	2 00:00 Whainter Bucket9558 [1741]
Taliban take over Mingora	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Afghan Taliban spokesman: We will win the war	1 00:00 Frank G [1737]
Porous Pakistani Border Could Hinder U.S. - Doh!	0 [1738]
Australian convert's journey to jihad	0 [1746]
Al Qaeda exporting jihad with a hip-hop vibe	1 00:00 tu3031 [1736]
China plans naval base in Sri Lanka in return for aid and UN support	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
Lebanon: Israel's plan to withdraw troops a 'ploy'	0 [1738]
ŽEritrea smuggling arms into SomaliaŽ	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1734]
Fresh probe yet to start; CID awaits ministry step	0 [1734]
'Gulf Arabs must help Yemen, Pakistan against militants'	1 00:00 3dc [1757]
BJP asks Pakistani Sikhs to migrate	0 [1737]
Sufi Muhammad not against me, says Qazi	0 [1739]
Kerry-Lugar bill presented in US congress	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1738]
Lay down weapons or face action: warns Malik	1 00:00 Glenmore [1733]
Nepal's Maoist prime minister resigns after clash with president	1 00:00 Criger [1731]
SKors bolsters task force to deal with Nork nuke threat	0 [1733]
Norks blast UN over 'unfair' punishment for rocket launch	1 00:00 mojo [1731]
Taliban vow to fight till death	4 00:00 rabid whitetail [1738]
President, ISI chief leave for US	4 00:00 mojo [1733]
Norks: Obama no different from Bush	3 00:00 GirlThursday [1735]
Stern action if Taliban violate peace deal, says NWFP minister	1 00:00 Fleater Untervehr5953 [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dom DeLuise dies at 75	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1748]
Sun Oddly Quiet -- Hints at Next "Little Ice Age"?	14 00:00 DarthVader [1776]
Georgia says it halts army mutiny; all is calm	4 00:00 Glenmore [1765]
'Green' lightbulbs poison workers	10 00:00 swksvolFF [1740]
Today in History: ¡Viva Cinco de Mayo!	10 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1739]
WWI mass graves to be exhumed in France	4 00:00 Glenmore [1741]
Metal Storm Completes First Shoulder Firing Of MAUL Shotgun	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [1752]
Berlusconi tells off wife for divorce remarks	0 [1742]
Per capita income rises to $690	1 00:00 Spot [1731]
Bangladesh dropped from US watch list	0 [1730]
6 robbers held with 7 firearms	1 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1731]
Saudi Mufti says Saudi girls must stay chaste	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1738]
Palin To Be Part of National Rep Council	17 00:00 3dc [1753]
45 killed in attack on Turkish wedding	0 [1736]
EU says euro area unemployment to hit postwar record	5 00:00 Bright Pebbles the flatulent [1735]
N.Y. Times to File Notice It Will Close Boston Globe	11 00:00 CrazyFool [1764]
Page 4: Opinion
Today in History: Happy Birthday, Friedrich August Hayek!	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1738]
Fill Souter's shoes with a genial persuader	5 00:00 Frank G [1736]
Pressuring Pyongyang	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
Ralph Peters: Just Walk Away	7 00:00 Glenmore [1733]
Page 6: Politix
Homeland agency pulled back extremism dictionary	1 00:00 swksvolFF [1750]
Clan bicker over Ted Kennedy's Senate seat	10 00:00 3dc [1758]
'El no habla': Obama jumbles Cinco de Mayo salute	3 00:00 ed [1733]
Murtha's Nephew Got Millions in Defense Contracts	2 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
ACORN charged with voter registration fraud	8 00:00 Procopius2k [1739]
The President Who Hates His Country	12 00:00 HammerHead [1730]
Now Brown's Own Ministers Join the Chorus of Dissent	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1731]
Lobbyists help Dems draft climate change bill	1 00:00 tu3031 [1743]
Vanity, Karma Continue to Take Toll on Edwards	3 00:00 Criger Mussolini9004 [1747]
Tax ~~success~~ Google to help ~~failure~~ BBC, say ministers	0 [1734]
Europeans: U.S. Should Give Up Control of Internet	14 00:00 GirlThursday [1732]
Chicago aldermen find ways to supplement their six-figure salaries	1 00:00 Glenmore [1734]
Voters now prefer Spitzer to Paterson, poll finds	2 00:00 mojo [1736]
Illinois' Bright Start college fund loses $85 million, buys hybrid for treasurer	3 00:00 Capsu78 [1752]

    
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                        21:33 Barbara Skolaut

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                        21:27 Redneck Jim

                        21:27 How I Lost Thirty Póunds in Thirty Days

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Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
4	TTP
2	Pirates
2	Hezbollah
1	TNSM
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	HUJI
1	Hamas
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jamaat-e-Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2009-05-05
Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship

Mon 2009-05-04
Khaled Mashaal re-elected Hamas political leader

Sun 2009-05-03
64 civilians killed in Lanka hospital attack

Sat 2009-05-02
60 Taliban killed in Buner offensive

Fri 2009-05-01
Taliban hold Buner town people hostage

Thu 2009-04-30
U.S. missile strikes kill 10 in South Waziristan

Wed 2009-04-29
70 militants killed in Pak operation

Tue 2009-04-28
TNSM suspends talks with govt

Mon 2009-04-27
Suspect in Bat Ayin attack in custody

Sun 2009-04-26
North Korea reactivates its nuclear program

Sat 2009-04-25
US may use daisy-cutters 'if Pakistan shows reluctance'

Fri 2009-04-24
73 killed in twin suicide blasts in Baghdad

Thu 2009-04-23
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi nabbed

Wed 2009-04-22
Turkish police detain 37 in anti-Qaeda raids

Tue 2009-04-21
Lanka gives Tigers 24 hours to hang it up

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