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Tamil Tigers say they surrender
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Al-Shabaab captures Jowhar, but warlord joins gov't	0 [1742]
Tamil Tigers say they surrender	6 00:00 Gaz [1785]
Lanka army claims LTTE chief Prabhakaran dead	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
Huge explosions in Tamil Tiger zone followed by radio silence	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1751]
Islamist militancy under control: RAB Chief	1 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1746]
JMB has at least 50 bomb experts now	0 [1741]
Good morning ...	6 00:00 ebrown2 [1740]
Tamil Tigers trapped in a square kilometre	0 [1744]
Talib Toe Tally	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1747]
11 killed in car bomb blast in Peshawar: official	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1746]
47 militants killed; Pakistani forces getting close to main town	1 00:00 lord garth [1738]
U.S drone kills 25 at religious seminary in Pakistan	4 00:00 Frank G [1741]
Three dead in rocket attack in Khost	0 [1748]
Mystery explosion kills Paleokiddie in Khan Younis	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [1759]
Speculation ripe that Prabhakaran dead	0 [1741]
40 militants die in NWA drone strikes	5 00:00 Frank G [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kuwaitis elect women, reject fundies	4 00:00 Zhang Fei [1765]
Pak Girls madrassas expanding at a dramatic rate	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
Govt should have convinced Taliban to fight in IHK	2 00:00 tipover [1731]
MI5 to escape criticism over 7/7 bombings	0 [1750]
'I was groomed for jihad in Britain'	1 00:00 paul2 [1733]
China denies new naval base in Sri Lanka, says it's purely commercial	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Eritrea denies Somali involvement	0 [1746]
Extrajudicial killings occur only when police come under attack	0 [1732]
Netanyahu heads to Washington	8 00:00 Frank G [1758]
New residents account for one-third of West Bank settlement growth	0 [1741]
Turkish envoy meets Nawaz	0 [1733]
US special forces sent to train Pak soldiers	0 [1730]
Counter-insurgency training facilities developed: Kayani	0 [1729]
Nuclear deterrence will be retained at all costs: Gilani	0 [1736]
Hildebeast Hopeful on Case of American Reporters Held by Norks	8 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1733]
Monk: Scarborough Buddist Temple fire related to Sri Lankan conflict	0 [1740]
ElBaradei: Attack on Iran would be insane	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Pakistan rejects as 'mere fiction' U.S TV report on nuclear arsenal	1 00:00 rabid whitetail [1729]
Police arrest two ex-NSI DGs in arms haul, sent to Ctg	0 [1732]
Good news: successful, safe elections in Kuwait	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1733]
Situation "normal" after explanation over Bekaa arrest -- Leb Army	0 [1731]
EU hands over 14 suspected pirates to Kenya	3 00:00 trailing wife [1731]
Sudan unlikely to sever ties with Chad after air raids	0 [1732]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Rediscovering Old Military Communications Technology	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Funny Sports Headlines (NSFW)	0 [1731]
Nigeria says 13 oil workers rescued	1 00:00 Glenmore [1737]
Burma Bars Prominent Lawyer from Aung San Suu Kyi Trial	3 00:00 ed [1729]
Utah GOP governor is Obama's pick as China envoy	12 00:00 DarthVader [1764]
Turkey's military education hinders professionalism	2 00:00 gromky [1734]
Brit Dad Nicked for Soliciting Hooker for Son	2 00:00 SteveS [1740]
Bahraini MP says Tourists scaring the Fish(ermen)	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1736]
Uganda's President Museveni tells Kenya to Apologise	0 [1736]
Indian Army getting set to launch Agni-II missile	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Medvedev concerned over NATO drills in Georgia	1 00:00 gorb [1732]
Test results of 68 suspected swine flu cases, negative -- Egypt	15 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1763]
Deputies: Banana used as gun in holdup, then eaten	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Page 4: Opinion
Unwed Mom Boom Threatens Sanctity of Gay Marriage	19 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1771]
Here's how Israel would destroy Iran's nuclear program	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1773]
Canada's growing Tamil problem	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Page 6: Politix
Voters do what courts could not	0 [1737]
Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker	17 00:00 Frank G [1752]

    
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                        21:56 Frank G

                        21:45 Skunky Glins 5***

                        21:29 DarthVader

                        21:12 CrazyFool

                        21:12 Zhang Fei

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                        20:35 Nimble Spemble

                        20:34 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:33 Deacon Blues

                        20:29 Anonymoose

                        20:28 eLarson

                        20:26 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:15 lotp

                        20:13 JosephMendiola

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2009-05-17
Tamil Tigers say they surrender

Sat 2009-05-16
Sri Lanka president declares victory in civil war

Fri 2009-05-15
60 Talibs killed in Swat

Thu 2009-05-14
Morocco dismantles Salafiya Jihadiya cell

Wed 2009-05-13
113 deaders, thousands flee Somalia festivities

Tue 2009-05-12
Pak commandos dropped into Taliban stronghold

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200 Taliban killed in Swat operation

Sun 2009-05-10
Scores dead as drone hits S. Wazoo Mehsud stronghold

Sat 2009-05-09
1.2 million people leave Buner, Swat other areas

Fri 2009-05-08
Gilani orders all-out war on Pak Taliban

Thu 2009-05-07
Sufi Mohammad's son killed in Lower Dir shelling

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Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire

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Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship

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Khaled Mashaal re-elected Hamas political leader

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64 civilians killed in Lanka hospital attack

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