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NKor names Kimmie's successor
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Brits bag Taliban Aviation Turban-in-Charge	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1749]
In Iraq, they call it a love IED	6 00:00 James Carville [1760]
Pak blames India for Hafiz Saeed's release	1 00:00 john frum [1732]
VOA Pashto broadcast probed	1 00:00 Pappy [1746]
US picks off nine al-Qaeda leaders	18 00:00 GirlThursday [1756]
Man Accused of Killing One Recruiter, Wounding Another, Spent Time in Yemen	16 00:00 funky skunk [1740]
Some (or all) of the kidnapped kiddies have been freed?	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Good morning	11 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1744]
Security tightened after reports of terrorists' influx	2 00:00 Seafarious [1729]
High value terrorist Fidaullah arrested in Islamabad	0 [1734]
2 more killed in ŽshootoutsŽ	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1738]
Fighting rages to secure Charbagh	1 00:00 Glenmore [1739]
Three killed in Kohat bomb blast	0 [1725]
Three 'Indian agents' arrested in Gujranwala	1 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Shooter, Victims Identified in Little Rock Shooting	4 00:00 funky skunk [1732]
Girls' school blown up in Mohmand	1 00:00 Uloluns Scourge of the Bunions1692 [1729]
ATC jails 84 workers of banned Hizb-ul-Tehreer	0 [1731]
Iraq: Bomb attack hits Baghdad market	1 00:00 Glenmore [1734]
12 killed in new Afghan unrest	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1739]
5 die in Zahedan arson attack	0 [1740]
Talibs Abduct Hundreds of Schoolkids in N. Wazoo	0 [1737]
Unknown gunnies kill PML-N leader in Baluchistan	0 [1740]
Mog battles, bomb kill 38	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Backdoor deportations	0 [1733]
Afghanistan expects biggest wheat harvest in 32 years	0 [1736]
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Opposed to Closing Gitmo - They don't count	1 00:00 mstrmech [1730]
Meet "Commander Kim"	3 00:00 Chens Scourge of the Platypi9748 [1754]
Lebanese Writer Farid Salman: Jordan, West Bank Should Become a Palestinian State,	9 00:00 badanov [1729]
Iraqi jailed over kidnap and murder of Margaret Hassan	0 [1732]
N Korea 'names Kim's successor'	1 00:00 GirlThursday [1773]
Cardboard Cutout Soldier Parents - Cute or Creepy?	1 00:00 mstrmech [1735]
The most deadly US foe in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Paul2 [1722]
Al-Maliki said "Baghdad will burn" if the photos are released	1 00:00 crosspatch [1726]
Winter Soldier II	8 00:00 GirlThursday [1755]
Guantanamo's Uighur detainees to get laptops	8 00:00 ed [1730]
U.S. officials raise alarm about new Venezuelan missiles	4 00:00 Glenmore [1728]
Cheney: Saddam's role in terrorism; his reasoning for declassifying waterboarding documents	6 00:00 mstrmech [1730]
Gaza Tunnel PonZI scheme unravels	6 00:00 Frank G [1734]
Britain sold weapons to help Sri Lankan army defeat Tamil Tigers	7 00:00 Charles [1755]
US judge: Gitmo evidence must be made public	2 00:00 Besoeker [1731]
President for reforms in Madrassas to win ideological battle	0 [1727]
Norks notify institutions of nomination of Jong-un as successor	12 00:00 GirlThursday [1749]
Moon concerned over rehabilitation of IDPs	0 [1728]
Zahid Sheikh held first in 2004, got bail	0 [1727]
U.S. urges N. Korea to free American journalists held since March	2 00:00 mstrmech [1732]
U.S. to Give Written Pledge on Nuclear Umbrella	7 00:00 mojo [1733]
Nork Navy 'Steps Up West Sea Activities'	0 [1728]
Ling, Lee families appear on network TV	0 [1736]
EgyptŽs Grand Mufti bans Muslim use of WMDs	3 00:00 Fred [1726]
Pakistan nukes in safe hands: A. Q. Khan	9 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1754]
Halutz: Israel failed to kill Nasrallah	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1730]
Hamas welcomes UN war crimes investigators to Gaza	4 00:00 Frank G [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Today's Idiot	0 [1742]
US Sec Treasury mocked in China	5 00:00 ed [1732]
Chinese company said to be buyer of Hummer	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
New Bali horror as Arak drinkers die	2 00:00 trailing wife [1753]
New machine turns office waste into toilet paper - right in the office	5 00:00 mstrmech [1742]
Gang sought after girl, 13, raped	1 00:00 an obvious omission [1732]
Remember the virgin who autioned herself on the Internet?	12 00:00 Girlthursday [1728]
Sailors 'spot debris in Atlantic'	4 00:00 tu3031 [1727]
Actual NKor Statement:	0 [1739]
Australian Islamic School Rejected	2 00:00 Besoeker [1734]
Iraqi Kurdistan begins first-time oil exports	1 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1729]
Khaleda sees bid to make Bangladesh a failed state	0 [1736]
BCL leader killed in broad daylight	0 [1735]
A Korean Invasion Blindsides the U.S. Army -- but in a Good Way	5 00:00 Uncle Phester [1747]
Dow kicks out GM and Citigroup	7 00:00 ed [1740]
Federal bankruptcy judge approves sale of most of Chrysler's assets to Fiat	4 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1752]
Kurdistan begins pumping oil for export	3 00:00 Lord garth [1735]
Italy-Algeria in joint gas pipeline project	0 [1733]
White House Seeks a Proper Invitation for the Queen	11 00:00 Charles [1758]
Page 4: Opinion
The GM Quagmire, no exit strategy.	1 00:00 mstrmech [1737]
How GM Lost Its Way - Timid management and coddled workers couldn't compete with Toyota.	19 00:00 3dc [1759]
Micahel Yon on Gates, Korea, journalists, and Afghanistan	0 [1731]
Bloodshed becomes focus of PA-Hamas relations	2 00:00 tu3031 [1729]
Page 6: Politix
US Debt Clock spinning faster than ever.	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
It's ok to foment the death of Israel, let's just PARTY!	0 [1719]
Obama says Iran's energy concerns legitimate	10 00:00 Oscar Hupineger7381 [1755]
Blago talked to Durbin about Senate	1 00:00 Besoeker [1728]
Rangel: Obama Harlem Comment Was 'Inappropriate'	6 00:00 tu3031 [1731]
Battle Over Unfilled U.S. Senate Seat Goes Before Minnesota Supreme Court	9 00:00 Glenmore [1727]
Illinois House rejects increasing state income tax	8 00:00 The Democrats [1729]
Dodd's denouement	7 00:00 Pappy [1750]

    
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                        23:14 Skunky Glins 5***

                        23:01 JosephMendiola

                        22:54 GirlThursday

                        22:51 JosephMendiola

                        22:51 James Carville

                        22:50 trailing wife

                        22:48 JosephMendiola

                        22:43 Skunky Glins 5***

                        22:42 GirlThursday

                        22:36 Grunt_0369

                        22:34 Frank G

                        22:17 Seafarious

                        22:12 Skunky Glins 5***

                        22:10 linker

                        21:55 Charles

                        21:54 Frank G

                        21:48 Charles

                        21:30 GirlThursday

                        21:18 Oscar Hupineger7381

                        21:16 Chens Scourge of the Platypi9748

                        21:09 Pappy

                        20:59 JosephMendiola

                        20:57 GirlThursday

Who's in the News
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5	TTP
4	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Jundullah
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah

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Tue 2009-06-02
NKor names Kimmie's successor

Mon 2009-06-01
Mass kiddy abduction by Talibs in Pakistan

Sun 2009-05-31
Former director of National Security Intel was owned by ISI

Sat 2009-05-30
Mighty Pak Army clears Piochar valley

Fri 2009-05-29
Pakistan: Suspects arrested for ´plotting attack against spy agency´

Thu 2009-05-28
7 killed in attack on Somali presidential palace

Wed 2009-05-27
Taliban strike ISI headquarters in Lahore, 35 killed, 250 wounded

Tue 2009-05-26
SKor military bolsters defense readiness

Mon 2009-05-25
N. Korea appears to have conducted second nuclear test

Sun 2009-05-24
Pak security forces enter Mingora

Sat 2009-05-23
Car boom kills 10, injures 75 in Peshawar

Fri 2009-05-22
Thousands flee tense Wazoo

Thu 2009-05-21
Iran tests long range missile

Wed 2009-05-20
Army takes Sultanwas, kills 81; Mullah Fazlullah maybe titzup

Tue 2009-05-19
Prabhakaran dead as a rock!!!!!

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