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Al-Shabaab gets $8m for French hostage
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iran confirms 3 Americans arrested near Iraq border	11 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1780]
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi thug arrested near Islamabad	0 [1756]
6 Pakistani Christians die in riots with Muslims	2 00:00 trailing wife [1755]
Norks say seized S. Korean boat intruded into its waters	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1755]
Good morning	4 00:00 trailing wife [1757]
Fatah activists don Islamic garb to flee Hamas-run Gaza	1 00:00 tu3031 [1779]
Shangla becomes new Taliban base	0 [1749]
Dozens of houses torched in Khyber	0 [1746]
U.S. designates N. Korea firm supporter of nuke, missile activity	0 [1764]
Six terrorists killed in clearance operation in Swat	0 [1749]
Taliban attack Afghan poll convoy, soldiers killed	0 [1756]
Another Desecration of Holy Quran	2 00:00 Free Radical [1761]
At least 27 killed in Baghdad serial bombings	0 [1761]
Iraqi police arrest 3 bank robbers, recovers cash	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1761]
UK ends troop presence in Iraq after six years	5 00:00 Besoeker [1753]
French captive to be freed on USD 8m ransom	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1799]
Top outlaw killed in shootout	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1749]
Talibs rub out Commander Gulab in N. Wazoo	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1758]
Page 2: WoT Background
Zionist wild boar attacks persist in Salfit	2 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1770]
U.S. Advisers Blunt Memo on Iraq: Time to Go Home	5 00:00 tipper [1746]
Choudary demands queen's prosecution for genocide	7 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
MI5 targeted by Islamic extremists in rushed recruitment drive after July 2005 attacks on London	1 00:00 trailing wife [1740]
Musharraf's Acts Declared Illegal	0 [1757]
Norks lambasts S. Korea, U.S. overflights	2 00:00 Besoeker [1742]
U.S. Tightens Financial Noose on Norks	0 [1750]
Qazis start working in Malakand Division	0 [1744]
Disabled detainee Hajjarian moved to house	0 [1752]
Somalia on the verge of a cholera epidemic	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1749]
Call for UN recognition of 1971 genocide	1 00:00 newc [1746]
ARCF supplied grenades for Aug 21 attack	0 [1752]
Pakistan: Drones to target Taliban on both sides of border	0 [1747]
President for probe into torching of houses	0 [1750]
Short Round warns rivals their plans will fail	0 [1749]
Obama extends sanctions against Syria	0 [1758]
Iran home to 'most competent' military in Mideast	3 00:00 OldSpook [1759]
Ahmadinejad sucks up to Fearless Leader	2 00:00 JohnQC [1756]
Iran FM: Perfidious Albion accomplice in post-vote killings	0 [1749]
As fresh protests spread, top official assails opposition	0 [1765]
Page 3: Non-WoT
GE's silencing of Olbermann and Murdoch's muzzling of O'Reilly	2 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1775]
Nork Purge	0 [1747]
Canada Watching Russian Arctic Moves Closely	1 00:00 Uncle Phester [1754]
Crocodile infiltrates Egypt Air; crew discover animal mid-flight	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1776]
We need slaves to build monuments	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1756]
Psycho Beats Blind Man	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1750]
Plans under way for memorial to gaming icon	4 00:00 Mullah Richard [1766]
Dealers Race to Get Their Clunkers Crushed	7 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1774]
Global cooling hits Al Gore's home	5 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1742]
Kashmir CM resumes office	0 [1757]
Lawyers bar journalists from entering courts	0 [1749]
Aquino loses cancer fight	1 00:00 newc [1749]
MP's arrest an attempt to undermine us, says Zims MDC	0 [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
AP: Pashtun ethnic agenda at heart of Afghan war	1 00:00 phil_b [1748]
Barry to CBO.... "We have ways to make you TALK!"	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1763]
Someone spying on Olympia-based anti-war group could violate federal law	5 00:00 badanov [1754]
Rockets for Terrorists	0 [1754]
Rampant corruption causing collapse of govt organisations	5 00:00 DMFD [1762]
Page 6: Politix
The Tea Party That Never Ends	0 [1750]
Speaker Will Keep 'Villains' Money	4 00:00 JohnQC [1764]
Oops! Elevated Lead Levels in Michelle's Organic Garden	4 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [1746]
Franken feuds with T. Boone Pickens - It begins	11 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1752]
Michelle Helps Fight Unemployment	11 00:00 Spurong Trotsky3560 [1760]
Obama's revealing body language	11 00:00 Titus Grineck9125 [1745]
House rushes to rescue 'cash for clunkers' program	9 00:00 3dc [1749]
State's a Wreck? Party!	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1745]
Senator Dodd has prostate cancer	17 00:00 eLarson [1746]
Two more NJ politicians resign amid graft probe	6 00:00 trailing wife [1736]
Probe finds new clues in AmeriCorps IG scandal	2 00:00 NoMoreBS [1748]
EDITORIAL: Hack Panthers	4 00:00 Spurong Trotsky3560 [1785]

    
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                        21:39 OldSpook

                        21:39 Redneck Jim

                        21:39 Lone Ranger

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                        21:32 Mullah Richard

                        21:23 Redneck Jim

                        21:19 CrazyFool

                        21:19 Barbara Skolaut

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Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Iran
3	Iraqi Insurgency
3	TTP
3	Govt of Pakistan
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	IRGC
1	Jamaat-e-Islami

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Wed 2009-07-22
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