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Iran puts 100 rioters on trial after post-election unrest
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Five Dead In Peru 'Shining Path' Attack	0 [1751]
British war effort hampered by troops too fat to deploy	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1767]
Report: Crashed Iranian plane was carrying arms for Hezbollah	13 00:00 anymouse [1775]
Tensions grow in Afghanistan as villagers get rid of opium, fall into poverty	15 00:00 crosspatch [1771]
Military-civilian terror prison eyed	3 00:00 Frank G [1750]
Navy: Captain Speicher Found	6 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1742]
Drive-by terrorists gun down villager in southern Thailand	0 [1746]
About those tanks the pirates grabbed and released - Now with South Sudan forces	11 00:00 Besoeker [1750]
Warship christened at Maine shipyard for NY Marine	2 00:00 Frank G [1751]
Good morning	3 00:00 ed [1743]
Schools reopen in Swat	0 [1751]
Taliban Ambush Afghan Poll Convoy	0 [1747]
Iran state TV confirms arrest of 3 Americans	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1777]
Nimroz Firefight Leaves 4 Insurgents Dead	0 [1747]
6 suspected militants arrested in Faridpur	0 [1753]
Burundi sends more troops to Somalia	0 [1743]
Six foreigners recovered from Khyber, kidnappers held	0 [1753]
8 Taliban surrender in Swat, Mohmand	0 [1747]
Izzat Ibrahim urges insurgents enter politics	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1746]
'German charity front for Hizbullah'	0 [1739]
Iran puts 100 rioters on trial after post-election unrest	0 [1774]
Six fugitive Huji militants held	1 00:00 Odysseus [1753]
Rangers deployed in Gojra riots	0 [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pakistan police lodge charges against Sufi Mohammed	0 [1746]
Young Indonesians go online to defy bombers	1 00:00 3dc [1735]
Al Qaeda's training adapts to drone attacks	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
British Lawmakers say U.S.strategy in Afghanistan sucks	6 00:00 Besoeker [1743]
Britain to send 2,000 extra troops to help train Afghans	0 [1741]
Iraqis fear al Qaeda violence after mosque bombs	2 00:00 Frozen Al [1735]
Hamas to prosecute Fatah travel ban violators	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
CU takes control of 2 Shibir occupied rooms	0 [1743]
India reveals more evidence on Mumbai attacks	0 [1736]
After court confessions, Iran trial called appalling	0 [1740]
Iran council questions reliability of trial confessions	0 [1743]
US interfering in Lebanon affairs, says Hezbollah	1 00:00 CrazyFool [1733]
TTP commander says no talks offer received	0 [1736]
Hamas threatens to boycott Cairo talks	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1741]
'Al Qaeda may have infiltrated UK spy body'	4 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1744]
US on intimate terms with extremists in central Asia	0 [1747]
Dictators to keep coming if rulers remained incompetent: Pir Pagara	0 [1735]
In protesters trial, Rafsanjani accused of 'treason'	0 [1744]
Altaf condemns clashes in Gojra	0 [1739]
Assad: Return of Golan to Syria is non-negotiable	1 00:00 Odysseus [1746]
U.S. mulling N. Koreas possible return to terrorism blacklist	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Community Activists Re-distribute Wobegone Wealth (burglars hit Garrison Keillor)	6 00:00 tu3031 [1756]
Indian Air Force riddled with expensive 'dud' weapons	0 [1739]
Britain's last fighter aircraft factory faces closure	2 00:00 ed [1740]
Air Force officials release F-22 accident report	0 [1738]
Egypt blocks Nile water deal - future regional troubles on the horizon?	5 00:00 trailing wife [1758]
Apollo Conspiracy Theorist Bart "punching bag" Sibrel Arrested After Tirade	4 00:00 OldSpook [1763]
White House Releases Remaining "Scare Force One" Pics	2 00:00 notascrename [1768]
Fatwa No.103991: Muslims may eat Mermaids	5 00:00 borgboy [1740]
Regulators shut down banks in five states	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1764]
Ala. county prepares for government shutdown	3 00:00 Besoeker [1730]
California public union OKs strike authorization	18 00:00 Besoeker [1749]
Remains of U.S. Pilot Missing 18 Years in Iraq Found	4 00:00 Mizzou Mafia [1744]
Russian military plans to resume Bulava missile tests in August (how many more to blow up?)	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
Cuban economy worsens	6 00:00 3dc [1753]
Black sheep spoiling image of lawyers: LHC CJ	1 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1742]
Iran to end petrol import	6 00:00 Glenmore [1735]
Malaysians protest against internal security laws	0 [1746]
Man shot dead in Turkey over smoking ban	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Ortega says Honduras may try to provoke Nicaragua	3 00:00 Frank G [1741]
Big Texas bank on verge of failure	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1749]
Venezuela shuts down first of 34 radio stations	2 00:00 WolfDog [1745]
Page 4: Opinion
The news from Iraq: all quiet on the northern front	4 00:00 Frank G [1743]
The China Bubble's Coming -- But Not the One You Think	6 00:00 rjschwarz [1742]
Two funerals plus the legacy of Khrushchev	4 00:00 borgboy [1746]
India, Pakistan, INS Arihant and the Security Dilemma	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Page 6: Politix
See Rebellion At Grass Roots	7 00:00 Injun Grinesing9686 [1770]
The need to protect birds and bats from EVIL WIND TURBINES	6 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1742]
Tax Cheat Timmy Won't Rule Out Middle Class Tax Hike	5 00:00 Besoeker [1744]
Air America Co-Founder Plea Bargains Over $30K Theft	5 00:00 trailing wife [1767]
Franken Makes His Mark	10 00:00 Rob06 [1740]
Councilwoman Reeves to keep donations from ex-Synagro exec	2 00:00 tu3031 [1740]

    
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                        23:46 anymouse

                        23:45 OldSpook

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                        23:36 JosephMendiola

                        23:33 trailing wife

                        23:29 notascrename

                        23:19 JosephMendiola

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                        23:10 trailing wife

                        22:35 Anonymoose

                        22:32 Anonymoose

                        22:29 trailing wife

                        22:29 Injun Grinesing9686

                        22:26 trailing wife

                        22:25 Anonymoose

                        22:19 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:13 Clyde Cherenter5727

                        22:12 crosspatch

                        22:10 crosspatch

                        22:04 tu3031

                        21:55 Eric Jablow

Who's in the News
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7	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	TTP
2	Taliban
2	Hezbollah
2	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Syria
1	HUJI
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2009-08-02
Iran puts 100 rioters on trial after post-election unrest

Sat 2009-08-01
Al-Shabaab gets $8m for French hostage

Fri 2009-07-31
Nigeria's Boko Haram chief deader than Tut

Thu 2009-07-30
Nigeria to hunt down Islamic radicals: President

Wed 2009-07-29
Nigeria fighting rages as death toll passes 300

Tue 2009-07-28
Eight security guards killed in $7 million Baghdad bank robbery

Mon 2009-07-27
Sufi Muhammad, sons, apprehended in Peshawar

Sun 2009-07-26
Turkish frigate captures 5 Somali pirates

Sat 2009-07-25
Seven soldiers killed in north Yemen attacks

Fri 2009-07-24
B.O.: 'Victory' Not Necessarily Goal in Afghanistan

Thu 2009-07-23
Binny's kid reported dronezapped

Wed 2009-07-22
American Charged With Giving Al Qaeda NYC Subway Information

Tue 2009-07-21
Shabab raid Somali UN offices

Mon 2009-07-20
Mumbai gunny admits guilt

Sun 2009-07-19
Mullah Fazlullah back on Swat airwaves

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