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Hariri government wins Lebanon parliament vote
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
I love the sound of a Chain Gun in the morning, the sound of Victory. Cockle Warmer	6 00:00 JohnQC [1735]
Thailand detains plane with weapons cache from North Korea	5 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [1757]
NPR: Rules Of Engagement A Dilemma For U.S. Troops	8 00:00 Procopius2k [1751]
United Airlines passengers removed from flight at Denver airport	4 00:00 JohnQC [1731]
Good morning	4 00:00 JohnQC [1741]
US claims killing Abu Yahya al Libi in SWA drone strike	6 00:00 dorf56 [1751]
Egyptians find tunnels, Americans tour border	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [1739]
Police arrest 448 illegal Afghan immigrants	1 00:00 Shineck Squank7338 [1733]
At least five injured in Lakki Marwat attack	0 [1742]
Al Qaeda fleeing South Waziristan: Gates	1 00:00 3dc [1743]
Troops kill 20 militants in tribal areas	0 [1736]
Al-Qaeda issues ransom demands for kidnapped Spaniards	1 00:00 mojo [1738]
Saudi arrests over 1,800 Yemeni refugees	0 [1734]
Page 2: WoT Background
Manchester terror suspects cleared to work as guards	1 00:00 Thor Shosing9682 [1747]
Majnoon Oil field contract was jointly won by Shell and its Malaysian partner Petronas	1 00:00 Grunter [1723]
China's CNPC-led consortium wins contract for Iraq's Halfaya field	0 [1731]
Suspicious package unloaded from Cruise Ship	0 [1736]
Bomb-sniffing dogs on Vancouver transit worry Muslim leader	15 00:00 Northern Cousin [1753]
Hamas cartoons: : "Daddy, Beat Me. It Does Me Good."	6 00:00 JohnQC [1733]
Sonny Boy 'Given More Auspicious Birthday'	0 [1733]
BDR jawan, cook die	0 [1736]
Convicted war criminals can now join BNP	0 [1744]
Detained Americans in Pakistan facing deportation	2 00:00 Pappy [1732]
NKorea to cooperate with US over nuclear issue	0 [1734]
Russia, China disagree with West over Iran sanctions	4 00:00 Pappy [1728]
No permanent protectorate in Afghanistan: US	0 [1728]
Pak govt admits Quetta Shura on countrys soil	1 00:00 Paul2 [1733]
Hamas celebrates its 22nd birthday in Gaza	1 00:00 newc [1730]
Hariri government wins Lebanon parliament vote	0 [1765]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Gordon Brown tells Labour party to get set for snap election	1 00:00 Thor Shosing9682 [1747]
Copenhagen summit: 600 arrested at climate change protest	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1739]
House Ban on Acorn Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional	5 00:00 Zhang Fei [1749]
Organized Crime in Charge of EU Carbon Trade, Europol Says	4 00:00 Tiny Clereter2579 [1729]
Archbishop of Canterbury: 'Labour treats us like oddballs	13 00:00 tipper [1733]
EU climate cash pledge 'not enough'	11 00:00 notascrename [1748]
Ousted Honduras President 'will meet successor'	4 00:00 Steve White [1726]
N.Korea Accepts Seoul's Offer of Flu Help	2 00:00 Steve White [1727]
Rights activists draft strategy to stop violence against Arab women	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1745]
Report: Colombia raided Ecuador on US intel.	3 00:00 gromky [1724]
Zelaya remains in Honduras till Jan 2010	0 [1734]
Mugabe calls for ZANU party unity to stay in power	0 [1722]
Pictorial Of Russian Tank Graveyard East Of Kabul	10 00:00 notascrename [1756]
Saudi crown prince returns home after treatment	2 00:00 Uncle Phester [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
Climategate: where is Private Eye?	1 00:00 Thor Shosing9682 [1746]
Obamacare: "Any big agreement is progress, even if we do not know any of the details,"	1 00:00 Frank G [1729]
Burma Threatens Thailand's Stability	2 00:00 Fred [1734]
All this failure? It's not Obama's fault; America is ungovernable	18 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1749]
Mark Steyn: Obama's "interminable tinny tune with catchpenny hooks."	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [1737]
Without exemption cap-and-trade scheme could sink NS gas line	4 00:00 Steve White [1728]
Likely Body Count Fudging	0 [1730]
Page 6: Politix
"Fire, Mrs. Palin." "Firing photon torpedoes, you betcha."	8 00:00 SR-71 [1753]
Gitmo thugs might move to Illinois prison	19 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1759]

    
                11:13 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division

                        11:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        10:30 Rambler in Virginia

                        10:21 Barbara Skolaut

                        10:19 Barbara Skolaut

                        10:18 notascrename

                        10:06 Procopius2k

                        10:06 Barbara Skolaut

                        10:02 notascrename

                        09:58 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        09:40 Besoeker

                        09:34 SR-71

                        09:02 rjschwarz

                        08:57 rjschwarz

                        08:56 3rd World Minister

                        08:54 rjschwarz

                        08:28 Zhang Fei

                        08:18 dorf56

                        08:14 Thor Shosing9682

                        08:05 Thor Shosing9682

                        07:37 Thor Shosing9682

                        07:36 crosspatch

                        07:23 Northern Cousin

                        07:19 746

Who's in the News
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3	al-Qaeda
2	TTP
2	Hamas
2	Commies
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2009-12-12
Hariri government wins Lebanon parliament vote

Fri 2009-12-11
Houthis stop Saudi offensive. Saudis stop Houthis offensive

Thu 2009-12-10
Clashes on the Streets of Khartoum

Wed 2009-12-09
Baghdad bomb attacks kill 127, wound 450

Tue 2009-12-08
Peshawar blast kills 10, injures 45

Mon 2009-12-07
Explosions rock market in Lahore

Sun 2009-12-06
Little resistance on day 2 of US-Afghan offensive

Sat 2009-12-05
Attack temporarily shuts Herat airport

Fri 2009-12-04
Russian Police find car packed with explosives near train station

Thu 2009-12-03
14 dead in suicide bomber attack in Somalia

Wed 2009-12-02
Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer

Tue 2009-12-01
At least 61 militants killed in Khyber tribal region

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Air strike kills 30 Taliban in Khost

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Russia train disaster was terrorist attack

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