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Suicide kaboom outside Punjab chief minister's house kills 33
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Suicide kaboom outside Punjab chief minister's house kills 33	0 [1760]
Marine Life on a Combat Outpost in Afghanistan B-Roll	0 [1744]
New troops let Marines tackle Taliban stronghold	0 [1746]
In Pictures: Bomb blast near Kabul hotel	1 00:00 logi_cal [1761]
Supplying troops in Afghanistan with fuel is challenge for U.S.	8 00:00 Arman Tanzarian [1765]
Thai terrorists kill six civilians	0 [1735]
Good morning	13 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [1758]
Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian youth	5 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Five militants killed, two soldiers injured	0 [1748]
Police probe Americans in terror case	5 00:00 Procopius2k [1759]
Militants blow up girls' school in Khyber district	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
Seven militants killed in Kurram Agency	0 [1738]
Two UN hostages freed from Darfur	0 [1736]
Indian cities on high-alert	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1747]
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Guantanamo Detainees Who Sued Rumsfeld	11 00:00 European Conservative [1763]
Iran makes arrests over torn Khomeini picture	3 00:00 Don Vito Anginegum8261 [1747]
US 'sends special forces to Yemen' amid crisis	11 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1744]
'US fighter jets attack Yemeni fighters'	6 00:00 abu do you love [1761]
16 Afghan Police Killed In Taliban Attacks	1 00:00 liberalhawk [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
Dems Threaten Nelson In Pursuit of 60	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [1757]
U.S. to test missile shield vs. Iran-style strike	4 00:00 CrazyFool [1750]
Israeli MI chief -- Iran has enough nuclear material for bomb	0 [1737]
Does The United States Still Need USSOCOM? (Updated) - Small Wars Journal	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1726]
Some Gitmo Detainees Headed to Illinois Prison, Obama Administration to Announce Tuesday	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
RAW and Mossad destabilising Pakistan	4 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1742]
US to focus missile defense drill on Iran-attack scenario	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Middle School Cancels Mock Taliban Debate	0 [1739]
Hamas marks 22nd birthday with Gaza mass rally	1 00:00 chris [1746]
Iran president slammed for Mahdi comments	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
Palestinians must unite	4 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1733]
China cancels world power meet on Iran	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
Kashmiri women not murdered	4 00:00 Frank G [1742]
Qazi: 'Suicide attacks are haram'	2 00:00 Angleton9 [1736]
US transfers $75 million to PA	9 00:00 chris [1730]
Morocco arrests alleged drug traffickers, reports cannabis decline	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
Obama refuses to rule out drone attacks in Quetta	2 00:00 Pappy [1761]
Haniyeh hails Hamas victory on anniversary	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
TTP blames secret agencies for terrorism	0 [1734]
Al Qaeda No. 2 blasts Obama, US Arab allies	15 00:00 Alaska Paul [1757]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Fossil finds ages Europeans by 200,000 years	0 [1733]
Vanished Iranian nuclear scientist stokes tensions	0 [1739]
Businessman Jailed for Attacking Intruder - Who Then Goes Free	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1735]
The risky fantasies of omnipotence of climate scientists	1 00:00 European Conservative [1736]
You've Got Mail, But the Mailman Hid It	5 00:00 gorb [1733]
Toyota to sell 'affordable' plug-in hybrids in '11	6 00:00 Alaska Paul [1747]
CNN poll: 50% of Americans spending less on gifts	0 [1736]
Climate change for 18 years: 'An orchestrated litany of lies'	6 00:00 European Conservative [1730]
Abu Dhabi gives Dubai $10 bln in surprise bailout	1 00:00 746 [1734]
'Drugs money saved banks from collapse'	1 00:00 JohnQC [1738]
Maghreb leaders mull state role in boosting entrepreneurs	0 [1737]
Philippines raises volcano alert	1 00:00 remoteman [1750]
Man jumps from hotel, dies	10 00:00 mojo [1734]
Your GM Bailout Dollars At Work!	17 00:00 tipper [1765]
Page 4: Opinion
Cosmic rays and climate	1 00:00 KBK [1767]
The two faces of O	1 00:00 JohnQC [1740]
Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony	8 00:00 rjschwarz [1743]
Hitchens: Iraq Was Not a War for Oil	0 [1738]
Why Democrats push health care, even if it kills them	1 00:00 JohnQC [1741]
Beyond protection	4 00:00 tipper [1733]
Santorum's Resurrection	1 00:00 Mitch H. [1733]
Page 6: Politix
Making criminals out of all Americans	3 00:00 OldSpook [1762]
Immigration bill backers try again despite jobless rate	10 00:00 DarthVader [1770]
Copenhagen summit carbon footprint biggest ever: Report	0 [1742]
Democrats abandoning ship before 2010	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1726]
Fidel Castro says Obama's smile can't be trusted	7 00:00 European Conservative [1732]
World leaders try to save floundering climate summit	7 00:00 Pappy [1754]
Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as his North Pole sums don't add up	8 00:00 logi_cal [1757]
Dems against Dems in health care pie fight	3 00:00 JohnQC [1738]
Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years	9 00:00 European Conservative [1739]
Crist Capades	0 [1734]
Unions Out for Blood at the Red Cross	2 00:00 DarthVader [1733]
Can Republicans 'smoke out' Jim Webb?	4 00:00 Asymmetrical Triangulation [1757]
Questions Raised About Obama's Nominee for El Sal Ambo	0 [1742]

    
                23:59 USN, Ret.

                        23:57 OldSpook

                        23:32 Atomic Conspiracy

                        23:19 CrazyFool

                        23:16 remoteman

                        22:49 KBK

                        22:13 Procopius2k

                        22:03 European Conservative

                        22:03 Arman Tanzarian

                        21:36 DarthVader

                        21:30 Frank G

                        21:28 logi_cal

                        21:28 Frank G

                        21:27 Frank G

                        21:26 Asymmetrical Triangulation 

                        21:25 Pappy

                        21:21 logi_cal

                        21:13 tipper

                        21:13 Alaska Paul

                        21:12 Pappy

                        21:10 Alaska Paul

                        20:41 DarthVader

                        20:27 AlanC

                        20:14  abu do you love

Who's in the News
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5	TTP
4	Govt of Iran
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Palestinian Authority

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Tue 2009-12-15
Suicide kaboom outside Punjab chief minister's house kills 33

Mon 2009-12-14
Pax wax at least 22 turbans in Kurram

Sun 2009-12-13
Blackwater behind Pakabooms: Ex-ISI chief

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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