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Somali fighting kills 24, chaos in parliament
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iraq Says It Uncovered Al Qaeda Plot on World Cup	0 [1742]
Convicted Canadian terrorist seeks new trial	0 [1749]
DOD Report (unclassified) on Afghanistan (not good)	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
India to ban 100 Al Qaeda associated groups	1 00:00 gorb [1747]
The White Taliban - Chechens?	1 00:00 chris [1739]
The Hardcore Insurgent Kit	3 00:00 Pappy [1767]
Video of Russian Navy capturing and sinking Pirate Mothership!	24 00:00 lex [1769]
Mexican Army Unit Springs Ambush	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1741]
Iran jails women activists, arrests top former MP	0 [1741]
Somali fighting kills 24, chaos in parliament	2 00:00 lord garth [1768]
Border Guard forces arrest Syrian infiltrator in Anbar	1 00:00 abu do you love [1734]
Army detains 3 wanted persons south of Mosul	0 [1739]
Kashmir terrorists get pay hike	2 00:00 Paul2 [1752]
SAS Disobeys orders; Rescues Comrades Anyway	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1750]
Good morning	0 [1747]
Fatah blames Hamas for shootout injuring leader	1 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1737]
Criminal killed in shootout with Rab	2 00:00 gromky [1743]
Turbans free 50 Kurram hostages kidnapped on Saturday	0 [1742]
Fifteen suspected militants killed in Orakzai	0 [1741]
More Mexican Mayhem	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1741]
Bombing near Afghan border wounds 3	0 [1742]
French teacher freed from Iran, flying home	1 00:00 OldSpook [1735]
Three Chinese oil workers abducted in Yemen	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamas Begins Destroying Homes in Gaza	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1756]
Follow Up Article to Syria Buying $1 billion in Russian Weapons	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1758]
Deportation of sheikh puts Australia at odds with the UN	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1737]
Iran agrees to exchange of nuclear material	1 00:00 lord garth [1744]
Southerner wins election as new Thai Muslim head	0 [1737]
Israeli Start-Up Makes Army Units Vanish	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [1745]
(pdf) Omar Hammami (a.k.a. Abu Mansoor the American) Featured in Jihad Rap Song	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1773]
NY Times: Taliban Find Safe Haven In Pakistan's Karachi	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
Russian warships to base in Djibouti port to fight piracy	4 00:00 Frozen Al [1735]
Iran and Venezuela - Taking it to the next level	2 00:00 mojo [1734]
S. Korea moves to stop funding exchanges with Norks	0 [1732]
Norks Threaten to Shut Off Traffic to Kaesong	0 [1737]
Japan, China Differ Over Cheonan Sinking	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1760]
U.S. Experts 'Believe N.Korea Sank the Cheonan'	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Mexican Army Shoots at Campaign Vehicles	3 00:00 lex [1736]
Iraq's Allawi warns of civil war	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Galloway: Lib Dems abandon their policies	4 00:00 Spot [1742]
PLO rejects Hamas input on unity deal	0 [1737]
Noam Chomsky denied entry to Israel, West Bank	7 00:00 OldSpook [1733]
Khashoggi resigns from al-Watan	0 [1734]
No change in Iraq election result after recount	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
America on Fiscal Suicide Watch	0 [1742]
Saudi Woman Beats Up Religious Cop	5 00:00 chris [1745]
Obit: Edward G. Uhl, 92, co-inventor of bazooka, aerospace engineer	2 00:00 SteveS [1761]
Mexico's Cult of Holy Death	3 00:00 lex [1735]
Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA	18 00:00 DMFD [1768]
Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds (from Iceland volcanos)	7 00:00 Procopius2k [1740]
Russia sells Syria warplanes, air defence systems: official	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Coalition creates 100 new peers to pass legislation	8 00:00 Lord Alaska Paul [1758]
Bangkok hotel attacked	1 00:00 Parabellum [1729]
Thailand rejects call for UN mediation	0 [1740]
Page 4: Opinion
For Times Sq. Suspect, Long Roots of Discontent	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1765]
Reawakening Germany's Nationalism: What Could Go Wrong?	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1773]
This Campaign Ad Is the Most American Thing Ever Made	10 00:00 Anonymoose [1760]
Jihad attacks on US not the fault of Islam says CAIR-Michigan Dude	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Holder wants to shield howling mob of cowards from the truth	7 00:00 Frank G [1769]
On being Pakistani	2 00:00 Paul2 [1747]
YouTube: Meltup	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
Page 6: Politix
Did you say Swaziland and not Switzerland?	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1739]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2010-05-17
Somali fighting kills 24, chaos in parliament

Sun 2010-05-16
Qaeda in Iraq 'names replacements for slain leaders'

Sat 2010-05-15
Woman in a veil knifed British MP in the gut

Fri 2010-05-14
Iraqi and Iranian soldiers trade fire on border

Thu 2010-05-13
5 killed in Jakarta anti-terror raids

Wed 2010-05-12
French parliament unanimously bans burka

Tue 2010-05-11
Russers: Captured Somali pirates ''dead''

Mon 2010-05-10
At least 99 killed in attacks across Iraq

Sun 2010-05-09
'Pakistan Taliban' behind Times Square bomb plot

Sat 2010-05-08
Uighur big turban reported titzup in Pak

Fri 2010-05-07
Mullah Atiqullah captured in Afghanistan

Thu 2010-05-06
Death sentence for Kasab

Wed 2010-05-05
Iraqi Troops Arrest Head of Qaeda-Linked Ansar al-Islam

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Pakistani-American Arrested in Times Square Plot

Mon 2010-05-03
Somali rebels seize pirate haven of Haradhere

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