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Spain rejects proposal to ban burqa
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Man who threatened 'South Park' arrested	1 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1742]
Turkey-Iran gas pipelline blown up	7 00:00 gorb [1769]
Heavy fighting close to Somali president's palace	0 [1746]
Two Paleos killed by IDF near Gaza border	2 00:00 Mike Hunt [1743]
Russian hydroelectric power station blast kills two	1 00:00 Parabellum [1748]
Security team narrowly escapes bomb blast in Thailand	0 [1737]
Good morning	6 00:00 CrazyFool [1738]
Kurdish rebels kill seven Turkish soldiers	4 00:00 Shipman [1744]
Militia kill officer in border attack	0 [1738]
Journalist Sokratis Giolias gunned down in Greece	0 [1737]
Spain closes mosque, arrests imam	3 00:00 Frank G [1745]
Kenyan vessel held by pirates is freed	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1740]
Rebels killed, rocket attack pre-Kabul conference	0 [1740]
Spain rejects proposal to ban burqa	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1757]
Security forces foil suicide attack in Mardan	0 [1742]
Russia gives 50 armored carriers to Palestine	8 00:00 Mike Hunt [1731]
Page 2: WoT Background
Sarkozy declares "war" on urban violence	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1742]
'BMWs' Help Afghans Go AWOL From Texas Air Base	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
PKK threatens to declare independence	0 [1739]
Internet company pulls plug on extremist's websites	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Palestinian Authority still inciting hatred	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1755]
Samir Khan's father responds to his son's alleged terror website	0 [1735]
Iraq war increased terrorist threat to the UK, former MI5 chief tells Chilcot Inquiry	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
Radical Cleric on CIA Hit List Taunts U.S. Military and Obama	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
Turkish FM and Hamas Supremo meet in Syria	0 [1743]
Iraqi Kurdish envoys fail in Turkey talks	0 [1739]
Pak Kashmiris ask access to other side	0 [1740]
Turkey committed to anti-siege cause	0 [1735]
Zardari takes notice of Faisalabad court shooting	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1745]
Government will promote religious harmony: Gilani	2 00:00 trailing wife [1756]
Pakistan denies allegations over Mumbai attacks	0 [1739]
Report: Lebanese party denies recruiting Fatah fighters	0 [1739]
US chain store boycotts Israeli goods	11 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Israel army ready to bomb Hizbullah in civilian areas	5 00:00 Shieldwolf [1771]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Donations pour in for El Paso soldier's family	3 00:00 Lone Ranger [1765]
Pompano man, 85, gets back weapons seized by Sheriff's Office	4 00:00 Pappy [1743]
Two More Massage Therapists Accuse Sex-Crazed Poodle of Sexual Assault	6 00:00 Lone Ranger [1754]
U.N. now in 'a process of decay,' memo says	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
UK Losing Patience On Arms Exports	2 00:00 lotp [1743]
Irish gun owners can now shoot intruders	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Creepy-Crawly Cargo Halts 'Spider Ship'	6 00:00 Hank Johnson [1764]
Liberal journalists suggest government shut down Fox News	11 00:00 OldSpook [1733]
Gaza women defy Hamas shisha ban	0 [1729]
Inspired by Wile E. Coyote, Super-Genius	7 00:00 USN, Ret. [1766]
520 deaths in Belgium linked to heat	28 00:00 3dc [1749]
Egypt denies Mubarak's health is failing	3 00:00 American Delight [1736]
Seventeen injured in Faisalabad police clashes	0 [1737]
Nigerian senator on trial over child bride	1 00:00 borgboy [1730]
Page 4: Opinion
The Revolt Against the Supreme Leader Begins	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1771]
Steering the press - Proof that it's a game for the left	4 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1738]
Oakland Can't Afford These Cops - Average compensation $162,000 per year	8 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1731]
ODNI Dispels Myths about Contractors, Intelligence Community	7 00:00 Pappy [1731]
Columbia University vs. The Murdoch Effect	3 00:00 bigjim-CA [1734]
Gene Healy: Clowns or killers in al Qaeda	3 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
Page 6: Politix
Gold Coin Sellers Angered by New Tax Law	10 00:00 Glenmore [1756]
Ooohhh! It's for the children (tm) - wink wink	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Conservative Democrats sour on spending	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
Nevada representative's reelection struggle typifies Democrats' woes	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1730]
Specter's vote for an Obama job?	2 00:00 Shipman [1730]
West Virginia Gov. Manchin to Run for Byrd's Senate Seat	0 [1734]
Victim found in trunk thought to be Monroe Election official	3 00:00 JohnQC [1734]
Residents irate as Bell council requests report on salaries	2 00:00 bigjim-CA [1737]
Kagan wins Senate confirmation in mostly partisan vote, 13 to 6	6 00:00 bigjim-CA [1730]

    
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                        23:36 Barbara Skolaut

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                        22:50 trailing wife

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                        22:09 USN, Ret.

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                        21:56 Shieldwolf

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                        21:12 airandee

                        21:00 USN, Ret.

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                        20:45 Hank Johnson

                        20:43 Lone Ranger

                        20:34 3dc

                        20:27 Nimble Spemble

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3	Hamas
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Pirates
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	Hezbollah
1	Commies

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2010-07-21
Spain rejects proposal to ban burqa

Tue 2010-07-20
Pakistan city tense after 'blaspheming' Christians shot

Mon 2010-07-19
Coahuila: 17 Massacred in Torreon

Sun 2010-07-18
Jundallah claims Iran mosque blasts

Sat 2010-07-17
Juarez car boom kills three

Fri 2010-07-16
US drone attack kills 10 in North Waziristan

Thu 2010-07-15
Libyan Gaza-bound aid ship heads towards Egypt

Wed 2010-07-14
Al-Qaida militants raid Yemen intelligence HQ

Tue 2010-07-13
ICC charges Sudan president with genocide

Mon 2010-07-12
'Somalia link' as lethal Uganda blasts target World Cup

Sun 2010-07-11
Hizbies deny selling out Taliban

Sat 2010-07-10
65 killed in twin suicide attacks in Mohmand Agency

Fri 2010-07-09
Fifteen killed in Baghdad on last day of Shia holiday

Thu 2010-07-08
Afghanistan: Mullah Omar's arrest 'unlikely'

Wed 2010-07-07
Pakistan Arrests Taliban Chief Mullah Omar: Reports

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