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Al-Turabi arrested in Khartoum
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Drone boys whack five more in North Wazoo	6 00:00 Frank G [1753]
AQAP's Inspire Magazine #4: Steal to Fund War on West	1 00:00 Pappy [1757]
Suicide bomber kills 50 in Iraq	6 00:00 USN,Ret [1732]
Defense volunteer killed in southern Thailand	0 [1738]
Chihuahua: Mexican Federal Agents Avert Massacre	2 00:00 hotspur666 [1765]
Chihuahua: 14 Inmates Escape from Prison, Five Captured	0 [1734]
Good morning	4 00:00 Skidmark [1754]
Governor of Iraq's Anbar Province Escapes Assassination Attempt	0 [1741]
Gaza Home-built Rocket Hits Israel despite Truce	5 00:00 Pappy [1758]
Afghans Take Charge of Bagram Prison	2 00:00 chris [1743]
90% Insurgents Havens in ~~Quang Tri~~ North Wiped Out	11 00:00 hotspur666 [1765]
10 Militants Chieu Hoi in Faryab Province	0 [1748]
Greek 'bombing group' trial halted	3 00:00 hotspur666 [1764]
Jordan puts on trial pro-Taliban terrorists	1 00:00 American Delight [1741]
Al-Turabi arrested in Khartoum	1 00:00 Paul D [1757]
Frenchman's Killer Gets Death in Yemen, Awlaqi 10 Years	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Samir Khan: Jihad a duty, not a response	0 [1734]
All is not lost::LSE students vote down Israel boycott motion	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1761]
Egypt postpones trial of accused Mossad agent	0 [1744]
US to Keep its Smallpox Stash?	5 00:00 rammer [1757]
US cable says Iran bank may have processed North Korean arms sale	0 [1732]
Thai PM speaks at funeral of teacher slain in south	0 [1737]
Cheney: Obama has learned that Bush policies were right	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1747]
De-weaponisation bill submitted	5 00:00 swksvolFF [1737]
N. Korea's military spending was US$8.77 bln in 2009	3 00:00 Mitch H. [1736]
China Supports Peaceful Korean Reunification	5 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1742]
Nork Arms Payments Passed Through Seoul	0 [1736]
Gemayel Names Hariri to Head New Government	0 [1732]
John Brennan: We categorically reject the payment of ransoms to terrorists	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1726]
Ehud Barak quits Labour Party	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Lebanon summons US ambassador	0 [1739]
UNRWA heads in Palestine quit	0 [1736]
Targeted operation in Karachi on cards	0 [1748]
ATC frames charges against Sufi Muhammad	0 [1738]
Hariri Told UN Investigators He Believed Assad was 'Personally' Involved in his Father's Assassination	1 00:00 mojo [1750]
Exiled Tunisian Islamist leader vows to return	1 00:00 Lord Garth [1740]
Shatah: March 14 Not Likely to Join Cabinet Headed by Anyone other than Hariri	0 [1734]
STL Registrar: Bellemare Submitted Indictment to Fransen, Contents Remain Confidential	0 [1740]
Death sentences feared for Afghan converts	7 00:00 tu3031 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dupe URL: Massive Earthquake Strikes Pakistan	0 [1743]
Massive 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Pakistan	15 00:00 Skidmark [1757]
Women Climb U.S.-Mexico Border Fence in Less Than 18 Seconds	7 00:00 Skidmark [1750]
At least three people shot in L.A.-area school shooting	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1734]
French boy lights self on fire at school	3 00:00 Deacon Blues [1742]
Baby Doc, Haitian cops catch up on old times	7 00:00 hotspur666 [1751]
Obama Wants to Shed Rules That Hurt Job Growth	6 00:00 AzCat [1731]
Helen Thomas video interview: I'm not anti-semitic.	11 00:00 swksvolFF [1736]
UK Government Plans Major Health Care Reform	5 00:00 Goodluck [1733]
Detroit may close 'half of its public schools'	15 00:00 USN,Ret [1764]
Northern Iraqi governor cuts Baghdad power	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1733]
Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years	22 00:00 OldSpook [1737]
Saudi Islamic police chase woman in street	3 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Egypt: a man set himself on fire before the Assembly	4 00:00 crosspatch [1734]
A young man set himself on fire outside the urban security in Mostaganem	0 [1743]
Pressure mounts on Jordanian government to resign	0 [1734]
Killing of newborn babies on rise	7 00:00 OldSpook [1732]
Raila's new peace offer for Gbagbo	1 00:00 hotspur666 [1758]
Uncertainty grips Tunisia	5 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1735]
Tunisian Minister of Interior arrested near the Algerian border	0 [1739]
Tunisia: The outgoing PM has formed a national unity government	0 [1738]
Arkansas birdkill event caught on weather radar	0 [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Why we still heart Sarah Palin	1 00:00 Mr. Bill [1759]
NYT: Stuxnet was ordered by GW Bush	7 00:00 whatadeal [1748]
Jasmine revolution or Tunisian intifada?	2 00:00 rjschwarz [1732]
Cheney: Obama will be a one-term president	7 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1728]
Al-Qaeda and organized crime: two sides of the same coin	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1750]
Page 6: Politix
Check Out The Big Brain On Sheila Jackson Lee	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1750]
Lieberman to Retire	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1741]
Sen. Kent Conrad (D) to retire	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1735]
CAMDEN, N.J. lays off half of police force and 1/4 of the firefighters	4 00:00 Glenmore [1734]
James E. Hansen Rails Against Democracy And America, Praises Chinese Dictatorship	9 00:00 Frank G [1728]
Hu Jintao jets into Washington	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1733]

    
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2	Taliban
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	TTP
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2011-01-18
Al-Turabi arrested in Khartoum

Mon 2011-01-17
Prosecutor submits Hariri assassination indictment

Sun 2011-01-16
Yemen Government Loses, Regains Control of Habilain

Sat 2011-01-15
Benali flees Tunisia

Fri 2011-01-14
Sudan nationhood vote confirmed valid

Thu 2011-01-13
Drone Attack Kills 3, Maybe 4 in Pakistan

Wed 2011-01-12
Hezbollah Topples Lebanese Government

Tue 2011-01-11
Spain's ETA in permanent ceasefire

Mon 2011-01-10
Yemeni Court Sentences 13 Somalis for Piracy

Sun 2011-01-09
14 headless bodies found in Acapulco

Sat 2011-01-08
AZ Dem Rep Gabrielle Giffords Shot

Fri 2011-01-07
Church bombing foiled in north Iraq

Thu 2011-01-06
Moqtada Sadr back in Iraq

Wed 2011-01-05
Lahore, Islamabad on red alert after Taseer assassination

Tue 2011-01-04
Punjab governor Salman Taseer assassinated in Islamabad

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