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Nigeria: Over 200 dead in the post-election riots
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 4: Opinion
Where is Libya's way out of crisis? (Chinese view)	1 00:00 Bobby [11123]
America's Best Worst Partner in Africa	1 00:00 phil_b [11126]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Obama Sends Armed Drones to Help NATO in Libya War	3 00:00 rwv [11128]
'I Just Grabbed The Geezer': Hero Squaddie Seizes Top Taliban Leader After Desert FIST FIGHT	6 00:00 Sherry [11127]
Algeria: Guards opening fire on 'anyone' trying to cross Libyan border	5 00:00 Besoeker [11131]
FBI has person of interest after pipe bomb and propane tanks found at Southwest Plaza -- Colorado	2 00:00 The Other Beldar [11130]
Bomb found on gas pipeline near Catholic church	0 [11127]
Two attacks in southern Thailand leave one dead	0 [11128]
16 Local Cops Detained for Mass Murder, Alleged Los Zetas Perps Busted	0 [11130]
Tamaulipas Top Cop Resigns, Death Toll Reaches 145	2 00:00 badanov [11130]
Good morning	2 00:00 Thor Angemp5663 [11126]
Karachi: Worker of MQM-H among six shot dead	2 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Lal Masjid cleric indicted in Rangers murder case	0 [11130]
Militants kills two for supplying livestock to Afghanistan	0 [11132]
Afghan army says ministry attacker was outsider	0 [11127]
Al-Qaeda claims attack that killed 14 soldiers in Kabylia	0 [11126]
Nigeria: Over 200 dead in the post-election riots	0 [11130]
Algerian troops kill terrorists at Niger, Libya borders	0 [11125]
EU urges Bahrain talks with opposition	0 [11127]
Syrian protesters keep up pressure	2 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Syria removes police chief of Banias	0 [11130]
Capital charges brought against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri	0 [11131]
Kidnappers free Filipino trader after 48 days	0 [11127]
Gulf deal 'close' on Yemen crisis	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
In new Yemen clashes, attackers kill 1 protester	0 [11127]
Kadhafi allows UN into Tripoli	0 [11126]
Libya warns against UK military advisers	0 [11123]
France and Italy to send Libya advisers	4 00:00 Besoeker [11133]
Libyan officers defect to Tunisia	0 [11129]
No bail for Sayedee	0 [11127]
Libyan preachers attack Qaddafi from pulpit	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Libya foreign min suggests elections if bombs stop	1 00:00 mojo [11129]
Brits join ground fight in Libya	4 00:00 Richard Aubrey [11125]
Robber killed in 'shootout'	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Piracy Syndicates Feed Off Ransom Income, U.S. Navy Chief Says	2 00:00 Besoeker [11135]
Published 01:24 21.04.11 Latest update 01:24 21.04.11 Israel alerted to several Hamas,	0 [11123]
Israel alerted to several Hamas, Hezbollah kidnap plots abroad	0 [11130]
Gulf plan gives Yemen head 30 days to quit	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11128]
Published 01:24 21.04.11 Latest update 01:24 21.04.11 Israel alerted to several Hamas,	0 [11129]
USMC Soon To Be 'Breaking Wind Through Silk', Literally	10 00:00 DarthVader [11133]
Israel 'supplied arms to Argentina during Falklands War'	7 00:00 john frum [11127]
Israel alerted to several Hamas, Hezbollah kidnap plots	0 [11129]
Arms exports show apparent hypocrisy of German foreign policy	11 00:00 Zhang Fei [11126]
Mullen: Pakistan's ISI spy agency has 'militant links'	7 00:00 Pappy [11128]
Three Afghans held for disrespecting Quran	2 00:00 Glenmore [11131]
Indonesia offers military aid to Thailand	0 [11124]
Kidnapped passengers: Kurram jirga to take up issue with governor	0 [11125]
UAE calls for Iran to 'respect' Gulf neighbours	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Muslim candidate condemns deadly Nigerian riots	2 00:00 Pollyandrew [11124]
Kurdish PM Salih offers to resign	0 [11128]
Tater slams Baghdad protest ban	3 00:00 swksvolFF [11126]
Pakistan's ISI links with Haqqani militants: US	0 [11126]
Arab League delays summit amid Mideast unrest	0 [11126]
US 'will continue' Pakistan drone attacks	1 00:00 Bill Clinton [11131]
DFLP leader returns to Gaza from Libya	0 [11130]
Kabul Bank Licence Submitted to Finance Ministry	0 [11128]
Mullen visits Pakistan amid tensions over drones	0 [11128]
Cameron backpedals on immigration cut	1 00:00 JohnQC [11127]
Eritrean exiles demonstrate in Ethiopia against their country's leadership	0 [11127]
Middle-East Railway to Connect Afghanistan with Europe	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11131]
Former Afghan Minister Denies Corruption Charges	1 00:00 mojo [11130]
Mullen Talks Tough to Pakistan	1 00:00 JohnQC [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Future Problems As Communist Laos Wants To Build Mekong Dam	1 00:00 Besoeker [11131]
1,400 Democrats Applaud Noam Chomsky's Antisemitism At Pacific University Speech	8 00:00 Besoeker [11128]
US Army and Navy To Begin Naturalization Process During Basic Training	3 00:00 Besoeker [11126]
Tajik-Iranian Ties Flourish	0 [11125]
Silly Pics From National Army Day in Iran	17 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11130]
Russia to Deliver Carrier to India in 2012	6 00:00 john frum [11123]
Fred Phelps' Westboro Church Goes To Mississippi And Gets Skunked	6 00:00 swksvolFF [11137]
Say cheese: 'America's toughest Sheriff' lets public rate mugshots online	7 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
India's PSLV-C16 puts 3 satellites in orbit	0 [11127]
Dissident officer named Tunisia military chief	0 [11127]
Malaysians mock Govt's e-mail scheme	1 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11130]
Singapore retiree saves baby buried alive: Report	0 [11128]
Ivorian militia chief declares loyalty to Ouattara	0 [11130]
20 bonded kiln workers freed	1 00:00 Procopius2k [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Obama: We will end 'manipulation' of gas prices	12 00:00 Sneling Big Foot2458 [11132]
Trump on Kelo: I happen to agree with it 100 percent	5 00:00 Glenmore [11124]
Obama's Likability Gap	5 00:00 DepotGuy [11125]
Paul Krugman, 'the wealthy,' and Barack Obama	7 00:00 jack salami [11130]
Mr. Obama: Taxing the rich won't increase revenues	21 00:00 Besoeker [11131]

Africa North

Where is Libya's way out of crisis? (Chinese view)

            Posted by: tipper  ||
            04/21/2011            10:15   ||
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#1 Some interesting view, then this:

Any political solution should be controlled by the Libyan people themselves, Turbi added.

Rasmussen acknowledged last Friday that ultimately there is no "purely military solution" to the crisis in Libya and that is why the international community is urgently seeking a political settlement.

No one seems to be able to articulate what a "political settlement" might look like. Ya think Moo-mar is gonna let the rebels sit in his new parliment?

                Posted by: Bobby    ||
                04/21/2011 13:30                Comments ||
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America's Best Worst Partner in Africa

The African Union is hardly an exemplary organization. But ignoring its concerns about Western intervention in Libya is a recipe for disaster.

            Posted by: tipper  ||
            04/21/2011            01:30   ||
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#1 The AU can make the UN look good.

We are in the age of transnationalism (although noting that some like China and Russia give it little more than lip service), and it will take a major geopolitical shock to change things.

                Posted by: phil_b    ||
                04/21/2011 4:24                Comments ||
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2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	DFLP
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2011-04-21
Nigeria: Over 200 dead in the post-election riots

Wed 2011-04-20
Syria government approves lifting state of emergency

Tue 2011-04-19
Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Ministry of Defence

Mon 2011-04-18
Five Hurt as Regime Agents Disperse Rallies in South Syria

Sun 2011-04-17
Egypt: Justice orders the dissolution of the former ruling party

Sat 2011-04-16
Qaddafi bombards Misrata

Fri 2011-04-15
Pro-Hamas Italian activist hanged in Gaza

Thu 2011-04-14
Pro-Hamas Italian Kidnapped By Salafists In Gaza

Wed 2011-04-13
AU Libya Peace Plan Flops

Tue 2011-04-12
Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters

Mon 2011-04-11
Metro blast in Minsk kills several

Sun 2011-04-10
Shooting erupts in seaport of Baniyas, Syria

Sat 2011-04-09
22 Syrian protesters killed, hundreds wounded

Fri 2011-04-08
Gulf states expect Yemen's Saleh to quit: Qatari PM

Thu 2011-04-07
Rebels push back toward Brega

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