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

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Obama Sends Armed Drones to Help NATO in Libya War	3 00:00 rwv [1768]
'I Just Grabbed The Geezer': Hero Squaddie Seizes Top Taliban Leader After Desert FIST FIGHT	6 00:00 Sherry [1737]
Algeria: Guards opening fire on 'anyone' trying to cross Libyan border	5 00:00 Besoeker [1763]
FBI has person of interest after pipe bomb and propane tanks found at Southwest Plaza -- Colorado	2 00:00 The Other Beldar [1736]
Bomb found on gas pipeline near Catholic church	0 [1741]
Two attacks in southern Thailand leave one dead	0 [1735]
16 Local Cops Detained for Mass Murder, Alleged Los Zetas Perps Busted	0 [1737]
Tamaulipas Top Cop Resigns, Death Toll Reaches 145	2 00:00 badanov [1764]
Good morning	2 00:00 Thor Angemp5663 [1738]
Karachi: Worker of MQM-H among six shot dead	2 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Lal Masjid cleric indicted in Rangers murder case	0 [1736]
Militants kills two for supplying livestock to Afghanistan	0 [1740]
Afghan army says ministry attacker was outsider	0 [1730]
Al-Qaeda claims attack that killed 14 soldiers in Kabylia	0 [1738]
Nigeria: Over 200 dead in the post-election riots	0 [1771]
Algerian troops kill terrorists at Niger, Libya borders	0 [1737]
EU urges Bahrain talks with opposition	0 [1739]
Syrian protesters keep up pressure	2 00:00 Frank G [1737]
Syria removes police chief of Banias	0 [1735]
Capital charges brought against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri	0 [1744]
Kidnappers free Filipino trader after 48 days	0 [1728]
Gulf deal 'close' on Yemen crisis	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
In new Yemen clashes, attackers kill 1 protester	0 [1733]
Kadhafi allows UN into Tripoli	0 [1737]
Libya warns against UK military advisers	0 [1743]
France and Italy to send Libya advisers	4 00:00 Besoeker [1739]
Libyan officers defect to Tunisia	0 [1742]
No bail for Sayedee	0 [1742]
Libyan preachers attack Qaddafi from pulpit	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1762]
Libya foreign min suggests elections if bombs stop	1 00:00 mojo [1742]
Brits join ground fight in Libya	4 00:00 Richard Aubrey [1738]
Robber killed in 'shootout'	0 [1737]
Page 2: WoT Background
Piracy Syndicates Feed Off Ransom Income, U.S. Navy Chief Says	2 00:00 Besoeker [1765]
Published 01:24 21.04.11 Latest update 01:24 21.04.11 Israel alerted to several Hamas,	0 [1736]
Israel alerted to several Hamas, Hezbollah kidnap plots abroad	0 [1725]
Gulf plan gives Yemen head 30 days to quit	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
Published 01:24 21.04.11 Latest update 01:24 21.04.11 Israel alerted to several Hamas,	0 [1725]
USMC Soon To Be 'Breaking Wind Through Silk', Literally	10 00:00 DarthVader [1756]
Israel 'supplied arms to Argentina during Falklands War'	7 00:00 john frum [1735]
Israel alerted to several Hamas, Hezbollah kidnap plots	0 [1727]
Arms exports show apparent hypocrisy of German foreign policy	11 00:00 Zhang Fei [1732]
Mullen: Pakistan's ISI spy agency has 'militant links'	7 00:00 Pappy [1733]
Three Afghans held for disrespecting Quran	2 00:00 Glenmore [1727]
Indonesia offers military aid to Thailand	0 [1730]
Kidnapped passengers: Kurram jirga to take up issue with governor	0 [1728]
UAE calls for Iran to 'respect' Gulf neighbours	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1730]
Muslim candidate condemns deadly Nigerian riots	2 00:00 Pollyandrew [1732]
Kurdish PM Salih offers to resign	0 [1741]
Tater slams Baghdad protest ban	3 00:00 swksvolFF [1729]
Pakistan's ISI links with Haqqani militants: US	0 [1734]
Arab League delays summit amid Mideast unrest	0 [1731]
US 'will continue' Pakistan drone attacks	1 00:00 Bill Clinton [1730]
DFLP leader returns to Gaza from Libya	0 [1730]
Kabul Bank Licence Submitted to Finance Ministry	0 [1734]
Mullen visits Pakistan amid tensions over drones	0 [1739]
Cameron backpedals on immigration cut	1 00:00 JohnQC [1733]
Eritrean exiles demonstrate in Ethiopia against their country's leadership	0 [1731]
Middle-East Railway to Connect Afghanistan with Europe	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1762]
Former Afghan Minister Denies Corruption Charges	1 00:00 mojo [1728]
Mullen Talks Tough to Pakistan	1 00:00 JohnQC [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Future Problems As Communist Laos Wants To Build Mekong Dam	1 00:00 Besoeker [1749]
1,400 Democrats Applaud Noam Chomsky's Antisemitism At Pacific University Speech	8 00:00 Besoeker [1731]
US Army and Navy To Begin Naturalization Process During Basic Training	3 00:00 Besoeker [1725]
Tajik-Iranian Ties Flourish	0 [1732]
Silly Pics From National Army Day in Iran	17 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1768]
Russia to Deliver Carrier to India in 2012	6 00:00 john frum [1734]
Fred Phelps' Westboro Church Goes To Mississippi And Gets Skunked	6 00:00 swksvolFF [1746]
Say cheese: 'America's toughest Sheriff' lets public rate mugshots online	7 00:00 JohnQC [1727]
India's PSLV-C16 puts 3 satellites in orbit	0 [1735]
Dissident officer named Tunisia military chief	0 [1731]
Malaysians mock Govt's e-mail scheme	1 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1727]
Singapore retiree saves baby buried alive: Report	0 [1728]
Ivorian militia chief declares loyalty to Ouattara	0 [1728]
20 bonded kiln workers freed	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Where is Libya's way out of crisis? (Chinese view)	1 00:00 Bobby [1736]
America's Best Worst Partner in Africa	1 00:00 phil_b [1727]
Page 6: Politix
Obama: We will end 'manipulation' of gas prices	12 00:00 Sneling Big Foot2458 [1762]
Trump on Kelo: I happen to agree with it 100 percent	5 00:00 Glenmore [1726]
Obama's Likability Gap	5 00:00 DepotGuy [1743]
Paul Krugman, 'the wealthy,' and Barack Obama	7 00:00 jack salami [1728]
Mr. Obama: Taxing the rich won't increase revenues	21 00:00 Besoeker [1757]

    
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2	TTP
2	Govt of Syria
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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