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Obama Authorizes Use of Drone Airstrikes in Libya...
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Dupe URL: 3 suspicious passengers taken off United flight in Denver	0 [1742]
Dupe URL: Death Toll Continues Rising in Syria	0 [1744]
Death Toll Continues Rising in Syria	0 [1736]
'Al-Qaeda envoy' Moganned killed in Chechnya	1 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1745]
At least 27 dead in 'Great Friday' riots in Syria	15 00:00 Zhang Fei [1783]
Iranian espionage plot uncovered in New York, California	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1745]
Death penalty for three Saddam-era spies	0 [1749]
Life sentence for 2 charged with killing "father" of Iraqi Legislature	0 [1734]
33 wanted men detained in Basra	0 [1739]
Good morning	4 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1739]
Indonesia on top alert after bomb found near church	0 [1743]
17 Insurgents Potted in Afghan, Isaf Operations	0 [1743]
Bomb blast kills 3 policemen in Afghanistan	0 [1740]
Indonesia arrests six over 'book bombs'	0 [1734]
Yemen's Saleh remains defiant	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
South Somalia clashes leave 24 dead	0 [1744]
Many dead in explosion in Karachi	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Dozens killed in south Sudan clash	0 [1751]
Seven of the 35 kidnapped tribals feared killed	0 [1736]
Syria braced for anti-government protests	0 [1741]
Mortars pound Misurata as toll mounts	0 [1755]
Somali pirates hijack South Korean ship	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1767]
Somali pirates hijack Iran-bound ship	0 [1745]
Bahrain police chase, arrest protesters	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
Bahrain clerics slam mosque demolition	0 [1743]
U.S. to supply Pakistan with 85 mini-drones	13 00:00 Charles [1751]
Obama Authorizes Use of Drone Airstrikes in Libya...	4 00:00 Pappy [1767]
Saudi-Australian charged as Hamas spy	1 00:00 Zebulon Thranter9685 [1746]
Page 2: WoT Background
Libya army may quit Misrata fight due to airstrikes	0 [1743]
Death of First Amendment in America?	2 00:00 Hupavirt Splat6820 [1742]
Iranian Basiji students head to Bahrain on their own flotilla	6 00:00 Charles [1740]
Protest against Egypt Christian governor	1 00:00 AlanC [1741]
Brisk sales for Lebanese arms dealer	0 [1745]
McCain visits Libya for meetings with rebels	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1740]
Ha'aretz explores the WikiLeaks archive	0 [1742]
Pak nuclear missiles are horses as compared to 'donkey-like' Indian rockets: Nizami	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Ha'aretz explosres the WikiLeaks files	0 [1743]
Red Cross notices Gaza isn't suffering	7 00:00 Procopius2k [1771]
Tripoli Warns Italy Against Sending Trainers	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Newspaper Asks To Kill Saudis Living Abroad	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Hundreds demand release of Omar Abdel-Rahman	5 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1739]
Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1740]
Asylum seekers riot, torch buildings in Australia	3 00:00 Water Modem [1739]
Pakistan army accuses US of 'negative propaganda'	2 00:00 mojo [1750]
Concerns Over Enemy Influence into Afghan Army	5 00:00 trailing wife [1747]
Bail denied to 4 Jamaat leaders	0 [1739]
FBI chief to visit India in May to grapple with LeT	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1740]
Saudi princes plunder nation's wealth	10 00:00 Charles [1757]
Iran urges Pakistan action on Jundallah	0 [1743]
More Egyptian tumbrels: former energy minister detained over Israel gas deal	2 00:00 Fred [1737]
Fatah officials to board Gaza flotilla	0 [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Mass Punishment For Monks After One Self-Immolates In Protest	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
UNhappy meal - racist beat-down at McDs	3 00:00 swksvolFF [1759]
Poco-Poco Sort Of Okay, No Word On Macarena Or The Ketchup Dance	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
French police unions outraged over lunchtime alcohol ban	3 00:00 crosspatch [1728]
NorKs running casino in Moscow Embassy	1 00:00 swksvolFF [1732]
Only in San Francisco	5 00:00 Water Modem [1732]
Cyprus: Parliament Dissolved Ahead Of May's Elections	1 00:00 trailing wife [1741]
Protests over arrest of Ugandan politician	0 [1740]
Mubarak name to be removed from public places	2 00:00 trailing wife [1734]
Hosni Mubarak's health 'unstable'	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Woes of marriage between cousins	11 00:00 Pappy [1764]
Accused killed outside court	0 [1736]
Japan declares nuclear no-go zone	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Martelly declared president of Haiti	1 00:00 Zebulon Thranter9685 [1733]
Tunisian gender-parity 'revolution' hailed	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Pakistani court upholds Mukhtaran Mai gang-rape acquittals	0 [1737]
Salon to keep tabs on Republican Islamophobia	5 00:00 newc [1744]
European Commission urges budget rise	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1731]
British teachers' union vote for strike	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Jury being selected for Terry Jones trial in Dearborn	14 00:00 KBK [1755]
Page 4: Opinion
Neutral Poll Indicates Over Half Of Democrats Are 'Truthers'	1 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1731]
Bilderberg Insider: Kissinger Calls For US Ground Invasion Of Libya	0 [1739]
Glick: Obama's altruistic foreign policy	0 [1728]
Losing in Libya?	0 [1739]
Marine from MN tackles school reform	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1728]
Dhimmi 101	2 00:00 Secret Master [1741]
Jurassic President	1 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Page 6: Politix
Huckabee: Beck has gone around the bend.	10 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1767]
Geithner subverts the dollar	2 00:00 newc [1741]
Obama: Don't let deficit reduction kill the American dream	11 00:00 jack salami [1737]

    
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                        23:33 Procopius2k

                        23:30 JosephMendiola

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                        23:14 JosephMendiola

                        23:02 swksvolFF

                        22:56 JosephMendiola

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                        22:33 Zhang Fei

                        22:31 JosephMendiola

                        22:13 phil_b

                        22:06 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:03 tipper

                        21:55 JosephMendiola

                        21:51 KBK

                        21:34 Pappy

                        21:24 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        21:23 JosephMendiola

                        21:19 Pappy

                        21:15 KBK

Who's in the News
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3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Jemaah Islamiyah
2	Pirates
2	Govt of Iran
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2011-04-22
Obama Authorizes Use of Drone Airstrikes in Libya...

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

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