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Yemeni premier back home from Riyadh
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
For Marines in Afghanistan: be careful where you fart	0 [1737]
Purported Gadhafi message: Don't 'surrender' Tripoli	1 00:00 Barbara [1749]
Unconfirmed Reports Al Qathafi Trapped in Building Surrounded by Rebels	9 00:00 Frank G [1751]
Three killed in southern Thailand include four year old	0 [1737]
Burkina Faso offers Gaddafi exile	2 00:00 Shieldwolf [1737]
Jibril: no idea where Qaddafi is	5 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
Good morning	6 00:00 Frank G [1733]
Israeli air strikes test Gaza truce	3 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
Rocket from Gaza lands in Egypt, wounds woman	1 00:00 Eohippus Phater7165 [1738]
Somalia executes two army officers	0 [1732]
Gunmen Kill Local Officials in Helmand	0 [1728]
Karzai Pardons 5 Would-be Suicide Bombers	2 00:00 lotp [1737]
Yemen airstrikes kill 30 militants, 8 soldiers	0 [1739]
5 Killed in Restive Central Iraq Province	0 [1750]
Lassa Cleric Attacker Roaming Freely in Town under Eyes of the State	0 [1744]
Mortar shells hit Israeli targets near Gaza Strip, Jihad says "retaliation"	0 [1734]
Weapons seized	0 [1744]
Militants killed 'US spy' in Pakistan	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Yemeni forces launch attack on Arhab	0 [1733]
Govt okays operation against target killers in nine Karachi areas	0 [1734]
'Surgical operation' begins in Karachi's violence-hit areas	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Seven Killed in Syria, 150 Arrested in Damascus Suburb	0 [1739]
China Asks U.N. to Lead Post-War Efforts in Libya	2 00:00 Dale [1752]
Gadhafi son offers to broker Libya cease-fire	0 [1732]
Battles in Tripoli as Rebels Offer $1.7 Mln for Gadhafi's Head	4 00:00 Grizzled War Correspondent [1743]
Libya's NTC to relocate HQ to Tripoli	1 00:00 Mitch H. [1729]
Yemeni premier back home from Riyadh	0 [1770]
Page 2: WoT Background
Dupe URL: North Korea trade with Iran revealed	0 [1736]
North Korea trade with Iran revealed	0 [1734]
Greece: Shariah no longer the law for Muslims	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1738]
Dupe URL: Muslims demand Sharia student loans because paying interest goes against Islamic law	0 [1735]
Libya contact group meets over $2.5 billion in aid	2 00:00 Matt [1733]
UK deputy PM wants Lockerbie bomber jailed	4 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1725]
UN Security Council eyes unfreezing Libyan assets	0 [1727]
Arizona to host Prince Harry for helicopter training	4 00:00 Frank G [1724]
Minus-MQM approach can bring peace: JI	0 [1729]
March 14: Govt. Must Demand Hizbullah to Hand over STL Suspects or Resign	0 [1728]
Medvedev Wins Nuclear Pledge at Rare N. Korea Talks	0 [1728]
ATC orders to drop Anjum Aqeel escape case	0 [1731]
PKK warns Turkey of major offensive	0 [1733]
Pakistan doesn't want to be used by militants, says FM Khar	0 [1722]
Page 3: Non-WoT
1.3-lb 'throwbots' in works for battlefield use	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1741]
U.S. initial jobless claims rise unexpectedly	16 00:00 Frank G [1755]
Bees at Last, Bees at Last. Great God Almighty, Bees at Last!	7 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1736]
First-Time Jobless Claims in U.S. Increase Unexpectedly	1 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Russia likely to suspend crew and freight missions to ISS pending crash investigation	3 00:00 DarthVader [1735]
Amidst a growing Mexican political scandal, a warning for states	0 [1735]
Pak Economy suffers Rs15b loss  due to strike	1 00:00 Besoeker [1734]
Uh-oh...here comes Irene	14 00:00 Gleregum tse Tung1512 [1727]
Zimbabwe Vice President Suspicious About Husband's Death	5 00:00 Pappy [1756]
Page 4: Opinion
"Public employees unions are transmission belts, conveying money to the Democratic Party"	3 00:00 Frank G [1761]
Kinky [Friedman] for Perry	3 00:00 Frank G [1730]
Strategy Page: Fewer parents sending their sons to madrassahs	5 00:00 Besoeker [1737]
Dupe URL: How Obama has failed with Syria	0 [1734]
How Obama has mismanaged Syria	1 00:00 AlanC [1738]
Democracy in Libya? Don't hold your breath	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1731]
Clothes for the empire	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1728]
A failed state?	5 00:00 Frank G [1752]
Page 6: Politix
Obama, Democrats Pick up Key Third Party Endorsement	1 00:00 tu3031 [1757]
Sky is falling or Chicken Little in a panic?	8 00:00 Glenmore [1754]
Obama Administration Pressuring New York Attorney General To Drop Mortgage Fraud Investigations	6 00:00 Zhang Fei [1759]
First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations	0 [1734]
Goat Roping Now Regulated by Feds	22 00:00 trailing wife [1750]
S&P chief to step down amid criticism	6 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1733]
US after Libya oil: Kucinich	24 00:00 Gleregum tse Tung1512 [1749]

    
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                        21:07 Glenmore

                        21:07 Gleregum tse Tung1512

                        20:59 Zhang Fei

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                        20:30 Frank G

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                        20:10 Anguper Hupomosing9418

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                        20:07 Procopius2k

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                        19:55 Deacon Blues

                        19:55 Uncle Phester

                        19:53 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        19:52 Frank G

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	Hamas
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Commies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2011-08-25
Yemeni premier back home from Riyadh

Wed 2011-08-24
Rebels offers $1.7 million bounty for Gadhafi

Tue 2011-08-23
Rebels Capture Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya Compound, House

Mon 2011-08-22
Libyans Celebrate Takeover of Capital

Sun 2011-08-21
Blasts, heavy gunfire rattle Tripoli

Sat 2011-08-20
Pakistan mosque bombing kills at least 50

Fri 2011-08-19
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wants to leave Power

Thu 2011-08-18
Dozens reported hurt in 3-stage terror attack near Eilat

Wed 2011-08-17
Libya rebels see victory by end of month

Tue 2011-08-16
Libyan rebels push to isolate Tripoli

Mon 2011-08-15
Medvedev signs order backing Libyan rebels

Sun 2011-08-14
Tripoli Denies Rebel Capture of Western Port Town

Sat 2011-08-13
'Cholera epidemic spreading in Somalia'

Fri 2011-08-12
Two Hariri Murder Suspects Linked to Murr, Hamadeh, Chidiac, Hawi Cases

Thu 2011-08-11
US drone strike kills 21 in north Wazoo

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