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Iranian brownshirts seize 6 British embassy staff
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
AyPee: NATO forces probably lured into deadly raid	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1758]
Iranian brownshirts seize 6 British embassy staff	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1801]
Mexican peace activist shot to death -- UPDATED II	2 00:00 Ptah [1732]
IDF fires on Lebanon after at least 3 rockets land in North	2 00:00 Pappy [1740]
Good morning	2 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1734]
Brotherhood and Salafists set to make big gains in Alexandria	4 00:00 Elmomoting Chemble6777 [1731]
Syria says has pulled most assets from Arab states	3 00:00 Barbara [1736]
Moderate islamist El-Wasat party accuses Freedom and Justice of stealing ballot papers in Damietta	0 [1734]
Egypt's first polling day deemed promising, Brotherhood unethical	1 00:00 Lord Garth [1735]
Explosion Rocks Mogadishu Hospital, Wounds Three	1 00:00 Mullah Richard [1736]
Somali Islamists Storm Offices of Aid Agencies	0 [1735]
Kenya Court Issues Warrant for Arrest of Sudan's Bashir	0 [1737]
Thousands in Syria Rally against Arab Sanctions	0 [1739]
Egyptians Flock to Polls in First Post-Mubarak Vote	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1762]
Report: France Training Free Syrian Army Rebels in Turkey, Lebanon	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
U.N. Probe: Syrian Forces Guilty of 'Crimes against Humanity'	0 [1735]
Syrian Forces Kill 9 in Homs, Hama, Damascus Suburb	0 [1735]
Gunmen Attack Mustaqbal MP Kabbara's Office in Tripoli	0 [1732]
Women March in Yemen Against Saleh regime	1 00:00 Pollyandrew [1739]
Herat Insurgents Surrender to Afghan Government	0 [1732]
Boko Haram claim weekend bombings	0 [1730]
Two MQM workers shot dead	0 [1728]
Iraqi MP Hurt, 2 Dead in Mortar Attack near Parliament	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Picture of a 9 years old boy who blew up a Shia mosque in Iraq	6 00:00 whatadeal [1744]
MILF: Kato still alive	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1746]
North Korea trains sights on Blue House	5 00:00 Anonymoose [1733]
Egypt imports 21 tons of tear gas from the US, port staff refuses to sign for it	2 00:00 mojo [1744]
UK Embassy In Tehran Taken Over By Protestors, Building On Fire	6 00:00 Eohippus Phater7165 [1742]
Afghans say special operations mission preceded attack	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1755]
Arab League Reportedly Waffles on Syria Sanctions	0 [1728]
Suleiman Proposes STL Funding to be Approved in Absence of Hizbullah Ministers	0 [1733]
Phalange Party Calls for Forming 'Salvation Government'	0 [1743]
Belhaj Ready to Back Libya Transitional Government	0 [1728]
Pakistan steps up rhetoric over lethal Nato raid	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Sayedee's plea dismissed	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1743]
Musharraf's party fails to take off in KP	0 [1735]
300 trucks carry supplies to Nato from Karachi daily	1 00:00 Eohippus Phater7165 [1729]
US vows to 'carry on' after Pakistan cuts supplies	1 00:00 Glenmore [1731]
Pakistan Denies Border Fire Provoked Deadly NATO Raid	2 00:00 Elmomoting Chemble6777 [1728]
Obama sees Pakistani deaths as tragedy: spokesman	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1755]
Page 3: Non-WoT
BAE Slanders MOH Recipient Who Opposes Their Sale Of High Tech Sniper Scopes To Pakistan	6 00:00 Skidmark [1759]
Portuguese Judge Refuses To Extradite Black Liberation Army Skyjacker-Murderer	3 00:00 Frank G [1753]
Iranians flee Israeli rescuers in Thailand	2 00:00 Eohippus Phater7165 [1739]
Pepper Spray Used At UC Davis Flying Off Shelves	13 00:00 swksvolFF [1756]
Anders Behring Breivik 'not accountable for attacks'	4 00:00 Elmomoting Chemble6777 [1740]
Greece's Statistics Chief Faces Criminal Investigation	0 [1735]
China looking to snap up EU factories, railways	11 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1738]
Deadly violence erupts as DR Congo votes	1 00:00 newc [1738]
East Timor denies China has approached it for US Base	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
Page 4: Opinion
'Germany Must Make a Decision or the Game Is Over	3 00:00 Barbara [1756]
Europe: Apocalypse now	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1739]
China builds its African empire while the 'anti-colonialist' Left looks the other way	2 00:00 Bulldog [1752]
Poverty and extremism	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Page 6: Politix
Chris Christie on the Super Committee: What the hell are we paying Obama for?	11 00:00 swksvolFF [1776]
Prez Signs Bill for Contractors, Governments, and Veterans	1 00:00 rjschwarz [1739]

    
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                        21:18 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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Who's in the News
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8	Govt of Pakistan
7	Govt of Syria
2	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Boko Haram
1	Hezbollah
1	Govt of Iran
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Taliban
1	Islamic State of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2011-11-29
Iranian brownshirts seize 6 British embassy staff

Mon 2011-11-28
Enraged Pakistanis burn Obama effigy, slam US

Sun 2011-11-27
US told to vacate Shamsi base

Sat 2011-11-26
Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28

Fri 2011-11-25
47 Syrians Dead, Including 29 Civilians, as Homs Clashes Rage

Thu 2011-11-24
Police continue attacks on protesters, Tahrir chants for field marshal to go

Wed 2011-11-23
Yemen's president signs power transfer deal

Tue 2011-11-22
Yemen Opposition: Saleh Agrees to Sign Peace Plan. Really.

Mon 2011-11-21
Colombia Farc rebel radio station 'shut down' by army

Sun 2011-11-20
Libya: 'the executioner' Abdullah al-Senussi captured

Sat 2011-11-19
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya

Fri 2011-11-18
Sufi Mohammad's sons acquitted by Swat ATC

Thu 2011-11-17
Saleh again refuses to sign power transfer

Wed 2011-11-16
Missile raid targeted top Shabaab leaders

Tue 2011-11-15
Suspected suicide bomber killed near Afghan loya jirga site

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