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Iran Says No Oil via Strait of Hormuz if Sanctions Applied
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	4 00:00 Ebbolet McCoy4340 [1761]
At least one dead in two Gaza airstrikes	1 00:00 Barbara [1737]
Bomb thrown at Arabic school in Nigeria injures seven	0 [1735]
Bomb injures policeman in southern Thailand	0 [1732]
Authorities find 13 dead in Linares, Nuevo Leon -- UPDATED	0 [1725]
Egyptian court halts virginity tests on female protesters	8 00:00 Lord Garth [1740]
Syria unrest: Homs residents confront Arab League team	0 [1734]
Saleh to be allowed to come to U.S. for treatment	1 00:00 gorb [1737]
Gunmen kill intelligence official in Peshawar	0 [1735]
Twelve suspected militants killed in Kurram	0 [1730]
Hangu peace jirga member shot dead	0 [1739]
FC men removed from embassy after gunfire	0 [1735]
Police in Pakistan arrests four militants who killed military spies	0 [1729]
Ship carrying caustic soda from UAE hijacked	0 [1737]
Syria pulls tanks from Homs	0 [1749]
3 Lebanese Killed by Syrian Gunfire in Wadi Khaled	0 [1732]
35 Dead as 70,000 Rally in Homs with Arab Monitors Arrival	0 [1739]
35 Hurt as Yemeni Protesters Turn on Each Other	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
SANA: Saboteurs Blow Up Gas Pipeline in Syria's Homs	0 [1736]
One Killed as Gunman Fires on Students in Damascus	0 [1735]
Qaida-linked Group Claims Last Week's Iraq Bombings	0 [1735]
Pirates hijack ship off Oman coast	0 [1735]
Al-Qaeda in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts	0 [1725]
Iran seeks death for American accused of spying	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1732]
Nasty woman shot dead during Sudden Jihad Syndrome attack on police	8 00:00 Barbara [1742]
New video of Swiss hostages surfaces	2 00:00 Frank G [1734]
Could it be T&A is Doing Something Right?	6 00:00 Bill Clinton [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pakistani death squads go after informants to U.S. drone program	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1728]
Pictures from a Funeral	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Military prosecution: court order to suspend army's virginity tests inapplicable	0 [1734]
Refugees find Oakland can be worse than Iraq	0 [1738]
Mubarak trial resumes after three-month hiatus	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1739]
Chinese official repudiates Filipino Communist party	2 00:00 Zhang Fei [1738]
IDF assessing plans to counter possible Cairo threat	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Tensions build as Iraqi leader accrues powers	2 00:00 gorb [1725]
Zardari issues rallying cry for democracy in Pakistan amid coup fears	0 [1733]
EU calls on Ethiopia to release jailed Swedish journalists on terrorism charges	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1730]
Pasha's London trip under investigation: Gilani	0 [1729]
JUP leader Shah Faridul Haq passes away	0 [1729]
Nigerian leaders seek to calm religious tensions after bombs	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1729]
Pak troops shot after talking to Sayedee	0 [1736]
France threatens to impose sanctions on military and Security officials in Yemen	0 [1721]
Iran Says No Oil via Strait of Hormuz if Sanctions Applied	20 00:00 JosephMendiola [1779]
US rejects appeal by human rights group for release of Blind Sheikh	3 00:00 mojo [1737]
Egypt court orders end to 'virginity tests'	0 [1728]
Kim Dae-jung's Widow, Hyundai Chief Return from N. Korea	2 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1728]
Kingdom will continue to follow Salafist ideology: Prince Naif	1 00:00 RandomJD [1731]
Muslim Brotherhood: Hamas is our role model	5 00:00 trailing wife [1731]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Turkey threatens to cut off all relations with France/NATO	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
Unlike Willy the Wimp, Kim Jong Il Went Out In A Lincoln Continental	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1749]
Boy disciplined after waving gun-shaped slice of pizza	17 00:00 Barbara [1748]
Australian family protests Saudi lashing punishment	4 00:00 tipper [1737]
Airborne The Hard Way	0 [1729]
R.I.P. Cheetah	4 00:00 whatadeal [1746]
US says China not currency manipulator; chides Japan	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1740]
Putin ejects Kremlin "puppet master" after protests	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1724]
Fruitcake made in 1941 sells for $525	19 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
Page 4: Opinion
The Quiet Man	7 00:00 Barbara [1742]
Limits to Imran's magic	0 [1724]
PTI rally	0 [1732]
Reviving the crisis	0 [1718]
Page 6: Politix
Rick Perry Files Lawsuit To Get On Virginia Primary Ballot	5 00:00 Iblis [1738]
Ben Nelson (Dem- Nebraska) to retire	4 00:00 Iblis [1727]
Sen. Ben Nelson wont seek reelection	0 [1733]

    
                23:40 Bill Clinton

                        23:09 USN, Ret.

                        22:48 JosephMendiola

                        22:32 JosephMendiola

                        22:28 JosephMendiola

                        22:09 Barbara

                        22:08 Barbara

                        22:04 Barbara

                        22:02 Ebbolet McCoy4340

                        21:39 JosephMendiola

                        21:23 JosephMendiola

                        21:21 Dale

                        21:18 JosephMendiola

                        21:14 JosephMendiola

                        21:05 JosephMendiola

                        20:53 Dale

                        20:48 Perfesser

                        20:45 badanov

                        20:28 lotp

                        20:22 whatadeal

                        20:17 whatadeal

                        20:03 JosephMendiola

                        19:58 whatadeal

                        19:57 tipper

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
6	Govt of Syria
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	TTP
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Pirates
1	Boko Haram
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2011-12-28
Iran Says No Oil via Strait of Hormuz if Sanctions Applied

Tue 2011-12-27
More than 40 Dead in Syria as Besieged Homs Heavily Shelled

Mon 2011-12-26
Sudan kills Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim

Sun 2011-12-25
Two Christmas Day church bombings in Nigeria kill 28

Sat 2011-12-24
Syria Says 40 Dead in Capital Suicide Blasts, Opposition Blames Regime

Fri 2011-12-23
Arab Observers Arrive in Syria to Monitor Peace Plan

Thu 2011-12-22
Explosions rock Baghdad; 18 killed, dozens injured

Wed 2011-12-21
185 Syrians Dead as corpse count hits three digits for the first time

Tue 2011-12-20
Syria allows Arab observers

Mon 2011-12-19
20 Civilians, 6 Troops Killed in Fresh Syria Violence

Sun 2011-12-18
Kimmie Dead

Sat 2011-12-17
Australian terror conspirators jailed for 18 years

Fri 2011-12-16
Syrian Dissidents Declare Creation of 'National Alliance'

Thu 2011-12-15
U.S. War in Iraq Declared Officially Over

Wed 2011-12-14
33 Civilians, 7 Regime Troops Killed

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