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Nearly 25.000 troops battle Al-Qaeda in Abyan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkish commandos stage operation on Somali pirates	3 23:02 tu3031 [1764]
Bomb injures 16 Thai rangers	0 [1733]
Cadereyta massacre was part of Los Zetas Mothers Day plot	2 21:38 SteveS [1755]
Good morning	3 23:12 gorb [1756]
Blast in Peshawar's cattle market injures seven	1 22:43 Water Modem [1756]
Gunmen kill senior Afghan peace negotiator	1 08:09 Frank G [1735]
Two killed in Karachi target killings	0 [1732]
Uganda captures high-ranking LRA member	1 02:31 Bill Clinton [1734]
Mogadishu Blasts kill three people	0 [1737]
Three dead after gunmen open fire on card players in Nigeria	0 [1729]
Two die in mine blast crossing from Egypt to Libya	0 [1736]
Lebanese army exchanges fire with Islamists after wait-in protest	0 [1729]
Violence rattles Ctg	0 [1740]
10 Militants Dead in 'Expanded Operations to Retake Militant-Held Towns' in Yemen	0 [1728]
Saboteur Burns While Attempting To Attack Power Line In Yemen	8 17:42 Mizzou Mafia [1739]
Clashes Renew, Army Deploys after 4 Die in Rival Tripoli Districts Fighting	0 [1727]
Kenyan police launch manhunt for German terror suspect	0 [1738]
Sana'a reinforces security measures around embassies	0 [1734]
Yemen Releases Four Indians Abducted Outside Capital, Ministry	0 [1737]
Nearly 25.000 troops battle Al-Qaeda in Abyan	0 [1759]
Bulgarian envoy escapes Yemen kidnap attempt	0 [1734]
Ghulam Azam indicted	0 [1735]
UN observer mission boosted as another 23 die in Syria	0 [1737]
Egypt police raid Cairo office of Iranian Al-Alam news channel	0 [1740]
Afghan Security Forces kill 2 more ISAF soldiers	0 [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Egypt Cracking Down on Hamas' Black Market Fuel	1 19:49 phil_b [1726]
Iran 'could order Hezbollah hit on Israel'	0 [1732]
Iran to launch observation satellite on day of nuclear talks	4 16:02 Frank G [1738]
Report: Al-Qaida doctors trained to implant bombs in humans	4 13:42 mojo [1733]
NGOs complain that EU Palestinian aid projects destroyed by Israel:	0 [1730]
U.S. resuming some weapons sales to Bahrain	2 23:21 JosephMendiola [1754]
UN leader calls on Sudan to pull troops from disputed Abyei	0 [1732]
Algerian Islamist calls for Tunisia-style revolt over vote results	1 00:51 newc [1732]
Qaida Linked to Syrian Intelligence: Dissident Army Chief	1 22:49 JosephMendiola [1754]
'I was on list of collaborators'	0 [1737]
Penniless EU to spend big bucks on Afghan security over next four years	0 [1729]
Page 3: Non-WoT
WWII Wreckage of P-40 Kittyhawk found in Egyptian Desert, Pilot Missing	0 [1734]
China's investment boom starts to unravel	2 23:43 JosephMendiola [1758]
Ally (formerly GMAC) files bankrupcy for mortgage unit	1 14:37 Besoeker [1735]
'Angry Queers': Christians are 'scum,' deserve 'hammers through their windows'	13 19:56 Clavins Angaving3980 [1731]
Malicious tweeted terror hoax gets Dr. Kruse booted off cruise ship	2 20:33 European Conservative [1765]
Mexican Political Notebook: May 14th	0 [1724]
Russians test Italian tank	9 22:55 canalzone [1758]
Egypt presidential frontrunners face off in first-ever televised debate	1 00:55 newc [1730]
British Town of Sandwich Celebrates 250 Years of Sandwiches	8 21:06 trailing wife [1764]
Egypt Candidate Claims Shooting Down Israeli Jets in War	5 18:05 Frank G [1734]
Saudi says $100 per barrel 'great price' for oil	11 23:20 Zhang Fei [1763]
Days are numbered for corrupt government officials: Imran	2 15:48 Redneck Jim [1729]
Nawaz vows to bring prosperity to Sindh	0 [1728]
Gallup poll findings far from truth	0 [1735]
Influential German magazine calls for Greek exit from euro	0 [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
The final death throes of the euro	11 22:44 Zhang Fei [1754]
Hank Crumpton: Life as a spy	1 23:50 JosephMendiola [1754]
Page 6: Politix
Lightsquared Files Bankruptcy	10 23:30 Aussie Mike [1772]
O Hopes Changes Will Swing Vets	7 00:08 JosephMendiola [1754]
Newsweek cover - Obama First Gay President	9 19:02 SteveS [1743]
Merkel's party routed in German state election	6 10:59 swksvolFF [1735]
Greece will run out of money soon	15 22:40 JosephMendiola [1764]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	al-Qaeda in Arabia
4	Arab Spring
3	Jamaat-e-Islami
3	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Iran
1	TTP
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	Boko Haram
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2012-05-14
Nearly 25.000 troops battle Al-Qaeda in Abyan

Sun 2012-05-13
Al Qaeda's Leader Encourages Somali Militants to persist the fight

Sat 2012-05-12
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Defy Syrian Regime Gunfire, 13 Dead

Fri 2012-05-11
Somali Gov't, Al shabab claim victory over Bay,Bakol fighting

Thu 2012-05-10
Damascus bombings kill 40, wound 170: state TV

Wed 2012-05-09
Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria

Tue 2012-05-08
Al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot was targeted by US drone

Mon 2012-05-07
Nine soldiers killed, military convoy attacked in N Wazoo

Sun 2012-05-06
Man wanted in USS Cole bombing killed in Yemen: tribal chief

Sat 2012-05-05
Pro-Regime Gunmen Kill 12 'Qaida' Militants in Yemen

Fri 2012-05-04
Bajaur teenyboomer kills 24

Thu 2012-05-03
Afghanistan: Pakistani driving truck bomb arrested

Wed 2012-05-02
Suicide bomb blast hits hotel in Somalia, two MPs believed dead

Tue 2012-05-01
'Egyptians thwart Iranian plot to kill Saudi envoy'

Mon 2012-04-30
US drone 'kills three militants' in Miramshah

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