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Syria FM Spokesman 'Defects' from Regime, Leaves Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
BREAKING: Police Arrest 2 Suspected Accomplices Of Gunman Merah	0 [1738]
US denies Iranian drone capture claim	5 23:10 JosephMendiola [1761]
Bloody Zacatecas: 16 die since Saturday	0 [1736]
Good morning	4 16:42 Pappy [1742]
Blasts in Two Nigerian Cities Wound At Least 4	0 [1738]
Bomb Kills Five in Southern Afghanistan	0 [1739]
Ten on Trial in France for Funding Qaida-Linked Uzbeks	0 [1743]
Syria FM Spokesman 'Defects' from Regime, Leaves Syria	0 [1761]
20 inmates escape from a Jail in Somalia's Baidoa city	0 [1744]
Azerbaijan jails four Islamist Eurovision plotters	0 [1738]
Police in Benadir region secure Mogadishu roads	0 [1735]
Somali minister unscathed in ambush	0 [1734]
Shibir activist killed in Dinajpur	1 06:24 trailing wife [1744]
Countrywide hartal starts	0 [1740]
2 killed by own bomb in Mohmand	0 [1733]
Bomb planted near Tarnab police post defused	0 [1736]
Gunmen desecrate Ahmadi graves in Lahore	0 [1735]
Armed men burn down school building in southern Thailand	0 [1746]
Deadly bombing near Turkey as Syrian violence continues	1 07:49 Glenmore [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al Qaida-linked group Syria rebels once denied now key to anti-Assad victories	1 19:36 JosephMendiola [1729]
MI6 told agent they could not kill al-Qaeda leader	1 21:14 James Bond [1758]
Egypt's Mursi flees palace as police battle protesters	16 21:28 Charles [1760]
Union outsourcing dock jobs-so much for container inspection	3 23:17 JosephMendiola [1765]
Nato 'to back Turkey' over Syria	6 11:17 tipper [1732]
Hasan keeps his beard, loses Judge	8 22:14 wr [1751]
Mali Mediator Sets Joint Meeting with Rebels, Government	0 [1739]
Britain Seeks Appeal over Terror Suspect Abu Qatada	0 [1724]
Arabi Says Syrian Regime Could Fall 'Anytime'	0 [1735]
U.N. Suspends Operations in Syria over Growing Danger	0 [1736]
Baghdad-Kurdistan Talks Stall over Military Command	0 [1737]
U.S. Official: Syria Mixing Chemicals for Sarin Gas	6 22:05 Pappy [1759]
Report: Israel Asked Jordan For Permission To Bomb Syrian WMD Sites	0 [1736]
US Report: Syria Assembling Chemical Weapons	6 15:21 Charles [1739]
Lawyer wants MILF pact declared illegal	0 [1731]
Qadir Apologises for Guards' Assault on Policeman	0 [1734]
Ismail Khan Retains Position as Energy Minister	0 [1737]
North Korea starts putting rocket on launch pad	1 17:53 Skidmark [1741]
Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council to oversee vote on draft charter	0 [1732]
Pena selects General Cienfuegos Zepda for Mexican Army top job	0 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
US developing laser version of Iron Dome	3 23:20 JosephMendiola [1757]
Amsterdam to expel nuisance neighbours	6 23:22 Alaska Paul [1750]
Death of a Christmas Icon	1 20:55 Procopius2k [1757]
Tunisia Prosecutor Appeals Ruling on Raped Woman	1 08:10 AlanC [1732]
Rwanda says it repulsed Hutu rebel attack from DR Congo	0 [1731]
Hindus protest over temple demolition	0 [1729]
Panelists Worry About Fate of CNN	7 23:20 Alaska Paul [1768]
IRS issues more rules. Lots of them.	6 22:19 CrazyFool [1756]
Congolese Troops Enter Goma Following Rebel Pullout	0 [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
Tensions within Islam tear Middle East apart	1 23:08 JosephMendiola [1760]
What Happens When America No Longer Needs Middle East Oil?	3 22:48 JosephMendiola [1772]
Al-Qaeda Terror Cells Move To Africa, Dig In, Branch Out	1 19:34 JosephMendiola [1733]
The Frenemy Next Door In Iran	0 [1721]
Susan Rice, Distraction: The Real Benghazi Questions	2 11:09 Barbara [1736]
Mexican Archdiocese reads President Pena the riot act	1 09:09 Procopius2k [1732]
Weapon of choice	5 12:39 Rjschwarz [1730]
Page 6: Politix
Obama Aide: With These Republicans, 'There'd Still be Slavery' Today	9 20:58 Eric Jablow [1765]
Senator: 'Increasingly Clear [Obama's] Comfortable Going Off the Cliff'	14 23:32 JosephMendiola [1756]
Samuel L. Jackson: 'Michelle Is Superwoman ... She Can Be the President'	13 21:40 Rambler in Virginia [1760]
Rahm Emanuel Likens Obama to Lincoln	10 16:10 Thusort Ebbomoting1144 [1733]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Syria
3	al-Shabaab
2	Arab Spring
2	TTP
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	Boko Haram
1	Ansar Dine
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2012-12-04
Syria FM Spokesman 'Defects' from Regime, Leaves Syria

Mon 2012-12-03
Car bomb in Syria's Homs kills 15: State media

Sun 2012-12-02
Mullah Nazir orders out Mehsud Taliban fighters

Sat 2012-12-01
Egypt assembly approves new draft constitution

Fri 2012-11-30
Damascus fighting cuts off airport, Emirates suspends flights

Thu 2012-11-29
Bomb injures top Talibunny Mullah Nazir

Wed 2012-11-28
Packed Tahrir Square defiant as deadlock prevails

Tue 2012-11-27
30 Inmates Escape as Gunmen Attack Nigerian Police Unit

Mon 2012-11-26
Syrian Rebels Claim Capture of Helicopter Base Near Damascus

Sun 2012-11-25
Thousands of anti-Morsi protesters spend the night in Egypt's Tahrir square

Sat 2012-11-24
7 People Killed in Pakistan Shiite Procession

Fri 2012-11-23
IDF, Shin Bet Arrest 55 Terror Operatives In West Bank

Thu 2012-11-22
Mashaal: I accept a Palestinian state on '67 borders

Wed 2012-11-21
'Bomb blast' on bus in Tel Aviv

Tue 2012-11-20
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