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Boko Haram leader Shekau shot, escapes to Mali
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Algeria: 32 Militants Killed, With 23 Hostages	1 22:31 Elmart Shavising6110 [1750]
SSS Parades 2 Fake Boko Haram Extortionists	0 [1732]
Boko Haram leader Shekau shot, escapes to Mali	1 21:23 JosephMendiola [1785]
Escaped hostage sez captors were 'foreign'	0 [1728]
Algeria state news agency: Army storms gas plant; 7 hostages, 11 militants are dead	21 23:45 Zhang Fei [1753]
15 burned bodies found at Algerian gas plant	0 [1730]
158 cops detained in La Laguna	0 [1725]
Good morning	4 23:26 Richard Aubrey [1751]
Brother of Qaida Chief at Cairo anti-France Demo	4 18:44 Phaith Grique4599 [1753]
Algeria seeks death for 2007 attack suspects	2 17:50 M. Murcek [1721]
Tunisia arrests terror suspects	0 [1724]
FC commandant Bara Tehsil replaced over tribesmen killings	0 [1732]
Protest against Peshawar crackdown: Bara students baton-charged, 18 arrested	1 04:32 Shipman [1721]
Man linked to suicide bombing convicted	1 15:03 Redneck Jim [1730]
Five killed in Mirali shelling	0 [1724]
Sniper Kills Al-Jazeera Reporter in Syria's Daraa	4 18:59 Mike Ramsey [1750]
Bahrain Police Disperse anti-Regime Protest	1 16:35 Deadeye Sinatra9084 [1733]
Protesting Sunnis Call for Iraq PM to Go	0 [1718]
Sniper Kills French Journalist in Syria's Aleppo, Says NGO	1 05:28 Besoeker [1725]
Raging Clashes Pit Syrian Kurds against Jihadists	1 10:20 Pappy [1730]
French-Backed Malian Troops Reclaim Two Key Towns from Rebels	1 18:07 Anguque Ebbomorong2684 [1755]
Commie rebels capture soldier, policeman in Southern Philippines	1 10:17 Pappy [1731]
5 Injured in Attack against Minister Karami's Convoy	0 [1725]
Algerian Army Frees 650 Hostages, Including 70 Foreigners	4 11:56 Frozen Al [1723]
Village leader killed in southern Thailand	0 [1726]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Boko Haram Bandwagon	0 [1731]
Rewards for Boko Bigshots	0 [1727]
'Algerian Style': Cooperative, To A Point	1 12:34 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1734]
Hildebeast urges Algeria to preserve innocent life	1 23:13 Alaska Paul [1746]
ECOWAS to meet on Mali	0 [1724]
U.S. 'Deeply Disappointed' on Iran Talks	11 21:56 JosephMendiola [1760]
Syria Rebels See Airport as Key to Taking Aleppo	1 08:02 Shipman [1731]
U.N.'s Pillay Renews Demand for Syria War Crimes Case	1 02:25 tu3031 [1728]
Canadian cleric at center of Pakistan's political maelstrom	0 [1725]
British police launch investigation after footage of 'Muslim patrols'	3 10:34 Bright Pebbles [1731]
Kadyrov blasts U.S. religious freedom report	1 08:18 Ho Chi Omaigum4727 [1727]
Islamabad sit-in ends: A revolution that did not happen	0 [1729]
Nation united against conspiracies: Rehman Malik	0 [1728]
Pakistan to release all Afghan Taliban detainees: FO	1 10:43 Besoeker [1729]
U.N. ex-Official Warns of Ethnic Cleansing in South of Sudan	0 [1722]
Seif Al-Islam charged with prison escape attempt	0 [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Bulgarian opposition leader survives after weapon misfires	6 22:29 Pappy [1754]
Actor Danny Glover tells students 2nd Amendment was created to protect slavery	20 12:39 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1734]
Tahirul Qadri's party may contest election	1 08:04 Shipman [1737]
Bangladesh retracts death penalty for counterfeiting currency	2 13:11 Bright Pebbles [1725]
Journal News unapologetically removes 'gun map'	6 11:02 bman [1728]
85 Arrested in Turkey Raids against Left-Wing Group	0 [1727]
Police Foil Attack on Turkey Church	0 [1725]
Egypt Police Stop Muslims from Storming Church	2 12:43 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1727]
Ukraine's Tymoshenko Accused of Contract Killing	0 [1728]
Kidnappers' gang leader arrested in Mansehra	1 14:50 Redneck Jim [1729]
Lenin's body nearer exit	12 22:28 Pappy [1747]
Tunisia plans cabinet reshuffle	0 [1723]
Yamamoto Revives Kilts and Whiskers at Men's Fashion	3 11:38 Fred [1729]
Page 4: Opinion
The Guerrilla Myth	3 20:56 Procopius2k [1753]
Algerian reaction to raid rooted in history	6 09:18 Zhang Fei [1732]
Zionist group to honor anti-Islam activists at Hotel Shangri-La	0 [1726]
US, Israeli leaders locked in tension as threats loom	0 [1731]
Canada must take Iranian threat seriously	1 01:41 Mikey Hunt [1726]
Why Israelis from Russia vote right	2 10:56 g(r)omgoru [1723]
Thai insurgency increasingly Islamist	0 [1731]
Mali close to civil war?	2 10:04 AlanC [1731]
Page 6: Politix
A New Anti-Terror Front? Yes, the Government Thinks Its Right-Wing Extremists	6 14:29 Redneck Jim [1727]
Boehner To Obama: "No Budget, No Pay	8 15:51 gorb [1724]
Terrorists Have No Place to Hide, Says Panetta	11 14:59 CrazyFool [1736]
NJ town proposes flag ban	6 22:56 Angineger Hatrack1295 [1756]
Virginia lawmaker's AK-47 sparks gun debate on House floor	12 21:38 Secret Asian Man [1749]

    
                23:45 Zhang Fei

                        23:26 Richard Aubrey

                        23:13 Alaska Paul

                        23:12 Alaska Paul

                        22:56 Angineger Hatrack1295

                        22:31 Elmart Shavising6110

                        22:29 Pappy

                        22:28 Pappy

                        21:56 JosephMendiola

                        21:38 Secret Asian Man

                        21:23 JosephMendiola

                        21:03 Zhang Fei

                        20:59 Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division

                        20:56 Procopius2k

                        20:47 gorb

                        20:47 Nimble Spemble

                        19:41 Frank G

                        19:29 Frank G

                        18:59 Mike Ramsey

                        18:44 Phaith Grique4599

                        18:33 Mike Ramsey

                        18:14 Zhang Fei

                        18:07 Anguque Ebbomorong2684

                        18:02 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

Who's in the News
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5	al-Qaeda in North Africa
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Govt of Syria
4	Boko Haram
3	Arab Spring
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Salafists
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2013-01-19
Boko Haram leader Shekau shot, escapes to Mali

Fri 2013-01-18
1,400 French soldiers in Mali for ground assaults: minister

Thu 2013-01-17
41 snatched by AQIM in Algeria gas plant attack

Wed 2013-01-16
France deploys armoured vehicles towards northern Mali

Tue 2013-01-15
Pakistan paralysed after court demands PM arrest

Mon 2013-01-14
Famed Tunisia Mausoleum Torched by Salafists

Sun 2013-01-13
19 Killed in Failed French Raid to Free Somalia Hostage

Sat 2013-01-12
French commandos attack al-Shabab base, explosions, gunfire heard

Fri 2013-01-11
France confirms Mali intervention

Thu 2013-01-10
Taliban suspects arrested over Karachi polio killings

Wed 2013-01-09
Indonesia Foils Terror Plot on Tourist Spots

Tue 2013-01-08
US drone attack kills four in North Waziristan

Mon 2013-01-07
Syria Opposition Rejects Assad's Reconciliation Plan

Sun 2013-01-06
Dronezap in South Wazoo send 18 TTP Jihadis to their rewards

Sat 2013-01-05
Syria jets, troops wage offensive on rebels near capital

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