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Pakistan asks Taliban to announce 30-day cease-fire for talks
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iranian mission official whacked in Syria	13 23:59 Zhang Fei [1786]
Dagestan suicide bombing kills four policemen	0 [1762]
Man Crosses Border From Syria; IDF Fires At His Feet	5 19:34 Cheager Angoluque6848 [1779]
Mexican Army finds explosives in La Laguna, rescues 3	0 [1737]
N.Korea 'Has 100 Mobile Missile Launch Platforms'	6 22:08 Water Modem [1771]
Terror in Tamaulipas: 7 die	0 [1744]
Security forces kill terror suspect in Caucasus	0 [1747]
Good morning	17 23:01 Pappy [1767]
Syrian Force Abducts Lebanese Man from Masharii al-Qaa	0 [1748]
One suspect detained in probe into Turkish-Syrian border blast	0 [1746]
Bomb attack injures three pro-government militiamen in southern Yemen	0 [1739]
Tripoli gang kidnaps businessman	0 [1745]
Two killed, three wounded in attack on Gulbahar hardware shops	0 [1743]
Rebels Seize Most of Army Base in North Syria	0 [1745]
Mauritania charges AQIM suspects	0 [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
All the Details on the Alleged Spy Story Coming Out of Israel	0 [1739]
Ethiopia produces first military drone aircraft	0 [1746]
San Jose Man Charged in Bomb Plot in Court	2 23:30 Barbara [1759]
Left behind in a house in Timbuktu, al-Qaida's manifesto, outlining strategic vision for Mali	1 23:46 Skidmark [1761]
Egypt Floods Gaza Tunnels To Cut Palestinian Lifeline	12 22:04 Elmavimble Brown1950 [1757]
Lebanese Protesters Block Fuel Shipments To Syria	0 [1739]
U.S. House Moves to Re-List N.Korea as Terrorist State	2 10:09 Kojo Wholuse5660 [1741]
Chavez undergoing "delicate" cancer treatment	15 21:22 JohnQC [1754]
Iran Dissidents Say Khamenei Ordered Attack on Iraq Camp	0 [1743]
SANA Says Arsal 'Refuge for FSA Terrorists'	0 [1733]
Saniora Says al-Mustaqbal Wants to Get Rid of Hizbullah, Syria	0 [1743]
Police see TTP hand in Karachi explosion	0 [1735]
UK to bring Afghan equipment home via Uzbekistan	2 06:55 Redneck Jim [1741]
Norks urged to "prepare for war"	10 23:02 Water Modem [1765]
Bara jirga again fails to make headway	0 [1746]
Qahwaji Dubs Arsal Attackers 'Terrorists'	0 [1733]
Ban Urges 'Meaningful' U.N. Action on Syria	6 13:54 CrazyFool [1737]
Tunisia political crisis continues	1 10:48 Pappy [1743]
Maghreb jihadists flock to Syria	1 06:31 Redneck Jim [1747]
Russia Says Muallem, Khatib to Visit Moscow	0 [1739]
Syrian foreign ministry welcomes dialogue on Syrian soil	1 06:47 Redneck Jim [1744]
Pakistan asks Taliban to announce 30-day cease-fire for talks	1 14:12 Water Modem [1779]
Kerry Says U.S. Working to Convince Assad to Go	7 20:19 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1766]
Iran Says Agreed with IAEA on 'Some Points' in Tehran Talks	1 10:33 Muggsy Mussolini1226 [1735]
Ahrar al-Sham Jihadists Emerge from Shadows in North Syria	0 [1737]
Cameron Munter blasts US 'callousness' on Pakistan	4 11:29 Bill Clinton [1740]
Brotherhood may back Nour-proposed Cabinet shuffle, say sources	0 [1745]
DHS admits it does not track immigrants who become welfare dependent	5 09:46 Besoeker [1740]
MNLF: We will keep trying to free foreign hostages	1 06:58 Redneck Jim [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Eurozones economy contracts more than expected, unexpectedly	4 16:42 Unolush Huperetle6726 [1742]
Texas teacher suspended for cutting student from the herd in demo	7 18:49 swksvolFF [1738]
Gen. Allen pushed out for top NATO post by White House	9 17:24 swksvolFF [1744]
SA blade runner Pistorius charged with murder of girlfriend - Rooters	13 21:28 JohnQC [1760]
Today's Idiot	1 17:12 SteveS [1738]
SC's decision political, not constitutional: Qadri	0 [1736]
Sindh Assembly passes free education bill	0 [1739]
SC discards Qadri's petition challenging ECP reconstitution	0 [1746]
Tunisia's Ennahda Calls for pro-Islamist Rally Saturday	0 [1741]
Europol, Spanish Police Bust Global Cybercrime Ring	0 [1735]
French Staff Evacuated from Chernobyl Nuclear Plant	1 00:29 Skidmark [1738]
Measles deaths: Health minister seeks to evade responsibility	0 [1743]
'Parts of Sindh, KP transmitting polio virus'	0 [1758]
Two hundred people killed in Caracas so far in February	0 [1737]
Ethnic splinter armed group returns to gov't legal fold in Myanmar	0 [1737]
Former Maldivian president seeks asylum in Indian High Commission	0 [1735]
Indonesian Muslims discouraged from observing Valentine's Day	3 15:02 DarthVader [1735]
Pregnant Nollywood actress beaten to death by lover	3 12:37 swksvolFF [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Gender discrimination in liberal heaven	3 12:13 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Page 6: Politix
Wasting away in Obamaville	15 21:30 JohnQC [1757]

    
                23:59 Zhang Fei

                        23:46 Skidmark

                        23:30 Barbara

                        23:10 Pappy

                        23:02 Water Modem

                        23:01 Pappy

                        22:28 Water Modem

                        22:08 Water Modem

                        22:04 Elmavimble Brown1950

                        22:00 Water Modem

                        21:30 JohnQC

                        21:28 JohnQC

                        21:25 Alaska Paul

                        21:22 JohnQC

                        21:21 USN,Ret.

                        21:11 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:47 Barbara

                        20:36 Frank G

                        20:32 Cheager Angoluque6848

                        20:19 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        19:49 lord garth

                        19:46 Hupoluper Protector of the Poles7447

                        19:34 Cheager Angoluque6848

                        19:25 Raider

Who's in the News
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8	Govt of Syria
7	Govt of Pakistan
4	Arab Spring
2	TTP
2	Govt of Iran
1	Commies
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hezbollah
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2013-02-14
Pakistan asks Taliban to announce 30-day cease-fire for talks

Wed 2013-02-13
Syrian rebels say they captured military air base near Aleppo

Tue 2013-02-12
KCNA confirms: Pudgy sets off a nuke

Mon 2013-02-11
Seven killed, 11 injured in attacks across southern Thailand

Sun 2013-02-10
Syrian troops, rebels clash over Damascus highway

Sat 2013-02-09
India Executes Man Convicted in 2001 Attack on Parliament

Fri 2013-02-08
Suicide bomber hits north Mali, troops clash in capital

Thu 2013-02-07
Syrian Army Launches 'All-Out Attack' on Capital Region

Wed 2013-02-06
Fat Lady Sings for Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed

Tue 2013-02-05
Second big turban nabbed in northern Mali

Mon 2013-02-04
Ansar Dine #3 arrested in northern Mali

Sun 2013-02-03
Yemen Troops Kill 12 'Qaida Militants' in Restive South

Sat 2013-02-02
Syria Suicide Attack on Regime Kills 53

Fri 2013-02-01
Binori Mosque cleric among 10 killed in Karachi

Thu 2013-01-31
Boko Haram 'commander' declares ceasefire

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