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Syrian Rebels Claim To Seize Nuclear Facility
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
French Operation Serval para drop - A short vid	1 14:10 Shipman [1737]
Spanish Police Nab 3 Suspected Of Spying For Iran	0 [1746]
Syrian Rebels Claim To Seize Nuclear Facility	4 14:13 Shipman [1775]
Good Morning	17 23:35 Skidmark [1778]
Gunmen Execute Seven Iraqi anti-Qaida Militiamen	0 [1738]
Protesters across Syria Vent Fury at Assad, Hizbullah	0 [1741]
More Suicide Bombs Hit Mali after Battle that Kills 20 Islamists	0 [1737]
Two terrorists killed on Chechen-Ingush border	0 [1747]
Nine killed in Karachi	0 [1744]
Nine Suspected Boko Haram Members Killed In Borno	2 09:49 Frank G [1744]
Egypt imports 140,000 teargas canisters from US	3 21:18 Pappy [1767]
Protesters fight at High Court after some chant for military rule	0 [1750]
Abu Sayyaf release trader held captive in Philippines	0 [1748]
Bomb injures two Thai soldiers	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Half of freed Afghan fighters return to Taliban	1 19:38 Redneck Jim [1747]
American troops in Niger to set up drone base	1 17:04 Frank G [1735]
18 attempts in four months to kidnap Israeli soldiers	0 [1731]
Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims	0 [1735]
Iran announces new uranium deposits discovery	0 [1736]
4 Somalis in U.S. guilty of supporting terrorism	2 09:42 DepotGuy [1725]
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Begin 3-Day Military Exercise	0 [1736]
Iran May Be Advancing New Way To Produce Nukes	1 20:52 JosephMendiola [1750]
Hezbollah Agent Gathered Data On Israel Flights	0 [1732]
UK Court Finds 3 Guilty In 'Spectacular' Plot	1 11:49 Snomomp Schwarzeneggar3438 [1738]
Iran Rejects Nigeria Spying Allegation	1 00:04 Raj [1742]
Sidon Tense as Armed Supporters of al-Asir Deploy around His Mosque	0 [1744]
Musharraf refuses to appear before Lal Masjid commission	0 [1736]
Gemayel Demands Suspension of Ties with Damascus over Samaha Case	0 [1740]
ASWJ ends protests after talks with authorities	0 [1739]
Alerts spoke of Pak-based group, say Indian officials	0 [1730]
Global efforts failing to stamp out terror: Zardari	0 [1746]
Coptic activists slam Morsy's decision to hold elections over Easter	1 09:02 Procopius2k [1733]
National Association for Change urges boycott of parliamentary elections	0 [1736]
MILF: Sulu sultanate part of the peace process	1 01:01 JosephMendiola [1731]
Syrian Opposition to Form Government in Rebel Areas	1 06:08 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Hyderabad blast probe: Terror hunt spreads to 3 States	0 [1741]
US Consulate in Matamoros extends travel warning as kidnappings soar in Tamaulipas -- UPDATED	1 10:16 Frank G [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
WaPo Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss	3 16:32 Frank G [1744]
Paging Jimmy Carter - Killer Rabbit Alert	0 [1732]
Philadelphia's burqa crisis	1 08:00 Lumpy Turkeyneck6299 [1737]
'Scared' Globe staffers press for sale answers	12 22:43 Barbara [1743]
Abandoned Russian cruise ship located	11 19:30 Redneck Jim [1770]
NYT Exec "reassures "Boston Globe drones on Future Ownership	8 13:14 Procopius2k [1739]
Tunisian president asks Islamist to form government	0 [1729]
Gang Member Found With 100 Bags Of Heroin Hidden In His Anus	2 19:28 Redneck Jim [1755]
'Doubleheader' funeral service held for NY couple	1 12:42 chris [1735]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praises President Ts.Elbegdorj	0 [1737]
UN 'will not pay' for Haiti cholera	3 13:22 chris [1741]
Cardinal calls for priests to be allowed to marry	1 19:36 Redneck Jim [1763]
Moody's downgrades UK rating	0 [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Manufacturered Sequestration "Crisis"	2 19:23 Redneck Jim [1760]
America's New Mandarins	4 19:06 KBK [1754]
Chalo, chalo Shahbag chalo	0 [1743]
Ugly scenes	0 [1735]
Open season on Hazaras	0 [1738]
When a state is dysfunctional	4 07:07 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Obama Gets Economic Advice from Al Sharpton, Other 'African American Leaders'	19 18:15 newc [1771]
White House will cede Benghazi docs in Brennan fight	7 12:19 USN,Ret. [1738]

    
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5	Arab Spring
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Indian Mujaheddin
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Salafists
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2013-02-23
Syrian Rebels Claim To Seize Nuclear Facility

Fri 2013-02-22
Boko Haram Denies Ceasefire, Pastes Threat Posters In Borno

Thu 2013-02-21
Bombing in Indian Hyderabad, at least 11 killed

Wed 2013-02-20
French nationals kidnapped in northern Cameroon

Tue 2013-02-19
Mortars land near Syrian presidential palace

Mon 2013-02-18
Five killed in attack at government office in Peshawar

Sun 2013-02-17
Egyptian police publicly beat to death man suspected of killing officer

Sat 2013-02-16
Bomb kills at least 20 in Pakistani city

Fri 2013-02-15
Meteorite Hits Urals, Up to 500 Injured

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

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