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Boko Haram 'kills 24 Nigerian vigilantes in ambush'
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
For Medal of Honor recipient, award is a long time coming	3 19:26 Rambler in Virginia [1762]
Mosque bombing kills Afghan provincial governor	1 13:02 Bobby [1746]
Mosque bombing in Kirkuk kills eight Sunni worshippers	0 [1740]
Good morning	1 01:05 GolfBravoUSMC [1742]
Somali pirates on trial for seizing French yacht	4 11:21 M. Murcek [1739]
Boko Haram 'kills 24 Nigerian vigilantes in ambush'	0 [1760]
Gunmen Bomb Bank, Police Station in Kaduna	0 [1753]
Bomb blast in Ethiopian capital kills two: State Radio	0 [1736]
Car bomb kills 20 in northwest Syria's Idlib	0 [1736]
Egypt police fire teargas at Alexandria pro-Morsi protesters	0 [1736]
Islamist militia leader terrorises Benghazi	0 [1748]
Tunisia pursues Chaambi terror suspects	0 [1738]
Military Expert Defuses Explosives inside Car in Beirut's Dahieh	0 [1739]
Tripoli Bombings Suspects Charged	0 [1739]
Syrian Shells, Gunshots Target Akkar Towns	0 [1744]
ISF: Rubber Bullets Fired after Two Inmates Scuffled in Roumieh	0 [1740]
General Security Arrests Palestinian Member of Terrorist Network	0 [1741]
Five of the seven bodies found in Islamabad identified	0 [1742]
Police Seize Explosive-Laden Truck in Paktia: MoI	0 [1748]
Suspected Bomb Blast at Myanmar Hotel, U.S. Woman Hurt	2 13:57 trailing wife [1747]
Notorious Somali Pirate Nabbed in Undercover Operation	2 12:09 RandomJD [1744]
Myanmar Police Probe String of Bomb Blasts	0 [1742]
Senior Brotherhood figure Wally Haddad arrested	1 12:05 Bobby [1739]
Car bomb in northern Syria kills at least 12	0 [1740]
Four of 7 kidnapped aid workers freed in Syria	0 [1741]
Ten killed in fighting near Mogadishu	0 [1743]
Police Foil Planned Terrorist Attack On The UK After Arresting Four Men In London	0 [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran's Detroit Stalled by Sanctions	1 13:13 Shipman [1744]
Somalia: soldiers shock Museveni with more leaks	1 13:01 Shipman [1738]
Abu Anas al-Libi in New York awaiting trial	0 [1739]
Russia calls on US to bring Syria opposition to peace talks	0 [1739]
Egypt's April 6 (Democratic Front) denounces draft protest law	0 [1737]
Tunisia opposition calls fresh demo to demand new govt	0 [1742]
Egypt used 'live ammo' against Morsi backers: Amnesty	7 17:51 regular joe [1757]
Egypt frees Briton arrested over police-like clothes	0 [1733]
Iran's president calls for academic freedoms	0 [1743]
Police Doubt al-Atrash's Murder Near Syria Border	0 [1740]
Booksellers take Taliban threat seriously	2 14:29 Dopey Sinatra [1742]
India, US trying to hamper Pakistan quake relief: Hafiz Saeed	2 02:24 Raj [1736]
Banned outfits to be stopped from collecting hides. Really.	0 [1736]
'Taliban are against confrontation.' Really.	0 [1736]
Presidential Candidate Ahadi Against Karzai's Loya Jirga	1 13:00 Shipman [1741]
Karzai Meets With Fazl	0 [1741]
Mullah Omar Warns Against US-Afghan Pact	1 08:31 Paul D [1740]
No money to compensate militancy-hit tribesmen	0 [1746]
Islam strictly forbids terrorism, says Grand Mufti in Hajj sermon	5 19:28 tu3031 [1760]
Latest mediation between Islamists and Egypt govt reaches stalemate	0 [1736]
Kerry on Iran: Diplomatic window cracking open	3 14:08 Barbara [1733]
Al-Qaida, Muslim Brotherhood Hold Secret Meeting In Jordan	0 [1748]
Malaysian court rules use of 'Allah' exclusive to Muslims	0 [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Wind Power Cheaper than Coal with SCC	6 19:32 tu3031 [1775]
NSA Collecting Private E-mail Lists	0 [1740]
Hardy Rebels	0 [1752]
Some book sellers removing all indie books	7 15:43 SteveS [1753]
Outrage in India as temple stampede toll hits 115	0 [1731]
Morocco postpones 'kissing teens' trial	0 [1736]
PTI sends relief goods for quake-hit	0 [1734]
Kurd Leader Ocalan Says Still Hopeful of Turkey Peace Deal	0 [1735]
Mali ex-Coup Leader Moves Out of Army Barracks	0 [1739]
Sardars, nawabs continue to dominate Balochistan cabinet	0 [1738]
Bungling Bureaucrats Dole Out Billions in Tax Credits to Illegal Immigrants	5 13:53 Alaska Paul [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
From tolerance to extremism	0 [1747]
Obamacare's Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn't Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are	13 23:19 Glenmore [1775]
A First-Hand Account	5 12:14 Besoeker [1750]
Page 6: Politix
Former Mayor Bob Filner (D- "Handsy") Pleads guilty	2 19:34 tu3031 [1756]
Virginia Democrats fight purge of voter rolls ordered weeks before election	14 21:59 RandomJD [1769]
California's alternative-energy program under scrutiny	4 15:40 Pappy [1762]
Holy war in Harlem: Pastors want al-Sharpton out	5 13:16 Shipman [1740]
Clinton, Reid, DNC took campaign contributions from deathbed identity thief	4 18:20 Redneck Jim [1759]
Colorado Gov To Bloomberg: Butt Out	7 11:50 Iblis [1742]

    
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                        18:20 Redneck Jim

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                        17:10 CrazyFool

                        17:02 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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Who's in the News
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10	Arab Spring
6	Govt of Syria
6	Govt of Pakistan
3	al-Qaeda
2	al-Shabaab
2	Boko Haram
2	Pirates
2	TTP
2	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2013-10-15
Boko Haram 'kills 24 Nigerian vigilantes in ambush'

Mon 2013-10-14
Key Syria opposition group refuses Geneva peace talks

Sun 2013-10-13
Tunisian Forces Clash with Jihadists

Sat 2013-10-12
US troops capture a senior Pakistan Taliban leader in Afghanistan

Fri 2013-10-11
Libya PM 'Freed' after Several Hours Held by Militia, Calls for Calm

Thu 2013-10-10
Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan kidnapped by gunmen

Wed 2013-10-09
Egypt Strips Muslim Brotherhood of NGO Status

Tue 2013-10-08
Egypt: Huge Explosion Hits Security HQ In Sinai

Mon 2013-10-07
SEAL Strike on Shaboob Big Turban Fails in Somalia

Sun 2013-10-06
Abu Anas al-Libi snatched

Sat 2013-10-05
Boko Haram: 186 killed, 15 arrested as Military raids insurgents' camp in Yobe

Fri 2013-10-04
Belgium Extradites Nisar Trabelsi to U.S.

Thu 2013-10-03
Iranian cyber warfare commander shot dead in suspected assassination

Wed 2013-10-02
Iraq Executes 23 People in Two Days

Tue 2013-10-01
Drone strike in North Waziristan kills two, injures one

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