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Boko Haram slaughters nine people in Borno
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US-Backed Syrian "Rebel" Commander Chased Out Of Country By Al Qaeda	3 20:46 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1751]
Server Swap	11 20:56 USN, Ret. [1769]
Santa is Checking His List and Finds Our Rantburg Mayor Fred....	3 17:22 Alaska Paul [1732]
Roadside bomb kills five soldiers in southern Thailand	0 [1730]
Good morning	2 11:53 CrazyFool [1744]
Kenya says Somali Islamist kill six in cross-border raid	0 [1730]
Infighting between Government troops in Middle Shabelle region	0 [1733]
38 dead in Darfur-border tribal dispute: UN	0 [1738]
Jamaat, Shibir on rampage	1 06:04 Spereting Tingle4064 [1739]
Egyptians disguised as women caught in Beida	7 18:22 swksvolFF [1754]
Teenager Tasked by Jund al-Sham with Monitoring Hizbullah Mosque	0 [1737]
Yemen Warning Closes U.N. Offices in Sanaa Thursday	0 [1740]
Freed Dutch Hostages Fly Home from Yemen	1 07:46 Besoeker [1732]
LEAs arrest 46 'criminals' in Karachi	0 [1733]
Five killed in Balochistan	0 [1733]
Suicide bomb targets NATO convoy outside Kabul airport	0 [1732]
Forty Tunisians held by militias released	0 [1734]
6 dead as killings go unabated	0 [1730]
Pakistan Mob Kills One over Alleged Desecration of Koran	3 20:53 USN, Ret. [1749]
Saudi Jihadist Jailed 16 Years over Plot to Kill Top Cleric	1 06:19 Ulusoth Shereter7931 [1741]
2 Jabal Mohsen Residents Shot in Sectarian Attack	0 [1738]
U.S., UK Suspend Non-Lethal Assistance into Northern Syria	1 01:34 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Boko Haram slaughters nine people in Borno	0 [1754]
Page 2: WoT Background
Retired general who opened Guantanamo prison says shut it down	3 19:16 Procopius2k [1755]
Hefajat's hartal in Ctg Sunday	0 [1736]
Gulf States Urge Militias to Quit Syria, Hail Iran Shift	1 10:16 Pappy [1738]
Muslim Bloc Calls for Recognition of Palestinian State	2 07:29 Besoeker [1732]
Jihadist Site Urges Syria Militants to Free Spanish Journalists	0 [1737]
Bahrain Jails 12 for Torching Car Warehouse	0 [1729]
German Court Rejects Afghan Airstrike Victims' Claim	1 03:20 Besoeker [1729]
Thousands Flee in Sudan's War-Torn Blue Nile	0 [1746]
Lawyer of doctor who helped CIA flees after threats	2 07:12 Besoeker [1728]
Iran commander criticises government over influence from West	0 [1731]
U.S. Behaves Like A Colonizer: Karzai	4 10:41 gorb [1729]
US hopes India will persuade Hamid Karzai on troops	0 [1726]
Bangladesh's top court adjourns Islamist's death penalty hearing	0 [1730]
Kerry says Iran may not be ready for final nuclear deal	5 11:48 Airandee [1732]
Sectarian violence : Religious leaders for implementation of code of conduct	0 [1733]
U.N. Chief, Kerry Call Bangladesh PM over Poll Standoff	0 [1737]
Circus in Egyptian court halts Muslim Brotherhood leaders' trial	0 [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hurricane Season Calmest in Decades - ~~Global Warming~~ Climate Change	3 17:47 Shipman [1754]
Interpreter at Mandela event: " I see angels come to the stadium"	3 20:12 Procopius2k [1766]
The Reason for the Season, December 12, 2012: Unknown Singers	0 [1727]
Some Christmas Hope.	1 10:58 Besoeker [1726]
Uruguay's move to legalise marijuana illegal, says INCB	2 03:15 Skidmark [1720]
Fiji officer jailed over coup plot	0 [1730]
India makes polio vaccination necessary for travellers	0 [1725]
Outgoing CJP urges SC to continue taking 'notices'	0 [1729]
Comet ISON: It's dead, Jim!	4 17:21 European Conservative [1738]
Canada Vows to Defend Santa Claus	4 16:40 Uncle Phester [1728]
Ukraine President Vows Not to Use Force, Urges Dialogue, Hasn't Left Yet	0 [1727]
India restores colonial-era homosexuality ban	1 01:41 g(r)omgoru [1722]
Yingluck Says Thai Protests Won't Prompt Repeat of Military Coup	0 [1726]
Ukraine violence: US considers sanctions	1 10:24 swksvolFF [1729]
US Air Force Academy defends use of cadet informants.	11 21:05 Pappy [1752]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama's Disdain For The Constitution Means We Risk Losing Our Republic	3 21:06 Guillibaldo McCoy1948 [1759]
Farewell to Kings, Hello to Midgets	0 [1737]
Death -- the only punishment for blasphemy? -- Xavier Patras William	1 17:19 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1737]
Page 6: Politix
Oregon signs up just 44 people for Obamacare despite spending $300 million	8 17:47 CrazyFool [1757]
Stockman: Budget deal a 'joke and betrayal'	7 22:28 rjschwarz [1752]

    
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                        20:46 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:26 Barbara

                        20:17 Orion

                        20:12 Procopius2k

                        19:48 Guillibaldo McCoy1948

                        19:19 Procopius2k

                        19:16 Procopius2k

                        19:14 Procopius2k

                        19:00 Elmerert Hupens2660

                        18:52 Fred

                        18:23 swksvolFF

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                        18:21 Au Auric

                        18:14 Airandee

                        18:01 SteveS

                        17:49 Fred

                        17:49 Shipman

                        17:47 Shipman

                        17:47 CrazyFool

Who's in the News
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4	Arab Spring
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Sudan
2	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Boko Haram
1	PLO
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Shabaab
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda in the Levant
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2013-12-12
Boko Haram slaughters nine people in Borno

Wed 2013-12-11
French Army Kills 19 Islamist Militants in Mali

Tue 2013-12-10
MILF, Manila reach power-sharing agreement

Mon 2013-12-09
Top Hizbullah Military Commander Ali Bazzi Killed in Syria Fighting

Sun 2013-12-08
Gunmen Kill Nine at Baghdad Alcohol Shops

Sat 2013-12-07
Gunmen kill ASWJ Punjab chief in drive-by shooting in Lahore

Fri 2013-12-06
52 Killed as Militants Storm Yemen Defense Complex

Thu 2013-12-05
At least 20 killed in attack on Yemen's defense ministry

Wed 2013-12-04
Top Hezbollah Man Killed, Israel ~~Credited~~Blamed

Tue 2013-12-03
Islamist attacks prompt 24-hour curfew in Nigeria's Maiduguri

Mon 2013-12-02
North Yemen fighting kills more than 120

Sun 2013-12-01
41 killed, 22 wounded in latest attacks in Iraq

Sat 2013-11-30
Tuaregs Declare Return to War against Mali Army

Fri 2013-11-29
Air base blast near Sebha kills at least ten

Thu 2013-11-28
15 Islamists with suicide belts detained in Moscow

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