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Official: Eight dead, including five foreigners, in Tripoli hotel attack
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Official: Eight dead, including five foreigners, in Tripoli hotel attack	4 21:05 Mullah Richard [1782]
Report: Army Thwarts Plan for an 'Islamic Emirate' in Baalbek Outskirts	1 08:06 Spot [1733]
516 'Brotherhood Elements' Arrested on Egypt Anniversary	0 [1729]
Reports: Australia Labor Figure Takes IS Fight Into his Own Hands	2 15:25 g(r)omgoru [1731]
Morocco Arrests Alleged Algerian Jihadist	0 [1732]
Iraq Forces 'Liberate' Diyala Province from IS	2 15:26 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Defense Ministry: 22 ISIS elements killed, southern part of Barwana in Anbar liberated	0 [1733]
ISF launch wide security operation eastern Ramadi city in Anbar	0 [1733]
7 ISIS militants killed in clashes southern Anbar	0 [1726]
IED explodes in southeast of Baghdad	0 [1725]
Sniper shoots UAE airplane near Baghdad Airport	4 11:01 Skidmark [1737]
Volunteers discover weapons cache northern Babes	2 07:52 ed in texas [1726]
Canadian forces clash with ISIL terrorists on Iraqi ground for 2nd time	0 [1729]
Three flights diverted after bomb threats	0 [1726]
Saudi Arabiaâs New King Helped Fund Radical Terrorist Groups	6 13:21 Procopius2k [1728]
Egypt health ministry: 23 dead, 97 wounded on one year anniversary of revolution	1 09:12 g(r)omgoru [1726]
C.I.A. Strike, First Since Yemen Upheaval, Kills 3 Qaeda Fighters	3 07:58 ed in texas [1728]
Policeman guarding polio workers shot dead in Karachi	0 [1730]
Govt blames sabotage for massive power breakdown	2 21:02 Mullah Richard [1763]
Bomb defused near filling station in Charsadda	0 [1726]
Abducted Deputy Foreign Minister freed; government investigation begins	0 [1752]
Libya: Further clashes in both east and west despite ceasefire	0 [1736]
Many reported dead in Benghazi as LNA moves to flush out Ansar Al-Sharia	0 [1725]
Civilians involved in Zawia attacks	0 [1734]
Hefazat demands release of Mufti Harun	0 [1727]
5 people wounded in Jalalabad blast	0 [1726]
French authorities raid prison cells of radicals	0 [1736]
Video shows execution of Egypt officer by Sinai extremists	1 15:28 g(r)omgoru [1737]
US-led forces launch 34 air strikes in Syria, Iraq	0 [1721]
Page 2: WoT Background
Erdogan and the Turks not happy about the Kurds winning in Kobane	6 22:19 Elming Omeart5855 [1743]
North Korea accuses Israel of being 'dictatorial force for aggression'	9 23:25 OldSpook [1743]
Maiduguri Residents Told to Stay and Fight, as Curfew Lifted	0 [1730]
Yemen Militia Block Fresh Protest Efforts	0 [1724]
IS 'Not a State, Not Justified by Islam', Says Top Egyptian Cleric	3 15:40 g(r)omgoru [1723]
Anbar PC declares liberating Al-bughanim area from ISIL	0 [1730]
Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion Update: Attorney Received Charges But...	10 17:47 NoMoreBS [1721]
Six arrested in Jerusalem over attack on Israeli Druze man	4 17:37 Zenobia Floger6220 [1723]
Iraq 'sleeper cells' fight Islamic State group	0 [1734]
US assures support to arrest, kill Fazlullah, Senate committee told	0 [1728]
Mortar shells found in Sadiq Garh Palace defused	0 [1727]
Hardline Hassi claims US coming to the rescue	0 [1722]
Senior Iranian official: We support Houthis in Yemen	1 01:27 JosephMendiola [1734]
IS spokesman calls on Muslims in West to commit more attacks	0 [1722]
US Embassy in Yemen to close to the public	2 23:27 OldSpook [1745]
Malaysia Air site hacked by group claiming support for IS	3 15:30 g(r)omgoru [1729]
Top Official From Obama Campaign Team In Israel To Help Defeat Netanyahu	7 22:07 USN, Ret. [1757]
N.Korea Sulks Over Talks Conditions	6 21:04 Alaska Paul [1752]
Puntland Presidential Guards stage strike over Salary	0 [1723]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Billy Crystal Says what Millions of Americans Would Like to Say	5 21:57 CrazyFool [1751]
Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State-Owned Russian Oil Company	4 17:14 DarthVader [1722]
We must not call Charlie Hebdo killers 'terrorists', says BBC boss	9 12:44 SR-71 [1721]
Crude Economics	4 20:36 Alaska Paul [1746]
FBI Agent Explains How Russia's Foreign Spy Operations Work	6 20:03 Frank G [1759]
Kazakhstan joins world in condemning Ukraine massacre	0 [1723]
First beheading under new Saudi king	2 11:36 JFM [1725]
Rev. Libby Lane consecrated as 1st female bishop of Church of England	3 01:22 OldSpook [1730]
Religious Affairs minister draws ire for delaying PIA flight	0 [1726]
Teenage accused in murder of 7-year-old killed during escape bid: police	0 [1733]
Narsingdi mob kills seven 'robbers'	2 12:03 Pappy [1731]
Ex-Klingon convicted of leaking secrets to reporter.	2 12:06 Pappy [1723]
Narendra Modi: Indian Prime Minister wears suit with pinstripes that spell his name to meet Bara	1 00:27 Skidmark [1725]
Page 4: Opinion
With the Death of the Saudi King, a US Invasion of Yemen is only Weeks Away	7 20:26 OldSpook [1752]
Caution! 'American Sniper' Is a Dangerous Movie	25 21:48 tu3031 [1761]
Qadri's case	0 [1739]
Nasrallah, a secretary-general in distress	3 15:43 Grunter [1741]
Page 6: Politix
Putting the	0 [1728]
McCain Heartily Booed at Arizona GOP Meeting	18 21:56 CrazyFool [1750]
Indian press: Obama skipping Taj Mahal because he couldnât use The Beast	5 13:12 Deacon Blues [1728]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
6	Arab Spring
5	Govt of Pakistan
5	Govt of Iraq
3	TTP
2	Houthis
1	Jund ul-Khalifa
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Jamaat-e-Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2015-01-27
Official: Eight dead, including five foreigners, in Tripoli hotel attack

Mon 2015-01-26
Kurds 'Expel ISIS' from Strategic Kobane

Sun 2015-01-25
U.S.: Coalition Air Raids Back up Kurdish Advance in Iraq

Sat 2015-01-24
Iranian General Killed By Unlimited Minutes Cell Plan and Israeli Missiles

Fri 2015-01-23
Yemen prez, govt quit

Thu 2015-01-22
King Abdullah Tango Uniform

Wed 2015-01-21
Shiite rebels shell Yemen president’s home, take over palace

Tue 2015-01-20
45 Churches Torched in Niger Capital in Cartoon Demos

Mon 2015-01-19
Heavy clashes in Sanaa, president reportedly flees

Sun 2015-01-18
Gunmen Seize Yemen President's Chief of Staff

Sat 2015-01-17
SSP militant hanged for sectarian killing

Fri 2015-01-16
US drone strike kills seven in South Waziristan

Thu 2015-01-15
Burqa banned in China's Xinjiang

Wed 2015-01-14
Convict in US consulate attack case hanged

Tue 2015-01-13
Police gun down six would-be bombers in Xinjiang

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