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Largest Iraqi Refinery Under Seige
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Largest Iraqi Refinery Under Seige	0 [1759]
American Suspected of IS Sympathies Arrested in Miami	1 20:41 JosephMendiola [1770]
Report: Fugitive Ugandan Islamist Rebel Leader Held	1 19:07 Shipman [1737]
Clashes between Mali Army, Rebels Leave 19 Dead	0 [1741]
Muslim driver tries to run down cops at Minneapolis Airport	4 09:38 Daffy Grumble3124 [1744]
Six Men Charged over Terror Plot in Malaysia	1 12:37 charger [1735]
Blast at Explosives Factory in Syria Kills 25 IS Fighters	0 [1726]
Saudi-Led Warplanes Pound Rebels in South Yemen	0 [1737]
Fatah Army fighters make more gains in Idlib	0 [1744]
At least 26 people killed in Assad's air strikes on Aleppo, Idlib	0 [1738]
Navy to escort U.S. commercial ships near Iran	6 21:36 JosephMendiola [1752]
Brother of Warshefana Shoura Council leader kidnapped	0 [1736]
Cyrenaica TV crew and Tunisian journalists killed by IS says Libyan government	0 [1731]
LNA claims to be 20 kms from Tripoli after advances in west	5 19:03 Shipman [1739]
Benghazi violence takes a break	0 [1734]
Kurds mourn Assyrian commander	7 20:30 jpal [1748]
Syrian Islamists take over crossing near Israel	1 03:02 g(r)omgoru [1729]
Syrian air force targets opposition-held areas in Daraa with barrel bombs	0 [1737]
Demands for Assad's ouster fuel Syria bloodshed: Iran foreign minister	1 00:33 JosephMendiola [1741]
German Police Foil Planned Terror Attack on Bicycle Race	2 18:38 BrerRabbit [1741]
Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan court hands down life sentences to men involved in shooting of teenage activist	0 [1732]
Scores more women, girls freed in Nigeria from Boko Haram	0 [1750]
Former Pak interior minister survives suicide bomb attack	0 [1743]
Abu Sayyaf holding Zamboanga mayor	0 [1736]
Two soldiers, two Maoists killed in Mindanao clash	0 [1731]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Dawn of Sanity? Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Boycott Law	0 [1741]
EU directive on illegal residents supersedes Italian law	1 21:44 JosephMendiola [1760]
Iraq Offers Amnesty to Security Personnel who Fled IS	1 19:25 Shipman [1733]
Iran Says Warships at Entrance to Key Yemen Strait	3 19:15 Shipman [1732]
Turkey to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in fight against terrorism	1 21:42 JosephMendiola [1748]
Pakistan: Hindu settlements in Kashmir violate UN resolutions	1 21:11 Frank G [1752]
Iran Embassy: Maersk vessel to be freed after debts settled	1 11:15 frozen al [1734]
Syria should regain its secular identity: Kerry	1 19:29 Shipman [1741]
ISIS trains young Syrians to fight in Iraq	0 [1741]
Syrian churches under fire	0 [1737]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cancels plans to visit Moscow next week	5 19:27 European Conservative [1732]
Iraq poised to deploy Iran-backed Shi'ite militia in offensive in West	0 [1742]
France's Hollande vows no mercy to soldiers if African child abuse proven	1 02:14 g(r)omgoru [1737]
MNLF declares solidarity with MILF	3 20:35 SteveS [1775]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Clever Street Artist Draws Anatomically Correct Body Part to Get Rid of Potholes	3 19:13 Betty Protector of the Antelope8245 [1738]
City State’s Attorney Says Freddie Gray’s Arrest Illegal, Charges Officers	2 22:03 JosephMendiola [1768]
Turkey Orders Arrest of Judges Who Sought Release of Erdogan Foes	0 [1743]
China, Russia to hold joint naval drills in the Mediterranean	1 19:40 Shipman [1766]
EU court OKs lifetime ban on gay male blood donors	4 19:43 Shipman [1756]
Evil Capitalist Pizza Shop Shuts Down Rather Than Pay Seattle's $15/Hour Min Wage	13 21:57 JosephMendiola [1771]
The Israelis Should Have Sent The Hildebeest a Check	1 06:44 g(r)omgoru [1734]
New Black Panther Head: We Are Willing to Kill for Black Nation	17 20:37 Blossom Unains5562 [1761]
NORK dips cause chaos at UN human rights panel	0 [1735]
Bundy ranch supporter pleads guilty in threat case	0 [1743]
Ukrainians set special forces against volunteer units	1 02:15 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Conservatives lead in new poll	0 [1734]
Law enforcement sources say Freddie Gray suffered head injury in police transport van	6 21:12 Frank G [1765]
Nearly 100 Officers Injured Since Monday: Baltimore Police	3 18:03 swksvolFF [1743]
Freddie Gray suffered fatal 'catastrophic injury when he fell head first in back of police van and broke neck as head hit bolt'	11 19:37 Alaska Paul [1734]
Makhachkala removes Stalin posters	2 06:43 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
Run To the Left	1 22:24 JosephMendiola [1770]
Vanderleun: Joys in the Hood: Ramping Up for	9 18:17 Glenmore [1731]
Putin and Kadyrov may not be able to avoid break in relations	1 02:26 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Page 6: Politix
Sharpton, Rawlings-Blake lead summit in Baltimore	12 19:43 CrazyFool [1762]
Al Sharpton Gets In Physical Confrontation With Fox News Reporter	9 21:18 JosephMendiola [1760]
Austrian court rejects US extradition request for Ukrainian oligarch	1 09:50 Daffy Grumble3124 [1744]
Clinton charity never provided foreign donor data	0 [1728]
Clinton Foundation in campaign tailspin	8 21:45 Blossom Unains5562 [1758]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
4	Govt of Syria
4	Arab Spring
3	Commies
2	Govt of Iran
1	Moro National Liberation Front
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2015-05-01
Largest Iraqi Refinery Under Seige

Thu 2015-04-30
Iraqi forces make hard gains in rough Ramadi

Wed 2015-04-29
Houthis, tribesmen battle in central Yemen, at least 15 dead

Tue 2015-04-28
Saudi Arabia Arrests 93 Jihadists, Says Attacks Foiled

Mon 2015-04-27
Isis Leader Baghdadi Is Reportedly 'Unable To Move' After A Spinal Injury

Sun 2015-04-26
Mpls. Man Charged with Making Threats in Islamic State Group Case

Sat 2015-04-25
Italy arrests suspected bin Laden bodyguards, Peshawar bombers

Fri 2015-04-24
Italian police arrest 18 in AQ plot to attack Vatican

Thu 2015-04-23
Adam Gadahn finally actually dead

Wed 2015-04-22
IS “crucifies” family in Derna

Tue 2015-04-21
Iraqi security official: heavy fight continues in Ramadi

Mon 2015-04-20
Clashes, Saudi-led Air Strikes Kill 85 in Yemen

Sun 2015-04-19
IS claims Responsibility for Deadly Afghan Bombing

Sat 2015-04-18
ANZAC Day terror plot foiled in Melbourne

Fri 2015-04-17
Top Saddam aide Izzat al-Douri killed

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