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Saudi FM: Red Sea islands have returned to the kingdom
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Migrant Madness	6 23:21 Beau [1761]
Good morning	3 11:21 Frank G [1730]
33 killed in Afghan Air and Ground offensives against militants	0 [1734]
Turkey aiding al-Nusra ahead of major Aleppo strike: Russia	0 [1732]
Pirates abduct six Turkish cargo ship crew off Nigeria	0 [1734]
Bombing attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 12, injures dozens	0 [1736]
Militants killed in failed attack on Russian police station	0 [1730]
Four Libya oilfields close, workers strike in a fifth	0 [1736]
ISIS retakes Syrian town, militants threaten truce	0 [1750]
Turkey retaliates after rockets from Syria hit border town	0 [1734]
20 killed in Yemen as clashes erupt ahead of truce	0 [1735]
ANP leader killed in Swat	0 [1738]
IS boat reported sunk off Ganfouda while terrorists rocket Benina	0 [1736]
Assad Launches Aleppo Battle under Russian Air Cover and Iranian Support	2 10:49 Skidmark [1738]
Ansarullah Stresses Commitment to Yemen Ceasefire	0 [1734]
24 ISIS Bad Guys have a Very Bad Day	0 [1734]
ISIS gaining in Aleppo	0 [1732]
ISIS Bad Guys destroy antiquities in Mosul	1 07:41 Bobby [1736]
3 Iranian Top Turbans die in Aleppo	0 [1738]
Syria rebels report gains in Latakia	0 [1730]
Kirkuk Kombat Chronicle: 135 die	0 [1730]
Anbar Antics	0 [1732]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin	0 [1730]
Page 2: WoT Background
Journalist Who Joined IS Executed In Somalia For The Killings Of Five Somali Journalists	2 15:11 Frank G [1736]
Israel has hit 'dozens’ of Hezbollah arms transfers, Netanyahu says	1 09:00 Frank G [1743]
From Israeli jail, ‘nonviolent’ bid to ‘free Palestine’ takes shape	4 18:38 Frank G [1755]
EU extends sanctions against Iran over human rights	0 [1737]
Seeking to avert attack, Europe finds terror ‘supercell’ in its midst	3 13:49 Bright Pebbles [1747]
Saudi travel warning ahead of Obama visit	5 14:56 Skidmark [1734]
Austria probes link between Paris, Mumbai attacks	0 [1733]
UN raps violence against refugees at Macedonia-Greece border	1 10:53 Skidmark [1729]
Iran hopes OIC summit will bring unity to Muslim world	1 11:34 Pappy [1736]
Saudi FM: Red Sea islands have returned to the kingdom	2 15:13 Frank G [1753]
Libya coastguard rescues 115 migrants	0 [1733]
Israel clears colonel over Palestinian shooting death	0 [1739]
UN says food situation in Iraq's Falluja extremely worrying	1 18:25 Shipman [1766]
Jordan, Saudi reject ‘Iranian interference’	0 [1737]
UAE video 'How a Terrorist Thinks' creates hot debate from West	1 07:50 AlanC [1728]
Fata Grand Alliance opposes reforms	0 [1733]
Leaflets calling for death of Ahmadis found in London mosque	0 [1737]
Page 3: Non-WoT
North Korea says Seoul kidnapped defectors	0 [1731]
NYPD Cop: Blame de Blasio For Your Ticket	1 13:50 Procopius2k [1739]
Millennials Like Socialism ‐ Until They Get Jobs	5 15:00 gorb [1735]
Russia's Communist Party wants red star copyrighted	8 16:15 Procopius2k [1767]
New metal foam armor turns speeding bullets to dust	2 12:03 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1735]
Germany mulling Turkey’s prosecution request for satirist	4 15:17 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1744]
Brazil committee recommends Dilma Rousseff's impeachment	2 18:39 Frank G [1743]
‘Axact fraud empire bigger than initially imagined’	4 20:36 Whiskey Mike [1761]
Federal judge threatens human trafficker with life in prison if he does not return Guatemala properties	2 11:54 Procopius2k [1730]
Complete List of people named in the Panama Papers	3 12:52 Bobby [1736]
The North Pole is moving, blame global warming	18 18:33 swksvolFF [1751]
Border Patrol Ordered To Release Illegals 'Still Soaking Wet' From Rio Grande, Union Says	1 15:13 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
Stockman: Jabbering On The Edge Of A Live Volcano	5 13:28 Bright Pebbles [1736]
Investigating ~~corruption~~ scams	0 [1735]
Imran’s double role	0 [1742]
Page 6: Politix
Champ regime apologizes for winning WWII	6 16:45 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1756]
Joe Scarborough: Clinton Email Investigation 'Is Being Rigged'	4 15:09 DepotGuy [1739]
Border Patrol Agents Demand GOP Provide 'Free, Fair and Open Elections in America'	5 14:09 Iblis [1729]
Ted Cruz: Drudge Report Is 'the Attack Site for the Donald Trump Campaign'	18 20:43 Procopius2k [1766]
White House: The Term 'Classified' Is 'Complicated' And 'Debated'	10 17:26 SteveS [1758]
Obama calls Libya his 'worst mistake'	8 17:48 rjschwarz [1758]

    
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                        20:43 Procopius2k

                        20:36 Whiskey Mike

                        19:09 Guillibaldo Jerert6099

                        19:06 Thumper Slerong2201

                        18:45 Shipman

                        18:39 Frank G

                        18:38 Frank G

                        18:36 M. Murcek

                        18:33 swksvolFF

                        18:29 Shipman

                        18:25 Shipman

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                        17:48 rjschwarz

                        17:26 SteveS

                        17:22 DarthVader

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                        16:48 Iblis

                        16:45 Ebbang Uluque6305

                        16:16 AlanC

                        16:15 Procopius2k

                        16:14 Procopius2k

                        16:14 ptah

                        16:11 AlanC

Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Shabaab
1	Commies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic Emirate of Caucasus
1	Pirates

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2016-04-12
Saudi FM: Red Sea islands have returned to the kingdom

Mon 2016-04-11
Ahrar al-Sham commander slain in Aleppo clashes

Sun 2016-04-10
Four Brussels suspects charged with terror offenses

Sat 2016-04-09
Lebanon sentences ex-minister Samaha to 13 years in prison

Fri 2016-04-08
Danish Police Arrest Four Alleged ISIL Fighters, Seize Weapons

Thu 2016-04-07
Secular Bangladeshi writer murdered in the street

Wed 2016-04-06
Tripoli authorities cede power to Libyan unity government

Tue 2016-04-05
al-Nusra Top Dawg dies in Idlib airstrike

Mon 2016-04-04
Strikes kill Qaeda spokesman, militants in Syria

Sun 2016-04-03
Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up', says brother

Sat 2016-04-02
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Releases New Video Denying Surrender

Fri 2016-04-01
Kurd Arab alliance drives ISIS troops from oil rich area near Raqqa

Thu 2016-03-31
Gitmo aumnus Mullah Zakir ends rifts with Mullah Akhtar Mansoor

Wed 2016-03-30
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Tue 2016-03-29
Belgium charges three more people with 'terrorist activities'

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