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Sri Lanka explosions, 24 arrested, 290+ dead, 8 kabooms
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
At least 11 Malian soldiers killed in suspected jihadist attack	0 [1758]
Day 2: Sri Lanka explosions, what we know so far: 24 arrested, 290+ dead, 8 kabooms +1 defused	13 20:55 SteveS [1789]
IDF arrests Five Palestinians In West Bank	0 [1738]
Man Storms German Church, Injures 24 People In Mass Panic	2 15:21 Skidmark [1743]
56 Immigrants From Pakistan And Syria Were Arrested In Macedonia	0 [1742]
IDF arrests two Palestinians with knives who crossed Gaza border	0 [1739]
3 Taliban commanders and their 10 fighters killed in Nuristan province	0 [1745]
10 militants killed, wounded in Afghan Air Force airstrike in Ghazni province	0 [1735]
Intelligence forces arrest Taliban’s shadow district chief for Musa Qala of Helmand	2 13:21 Dron66046 [1745]
28 militants including 4 Pakistanis, 3 suicide bombers killed in Zabul airstrikes	0 [1741]
Iraq sentences to death 4 ISIS fighters handed over by SDF	2 18:01 Dron66046 [1744]
Turkey’s CHP leader attacked at Ankara funeral	1 09:10 Omorong Black8889 [1737]
Haftar forces press offensive on Libyan capital	0 [1754]
ISIS claims deadly attack on Afghan ministry	0 [1748]
Libya's Interior Ministry arrests person threatening to attack ISIS-harboring Mitiga prison	0 [1740]
Four killed in failed attack on Saudi state security building	0 [1735]
Mercenaries fighting for Riyadh regime killed in Yemeni missile strike	0 [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Fatah Official: Arab States Pressuring Us To Accept ‘Deal Of The Century’	3 17:26 AlanC [1752]
Iran - American Chinese trade negotiations. HeHe!	2 09:46 Skidmark [1733]
Mexico breaks violence record in first quarter of 2019	7 17:38 Dron66046 [1748]
New Istanbul mayor rallies supporters for 'new beginning'	2 18:25 Victor Emmanuel Dingle1729 [1749]
Sudan protest leaders suspend talks with army rulers	0 [1744]
Thousands protest in support of Moroccan activists	0 [1736]
Arab League pledges $100 mln per month to Palestinian Authority	4 14:17 Dron66046 [1734]
Bahraini king reinstates nationality of 551 citizens sentenced on terror cases	0 [1740]
Fazl asks PM to step down, demands fresh elections	0 [1731]
Thousands demonstrate against Hafter Tripoli attack amidst international split on Libya	0 [1726]
Libya's PC denies negotiations with Haftar's forces	0 [1729]
Pope expresses ''solidarity'' with victims of Sri Lanka booms	4 17:13 Cheaderhead [1731]
Jeremy Corbyn blasted after video of him mocking captured SAS troopers	2 17:16 Cheaderhead [1739]
IS Supporters Portray Easter Bombings In Sri Lanka As Revenge	0 [1730]
May and Corbyn highlight persecution of Christians and refugee crisis in Easter messages	2 17:56 Dron66046 [1754]
Hamas issued a statement ‘condemning’ the Sri Lanka attacks	2 17:21 Cheaderhead [1746]
Israel bans entry of Gazan Christians to West Bank for Easter	4 15:33 Skidmark [1736]
Ayatollah Khamenei appoints new IRGC chief commander	0 [1731]
Sudan junta ruler ‘committed to handing power to civilians’	0 [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
US Contractor steps up to the plate with Oposing Force (OPFOR) MIG 29	4 17:17 P2kontheroad [1738]
Lyra McKee: Police release without charge 2 men held over journalist's murder	2 11:55 trailing wife [1741]
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky WINS election by a landslide despite his only experience being playing the President on TV	3 10:10 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1739]
Snow on Mt Hermon for Passover	2 21:21 DarthVader [1759]
Madagascar president announces constitutional referendum	0 [1746]
Serial killer Italian nurse jailed for life	2 09:03 Omorong Black8889 [1743]
Sudan central bank strengthens currency to 45 Sudanese pounds to dollar	0 [1738]
Bangladesh puts anti-sexual harassment units in schools after girl's murder	1 13:57 Dron66046 [1741]
Zulia is again without light	0 [1728]
Senior North Korean negotiator calls U.S. national security adviser John Bolton 'dim-sighted'	1 02:02 Besoeker [1738]
Activity indicating the movement of radioactive material at North Korea's main nuclear facility	0 [1739]
US promises to defend Japan from cyberattacks under security pact	4 11:37 Skidmark [1731]
Incident on SpaceX pad could delay its first manned flight	3 11:52 M. Murcek [1734]
US main stream media taken over by CIA, Mossad: Analyst	3 17:53 Kofi Trotsky4715 [1755]
Page 4: Opinion
Press Concerned After Trump Enters Room Accompanied By Imperial March	9 23:14 JohnQC [1755]
Maureen Dowd: How the egomaniac in the Oval was ‘exonerated'	17 20:24 Frank G [1745]
Abandon ship! Beto's top aides are LEAVING his bumbling campaign already!	6 12:31 3dc [1728]
No, Men Don't Need Cuddle Parties To ‘Fix' Their Masculinity	11 15:45 Skidmark [1727]
Kate Smith And God Bless America: Political Correctness Is Out Of Control	4 22:03 rjschwarz [1759]
Bob Woodward: Steele dossier appeared in draft of US intel assessment on Russian meddling	3 11:29 JohnQC [1738]
An inhumane justice system	0 [1729]
Page 6: Politix
Democrats to meet in the next few weeks to discuss impeachment of Trump, key lawmaker says	15 23:10 JohnQC [1762]
Maxine Waters: Forget investigations, impeach Trump now	10 18:37 Sock Puppet of Doom [1761]

    
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                        18:25 Victor Emmanuel Dingle1729

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                        17:32 Cheaderhead

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5	Islamic State
4	Taliban
4	Arab Spring
3	Hamas
3	Commies
3	Govt of Sudan
2	Govt of Iran
1	Houthis
1	Fatah
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Govt of Pakistan

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