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Qadaffy forces tossed from Misrata. Again.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Rebels capture Misrata airport	0 [11126]
Eight suspects held in fatal Thai police bombing	0 [11132]
Retired Brit tourists fought off Somali pirates with deckchairs	11 00:00 trailing wife [11137]
Four Youths Interred Mothers Day	0 [11128]
More Mexican Mayhem	0 [11127]
Good morning	3 00:00 mojo [11130]
Repentant terrorist killed in Boumerdes	0 [11128]
Bodies found in Philippine massacre province	0 [11130]
Five arrested over links to al Shabaab	0 [11126]
Somalia stops 40 MPs from leaving country	2 00:00 SteveS [11132]
400 Taliban Militants Attack Nuristan	3 00:00 Glenmore [11128]
France: dragnet in jihadist circles	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Al-Qaeda member sent to jail in Germany	0 [11126]
Police find bomb-making lab in militants' Nalchik apartment	0 [11129]
Taliban attack US base in Herat	0 [11129]
Assad's brother tops Syria sanctions list	0 [11127]
Explosion outside court in Nowshera kills two	0 [11130]
Suicide bomber kills policeman in Russia's Dagestan	0 [11129]
Egypt former tourism minister jailed	0 [11129]
More than 80 killed in south Sudan violence - army	0 [11129]
Jets pound Libyan capital	7 00:00 Dale [11138]
Egypt detains 'mastermind' behind sectarian killings	0 [11127]
Huji leader Farid on 5-day remand	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Airstrike leaves 15 dead in Yemen	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11131]
13 killed in lake gunbattle in northern Mexico	0 [11130]
Qadaffy forces tossed from Misrata. Again.	3 00:00 Keystone [11134]
Dronezap whacks four in Pakistain	0 [11129]
Syrian activists call more protests as thousands held	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Massive Demo in Saada Warns of Manipulating Uprising	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
You Can't Spell "Assange" Without "Ass"	0 [11127]
Evidence at bin Ladens home raises nuclear concerns	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Chart: "Leading Personalities in Al-Qaida 'Central' Branch"	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Lee Dangles Invite to Nuclear Summit Before Kimmie	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Quartet backs Abbas, Fayyad-led government	0 [11128]
Reform or disband Rab: HRW	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [11132]
Al-Zayyani: GCC Initiative is Suitable to Tackle the Crises in Yemen	0 [11126]
N.Korea denies cyber-attack on S. Korea bank	0 [11128]
Turkish politicians resign over sex tapes	2 00:00 Fred [11131]
No formal US request to access bin Laden family	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Sovereignty at stake, says Nawaz	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Grenade attackers fled by Al Markajul ambulance	0 [11128]
Legal trouble for US over drones	6 00:00 trailing wife [11134]
New Afghan Movement Urges Parliament to Pressure Government	0 [11131]
Differences threaten Adezai lashkar	0 [11128]
Bin Laden sparks big scuffle in Kuwait	3 00:00 Zhang Fei [11128]
Osama was on herbal Viagra	7 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
LED prototype reaches 230 lumens/watt	0 [11127]
Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus	3 00:00 USN,Ret. [11133]
Dupe entry: Lifeguarding in the OC is Like Totally Lucrative	0 [11130]
Marine Killed In Very Fouled Up SWAT Raid In Southern AZ	5 00:00 badanov [11129]
Georgian Party Steps Up U.S. Criticism	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11133]
"Switchblade" - A mini Surveillance/Kamikaze Drone - Cool Demo Video	1 00:00 Dopey Whuth7186 [11128]
CA Lifeguards earn more than Baywatch Actors - No problem - Raise Taxes	1 00:00 Glenmore [11130]
Westboro 'Church' Demo Swarmed by Counter-Protestors	0 [11126]
President (Obama that is) to Renew Muslim Outreach	4 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
Ireland: Government Raids PRIVATE Pensions	13 00:00 NoMoreBS [11128]
Chalaques visit	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11131]
Iran Exploits Bin Laden Demise	1 00:00 Glomomp Gurly-Brown2770 [11127]
Cuba releases plan for economic reforms	2 00:00 Spot [11131]
Tunisia sets up electoral body ahead of vote	0 [11129]
Microsoft buying Skype	12 00:00 phil_b [11128]
Gingrich set to join White House race	9 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11129]
Arnold separates from Maria	11 00:00 rjschwarz [11138]
Taiwanese computer animation: Bye-bye Osama	3 00:00 tu3031 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
James Hansen Again Vies For Lord Of The Flies Role	6 00:00 Tarzan Angeng5589 [11134]
US saw Israeli firm's rise in Latin America as a threat, cables show	0 [11127]
New 'Great Game' Limits America's Options in Pakistan	11 00:00 phil_b [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Evo Morales Turns Bolivia Into Dictatorial, Leftist, Pagan Theocracy With International Support	1 00:00 Pollyandrew [11134]
Ex-general to run for Senate in Texas - You guess the party.	4 00:00 trailing wife [11134]
Campaigning for Immigration Reform	9 00:00 JohnQC [11129]
Senate Goes After Big Oil	13 00:00 trailing wife [11137]
New Yorkers soon to get emergency cell phone alerts	16 00:00 Glenmore [11133]
'Social justice' in contracts costs S.F. millions	7 00:00 SteveS [11132]

	
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1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
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1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in Europe

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2011-05-11
Qadaffy forces tossed from Misrata. Again.

Tue 2011-05-10
U.N. Team Blocked from Syria's Daraa as Regime Arrests 'Thousands' in Banias

Mon 2011-05-09
Syrian troops, tanks enter Homs, Tafas

Sun 2011-05-08
Gunfire disrupts pro-Osama rally

Sat 2011-05-07
Drones kill 17 in North Waziristan

Fri 2011-05-06
Fidel, Meshaal criticise way Osama was killed

Thu 2011-05-05
Pakistan warns US not to stage more raids

Wed 2011-05-04
No release of Bin Laden death pic

Tue 2011-05-03
US: Pak Compound was Built Specifically for Bin Laden

Mon 2011-05-02
Osama bin Laden sleeps widda fishes

Sun 2011-05-01
Osama bin Laden dead

Sat 2011-04-30
Saif al-Arab Gadhafi Reported Titzup

Fri 2011-04-29
Blast kills 14 in Marrakesh; suicide bomber suspected

Thu 2011-04-28
Some Syrian military units appear to be fighting each other.

Wed 2011-04-27
Yemen's Ruling Party and Opposition To Sign Deal in Riyadh soon

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