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Damascus bombings kill 40, wound 170: state TV
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Mali Islamists attack UNESCO holy site in Timbuktu	3 16:56 Steve White [11133]
Briton to go on trial in Kenyan bomb plot	1 12:35 Gruth McGurque5303 [11128]
Damascus bombings kill 40, wound 170: state TV	2 15:09 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Roadside Bomb Hits Syrian Military Truck; 10 Wounded	0 [11128]
Egypt Officer Found Shot Dead In North Sinai, Among Other Adventures	1 01:05 JosephMendiola [11128]
Sudan Says Regained Control Of Rebel-Held Darfur Town	0 [11130]
Good morning	1 04:30 GolfBravoUSMC [11146]
US: Bomb threat halts 2 Southwest Airlines flights	1 00:43 JosephMendiola [11127]
Herat: IED Blast Kills 5 Afghan Police	0 [11125]
Iraq Demo Over 'anti-Islam' Magazine Turns Violent	1 02:56 newc [11133]
Sri Lanka rescues drifting Somali men	0 [11124]
MQM man among three shot dead	0 [11126]
Lebanese Woman Killed in Cross-Border Fire	0 [11125]
Ban Says Syria Bomb Attacks Cast Doubt on U.N. Mission	0 [11130]
Qaida Militants Kill 2 Yemeni Troops in Southern Town	0 [11130]
Death, Destruction after Darfur Rebel Attack	0 [11126]
Islamist Militants Killed, Hurt in Nigeria Attack on Troops	0 [11125]
2 civilians killed in northeastern Nigeria attack	0 [11126]
Bullet-riddled bodies of militants found in Bara	0 [11127]
Several Dead, Hurt across Syria as Blast Hits U.N. Observer Convoy in Daraa	0 [11127]
Paktika: Militant Ambush Kills 5 Local Education Officials	0 [11130]
Sudan war planes bomb South, violating UN resolution: army	0 [11129]
Al Shabaab Arrests 100 local Elders in south-Central Somalia	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Karzai 'respects' Hollande's Afghan strategy	0 [11124]
7/7 bomber widow Samantha Lewthwaite 'financed Kenya tourist terror plot'	3 20:37 Frank G [11127]
British secret agent was al Qaeda mole who cracked new 'underpants' bomb plot	1 16:28 Gruth McGurque5303 [11128]
Observers in Timbuktu describe life under radical Islamic rule	2 14:59 Besoeker [11129]
Congress Takes Important Step to Stop Afghan Taxation of U.S. Aid Dollars	3 14:33 Besoeker [11126]
The Salman Rushdie of music? Iran calls for killing of apostate rap artist	0 [11126]
Zahhar Says Hamas Not Counting On West	0 [11128]
Clearing The Decks For Action: Israel To Trade 65 Egyptians For Israeli Beduin	0 [11128]
Palestinians isolated and short of funds	1 09:28 Spot [11122]
Syria buys grain via Lebanon to beat sanctions	0 [11125]
Abu Qatada loses extradition appeal in European court	2 18:18 Gabby Cussworth [11130]
Taliban Who Want Peace Face Threats: Faizi	3 13:09 AlanC [11125]
Navy 'forced to drop year-round Somalia piracy patrols'	5 20:52 Frank G [11128]
Arab League Urges Urgent Aid To Alleviate Yemen Humanitarian Situation	1 18:06 trailing wife [11133]
Catholics, Jews Unite At Colosseum Vs. Attacks	2 07:30 Besoeker [11126]
Turkish PM Wants Show Trials Wrapped Up	0 [11131]
Shas Official: Expanded Enlistment Of Haredim Possible	0 [11128]
Defense Minister Promises to eradicate Al Shabaab from Somalia	0 [11124]
Asghar Khan petition: Baig lays blame on former ISI chief	2 16:58 Mizzou Mafia [11132]
Pakistan, UK partners in fight against terrorism: Gilani	1 07:10 Gruth McGurque5303 [11123]
Somali cleric council: The draft constitution is against Islam	1 18:11 Gabby Cussworth [11129]
Bin Laden docs hint at large al Qaeda presence in Pakistan	3 18:23 Gabby Cussworth [11126]
Hollywood Group Takes On Music Industry Anti-Israel Boycotters	2 23:57 canalzone [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
S. Korea Buddhist leaders resign over gambling scandal	0 [11126]
Muslim attacked sister-in-law for bringing wife to the beach	3 12:29 Zhang Fei [11128]
DR Congo army in gunfight with mutineers: captain	2 09:36 Besoeker [11127]
Sarkozy holds 'emotional' last French cabinet meet	0 [11126]
US police arrest five 99-percenters at BoA rally	0 [11126]
Leftist leader fails to form Greek government	1 21:48 Pappy [11135]
Angry Indonesian Islamists: 'We will stop Gaga'	3 14:59 AlanC [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
In case you really have to flee the authorities	1 17:34 Procopius2k [11130]
To Ban Or Not To Ban?	2 23:32 Bright Pebbles [11138]
Hansens Game Over for the Climate op-ed	4 21:29 Bright Pebbles [11128]
Walter Russell Mead seeks to out-rant Rantburg	1 23:12 trailing wife [11126]
Hiroshima Tactics for Total War on Islam	1 13:51 AlanC [11127]
Undermining Affirmative Apartheid	3 13:44 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11128]
What Austerity?	8 13:03 newc [11125]
Hillary Clinton's claim	2 08:34 AlanC [11129]
Page 6: Politix
US C'tee Moves To Control Egypt, PA Money	2 08:51 AlanC [11127]

	
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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2012-05-10
Damascus bombings kill 40, wound 170: state TV

Wed 2012-05-09
Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria

Tue 2012-05-08
Al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot was targeted by US drone

Mon 2012-05-07
Nine soldiers killed, military convoy attacked in N Wazoo

Sun 2012-05-06
Man wanted in USS Cole bombing killed in Yemen: tribal chief

Sat 2012-05-05
Pro-Regime Gunmen Kill 12 'Qaida' Militants in Yemen

Fri 2012-05-04
Bajaur teenyboomer kills 24

Thu 2012-05-03
Afghanistan: Pakistani driving truck bomb arrested

Wed 2012-05-02
Suicide bomb blast hits hotel in Somalia, two MPs believed dead

Tue 2012-05-01
'Egyptians thwart Iranian plot to kill Saudi envoy'

Mon 2012-04-30
US drone 'kills three militants' in Miramshah

Sun 2012-04-29
Syria Troops Kill 10 Rebels in Damascus Region

Sat 2012-04-28
21 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Clashes

Fri 2012-04-27
Separate bomb blasts rock Nigeria's newspapers, at least six killed

Thu 2012-04-26
Libya bans religious, tribal or ethnic parties

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