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24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Mid-Morning	12 21:48 trailing wife [11131]
Boko Haram attacks Chinese plant in Cameroon	11 21:04 Lone Ranger [11131]
Pakistani national killed by Iranian border guards	0 [11123]
Blasphemy accused Ahmadi man gunned down in Punjab	0 [11123]
24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists	3 11:26 Charles [11131]
Two Israeli Journalists Attacked By Palestinian Mob	6 20:06 Frank G [11125]
Yemen Says It Has Foiled Al-Qaeda Attacks In Sanaa	0 [11128]
Syria Rebel Rocket Fire Kills 13 in Aleppo	0 [11124]
ISF Members Injured in Arsal Grenade Attack, Fugitive Escapes	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Nuclear talks in jeopardy: Khamenei orders Rev Guards to mass-produce missiles - regardless	1 15:05 AlanC [11122]
Provinces sent fake polio reports, Senate told	5 22:48 Pappy [11128]
PTI protestors baton-charged in Islamabad	0 [11123]
BJP declares 'new era' for India as Congress concedes defeat	0 [11124]
Pakistan hopes for 'result-oriented' resumption of TTP talks	0 [11123]
Boko Haram threatened US Ambassador in Feb 2012	4 20:05 Redneck Jim [11127]
U.N. Security Council to Vote on Taking Syria before ICC	0 [11127]
Hezbollah warns patriarch of 'negative repercussions' to Jerusalem trip	0 [11125]
Thousands attend funerals of 2 Palestinians killed by IDF during Nakba Day clashes	0 [11123]
Iraq plans to sign $1B arms deal with U.S. to combat terrorism	0 [11124]
Morocco Salafists Demand Release of 'Innocent' Brothers	0 [11124]
Algeria Closes Libya Embassy over 'Real and Imminent Threat'	0 [11123]
Five Foreign Aid Workers Freed in Syria	0 [11126]
Canada Court Upholds Extradition of Lebanese Bomb Suspect	0 [11124]
Official: Iran Recruiting Afghans to Reduce Hizbullah Casualties in Syria	0 [11126]
Housing minister sees 50% more settlers in West Bank by 2019	0 [11124]
UN: Iran Advancing Ballistic Missile Work	0 [11124]
Hagel Makes Promises About Iran	4 19:58 Airandee [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Discussion of the most recent exploding Proton.	0 [11127]
Today is Armed Forces Day	0 [11124]
O'care Subsidies Latest Failure	2 10:36 Shipman [11125]
Russia and Nicaragua to cooperate on construction of interoceanic canal	0 [11126]
Iran Protesters Demand Enforcement of Hijab Rules	1 11:46 Frank G [11126]
This Week in Guns, May 17th, 2014	4 21:17 swksvolFF [11130]
Silently among us: Scientists worry about milder cases of MERS	1 19:58 ed in texas [11130]
Netanyahu, Indian PM-Elect Agree To Deepen Cooperation Between Countries	0 [11125]
Unemployment in Gaza at five-year high of 41%	6 12:41 Alaska Paul [11125]
VA Calls Top Official's Planned Retirement A 'Resignation' Amid Scandals	2 15:11 Besoeker [11128]
VA won't commit to firing employees who cooked the books.	12 11:32 Besoeker [11127]
Erdogan's car attacked by anti govt Turks	0 [11126]
US Department of Agriculture requesting body armor.	5 22:13 Uncle Phester [11128]
Gulf Prisoners of Conscience Should Be Freed, Says Rights Group	2 11:20 Frank G [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Declare space independence from Russia	13 21:53 3dc [11133]
Bagram's prisoners	0 [11127]
The False Link Between Terror And Poverty	7 20:13 Redneck Jim [11126]
The Odd Couple: Japan & Taiwan's Unlikely Friendship	0 [11124]
BDS: With friends like Norway	0 [11125]
ADL World Survey: Hating the Jew You've Never Met	8 18:31 3dc [11125]
Ronald Reagan's Benghazi - The New Yorker	14 19:11 Bill Clinton [11126]
PJ Media: Is the Hildebeast the world's biggest blunderer ?	5 23:24 Frank G [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Biden Pulled in Less than $201 in Book Royalties	11 19:21 swksvolFF [11129]

    
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                        21:17 swksvolFF

                        21:04 Lone Ranger

                        21:03 Lone Ranger

                        20:48 Rambler in Virginia

                        20:32 swksvolFF

                        20:13 Redneck Jim

                        20:11 European Conservative

                        20:10 Redneck Jim

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                        19:58 ed in texas

                        19:58 Airandee

                        19:55 Redneck Jim

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                        19:11 Bill Clinton

                        18:46 Besoeker

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3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Iran
2	Arab Spring
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2014-05-17
24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists

Fri 2014-05-16
Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border

Thu 2014-05-15
Syria Rebels Detonate Tunnel Bomb under Idlib Army Base

Wed 2014-05-14
13 People Burned Alive in C. Africa at the Weekend

Tue 2014-05-13
Belmokhtar aide killed in Mali

Mon 2014-05-12
Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

Sun 2014-05-11
Almost 90 %t vote for self-rule for east Ukraine region

Sat 2014-05-10
11 Killed as Iraq Forces Launch Assault near Fallujah

Fri 2014-05-09
Syrian Rebels Claim Massive Aleppo Hotel Bombing

Thu 2014-05-08
Hundreds Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Border Town

Wed 2014-05-07
Bomb In Syria's Idlib Kills 30 Government Fighters

Tue 2014-05-06
New bus kabooms in Nairobi

Mon 2014-05-05
Rebel infighting in eastern Syria kills 62

Sun 2014-05-04
Borno: 29 Killed In Another Boko Haram Attacks

Sat 2014-05-03
India: 23 killed in sectarian attacks

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