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Afghan forces capture northern shadow governor
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkey bombs Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq	0 [11133]
3 villagers, 2 terrorists gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [11127]
Afghan forces capture northern shadow governor	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11130]
Coalition Forces Engage in a Firefight In Afghanistan	0 [11126]
Germany shifts Afghan strategy	0 [11127]
Good morning	2 00:00 lswlehzjqs [11132]
Some US troops in Afghanistan ordered to patrol with no rounds chambered	26 00:00 GirlThursday [11130]
Army major arrested for links to NY bomb plot	4 00:00 Thor Speregum1049 [11128]
Key TTP commander captured	0 [11124]
21 dead in Karachi target killings	0 [11123]
Four soldiers, 60 Taliban killed in Orakzai clash	0 [11126]
16 killed, wounded in 2 simultaneous explosions in Babel	0 [11128]
U.S. base in Salah el-Din mortared	4 00:00 lotp [11130]
SWAT kill 5 al-Qaeda elements in Diala	0 [11123]
Half of La Union Police Force Quits Over Police Ambush	0 [11127]
Mexican Cartel Bad Guys Getting into the Pirate Business	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
More Mexican Mayhem	7 00:00 Pappy [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Feds cite link between Mass. detainee and NYC terror suspect	0 [11129]
A look at NKorean attacks on rival South	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Afghan militants holds talks in Maldives	0 [11131]
Facebook Considers Censoring Content in Pakistan	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11128]
The deadly neighbours	0 [11126]
15 of 30 Terror Plots on The One's Watch	2 00:00 Paul D [11125]
State of emergency in S. Kyrgyzstan after ethnic clash	0 [11125]
Karzai half-brother accused over theft of Defense Ministry land	0 [11123]
US hikers held in Iran are spies: minister	7 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Mitchell meets with Abbas for usual blather-fest	4 00:00 Old Patriot [11124]
FARC training ETA members in Venezuela	0 [11127]
N. Korea Announces Surprise Parliamentary Session	0 [11127]
Irrefutable Evidence Implicates N. Korea, Says Lee	7 00:00 chris [11125]
China Falls Silent on Eve of Cheonan Probe Announcement	0 [11124]
China Signals Displeasure with Cheonan Reaction	0 [11125]
More coming across the border with Mexico than Mexicans	0 [11122]
Page 3: Non-WoT
S&P Heatmap	0 [11128]
Civil War Soldier Recommended for Medal of Honor 147 years after Gettysburg	0 [11124]
Shafiq Mohamed Arrested for Trying to Save His Soul	3 00:00 Mitch H. [11132]
Probably good for SEIU thugs that DC doesn't have the Castle Law	10 00:00 Rob Crawford [11127]
US Army now permits soldiers to spraypaint weapons. No more black!	0 [11125]
Corporate jargon alert!	0 [11124]
Dems putting off passing 2011 budget until after elections; too busy passing beer resolutions	9 00:00 gorb [11132]
Senate fails to end debate on bank regulation bill	0 [11125]
Markets crash as German short-selling ban bites	7 00:00 phil_b [11130]
Three killed in Balochistan over honour	0 [11126]
Bangkok in flames as protesters refuse to back down	0 [11123]
BNP calls general strike for June 27	0 [11123]
Britain warns against all travel to Bangkok	0 [11125]
Asian funds are shorting the euro	3 00:00 lex [11127]
China converts 737s into surveillance aircraft before US effort to do so.	4 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [11125]
Bahrain bans Al-Jazeera	0 [11127]
Miss Jane Begs for Money	10 00:00 ed [11127]
Euro in danger; Germans trigger panic over future of single currency	9 00:00 Pappy [11126]
Curfew in Bangkok after surrender of red-shirt leaders	1 00:00 Procopius2k [11125]
Freedom Returning To England	14 00:00 OldSpook [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Making the Afghan Special Forces	0 [11126]
USN Buildup Near Iran, via Debka	4 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
I'm bored with death threats	0 [11122]
Thatcherite road is all Europe has left	1 00:00 Jefferson [11124]
Page 6: Politix
WH disappointed by oil spill: not enough dead birds	14 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]

    
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                        23:55 JosephMendiola

                        23:53 JosephMendiola

                        23:30 Mitch H.

                        23:14 GirlThursday

                        23:10 phil_b

                        22:55 CrazyFool

                        22:42 OldSpook

                        22:41 Besoeker

                        22:38 GirlThursday

                        22:37 Rhodesiafever

                        22:35 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:31 OldSpook

                        22:28 trailing wife

                        22:21 Rob Crawford

                        22:18 gorb

                        22:00 Rhodesiafever

                        21:35 Thor Speregum1049

                        21:07 Cornsilk Blondie

                        21:07 Pappy

                        20:59 Pappy

                        20:46 Barbara Skolaut

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2010-05-20
Afghan forces capture northern shadow governor

Wed 2010-05-19
Yemen court sentences six Somali pirates to death

Tue 2010-05-18
Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot

Mon 2010-05-17
Somali fighting kills 24, chaos in parliament

Sun 2010-05-16
Qaeda in Iraq 'names replacements for slain leaders'

Sat 2010-05-15
Woman in a veil knifed British MP in the gut

Fri 2010-05-14
Iraqi and Iranian soldiers trade fire on border

Thu 2010-05-13
5 killed in Jakarta anti-terror raids

Wed 2010-05-12
French parliament unanimously bans burka

Tue 2010-05-11
Russers: Captured Somali pirates ''dead''

Mon 2010-05-10
At least 99 killed in attacks across Iraq

Sun 2010-05-09
'Pakistan Taliban' behind Times Square bomb plot

Sat 2010-05-08
Uighur big turban reported titzup in Pak

Fri 2010-05-07
Mullah Atiqullah captured in Afghanistan

Thu 2010-05-06
Death sentence for Kasab

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