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Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Five wounded in series of attacks in southern Thailand	0 [11124]
Good morning	16 21:24 SteveS [11131]
Four bodies found in Mohmand	0 [11127]
Police officer shot dead	2 19:18 trailing wife [11132]
3 Arrested in Beirut Suburbs as Troops Continue Implementing Security Plan	0 [11127]
Abducted Iraqi Freed after Army Raids in Brital	0 [11125]
Chinese tourist kidnapped in Dera Ismail Khan	0 [11125]
Imambargah trustee among six gunned down in Karachi	0 [11128]
Fatah Official Survives Assassination Attempt in Ain el-Hilweh	0 [11123]
Hermel, Dahieh, Tripoli Blasts, Shatah Murder Referred to Judicial Council	0 [11126]
UAE 'Qaida Cell' on Trial over Syria Jihadists Support	0 [11125]
Gunmen Kill Two Yemen Soldiers	0 [11123]
Gunmen Shoot Dead 2 Egypt Policemen	0 [11125]
Egypt Court Acquits 169 Morsi Backers of Protest Violence	0 [11127]
Unknown gunmen kill 2 soldiers southeastern Yemen	0 [11125]
Boko Haram blame likely after car bomb on crowded Nigeria street	0 [11126]
Algeria arrests 10 terror suspects	0 [11122]
Fifteen policemen injured in new Ghardaia clashes	0 [11123]
Moroccan salafists stage protest	0 [11126]
Insurgent Attack on NDS Fails in Kandarhar	2 09:04 Besoeker [11128]
Possible Explosives Destroyed Near US Embassy In Turkey	0 [11124]
Saudi closed Libya embassy, evacuates diplomats	2 13:33 Bill Clinton [11128]
Libyan special forces commander says his forces join renegade general	3 14:20 g(r)omgoru [11129]
British Cleric Guilty in U.S. Terror Trial	2 12:02 3dc [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
Exclusive: U.S. Can't Track All of the American Jihadists Home From Syria	1 19:17 Shipman [11127]
Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM	0 [11129]
Pearl murder case suspect ill, SHC told	1 14:15 gorb [11130]
Court dismisses case against FBI agent Joel Cox	2 13:36 Bill Clinton [11124]
IHC issues notices to Geo, ARY, Amjad Sabri in blasphemy case	0 [11126]
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's Rebel-Turned-PM	0 [11128]
Syria's Maalula: Sorry Ghost Town after Rebel Ouster	0 [11124]
Court Fines Arab-Israeli Cleric for Obstructing Police	0 [11128]
China starts int'l hunt for train station attacker	0 [11124]
Prosecution seeks capital punishment for Mobarak	1 19:37 Squinty [11132]
Prosecutors move further apart over Jamaat trial	0 [11123]
Defense Minister For Syrian Opposition Resigns	0 [11125]
UN: Lebanon will have 1.5M refugees by year's end	0 [11128]
MKs Propose Bill To Allow Jewish Prayer On Temple Mount	2 14:15 gorb [11127]
Rival militias prepare for showdown in Tripoli after takeover of parliament	0 [11127]
U.S. warns of risk of renewed conflict after Mali clashes	0 [11126]
Forces recover huge cache of arms in SW Pakistan	0 [11129]
KSA, Qatar, Turkey officers among Syria militants: Report	0 [11124]
Above 19 Million Mines Cleared By Iran Since War With Iraq	1 16:43 ed in texas [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Students From MIT And Harvard Launch 'NSA-Proof' Email	8 19:11 Squinty [11125]
Review on progress of the 3 commercial manned space efforts in light of Russian problem.	20 21:37 3dc [11131]
More VA Whistleblowers Coming Forward, Campaign Says	1 12:48 Glenmore [11128]
Russia scared of Commercial Space - Russia, China Sign Space Exploration Agreement	9 18:53 Pappy [11127]
Laos military plane crash has political consequences	2 13:57 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11129]
Five members of PLA now on FBI's Cyber Most Wanted List	5 23:06 JosephMendiola [11126]
KP begins drive against measles	0 [11125]
Tunisia Forms Commission to Compensate Ben Ali Victims	0 [11126]
Mashnouq from UAE: Positive Signs that Travel Advisory against Lebanon Will Be Lifted	0 [11129]
Nine Dead from Cholera in War-Torn South Sudan	0 [11123]
New MERS Deaths Take Saudi Toll to 173	0 [11129]
Tunisia welcomes Jewish pilgrims	0 [11123]
First Afghan Satellite Launched	3 13:38 Bill Clinton [11131]
Putin Orders Troops Near Ukraine To Return Home	5 16:23 Procopius2k [11126]
Ex-RAB men deny involvement in seven murders	0 [11126]
Your rebellion needs you, plead Ukraine insurgents	0 [11124]
Roommates buy used couch, find $40,800	3 17:46 Procopius2k [11129]
100 arrests in global raids on 'BlackShades' hackers	2 08:27 Besoeker [11132]
Coronavirus: Saudis defy ban and kiss their camels	14 19:32 Shipman [11130]
Three suspects remanded in custody in Turkey mine investigation	0 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Russian Military Technology Post-Crimea	2 19:55 JosephMendiola [11129]
Colonel (Ret) Kenneth Allard: The dumpster vs the VA.	4 23:39 Bubba Clirt3226 [11130]
'Fake' polio figures	0 [11126]
Lt. Col Bateman laments death threats	9 18:13 swksvolFF [11125]
Correction: Story on surplus car manufactury was spurious	5 18:56 Pappy [11123]
P.J. O'Rourke to Rutgers' Geniuses: Go Forth and Fail	5 14:46 Shipman [11127]
California Wages Economic War With Sriracha Hot Sauce Factory	19 23:34 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11129]
Intel Chair Mike Rogers on msn against 'troublesome' American Isolationism	6 15:01 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11131]
Page 6: Politix
When the battle plan doesn't survive first contact.	1 19:50 JosephMendiola [11129]
Feds to seize more land - Obama to designate national monument in NM	9 21:20 Silentbrick [11126]
ValJar at Claremont University - bad joke? You decide.	7 17:49 trailing wife [11125]
FLOTUS To High-School Grads: Monitor Your Parents For Thoughtcrime	13 22:44 Lottomayor [11130]

    
                23:39 Bubba Clirt3226

                        23:34 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        23:11 JosephMendiola

                        23:06 JosephMendiola

                        22:44 Lottomayor

                        21:37 3dc

                        21:30 SteveS

                        21:28 Mikey Hunt

                        21:24 SteveS

                        21:20 Silentbrick

                        21:10 ed in texas

                        20:46 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:36 Frank G

                        19:55 JosephMendiola

                        19:50 JosephMendiola

                        19:49 Squinty

                        19:43 Bubba Graiting8281

                        19:41 Bubba Graiting8281

                        19:37 Squinty

                        19:32 Shipman

                        19:26 AlanC

                        19:18 trailing wife

                        19:17 Shipman

                        19:17 trailing wife

Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Arab Spring
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
2	Salafists
2	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hamas
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	TTP
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	East Turkestan Islamic Movement
1	Fatah

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2014-05-20
Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM

Mon 2014-05-19
36 Dead, 30 Hostages in Mali Clashes, PM Says 'at War with Terrorists'

Sun 2014-05-18
Belmokhtar loses another top deputy

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

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