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Kidnapped Chinese engineer escapes Pakistani Taliban
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Combat Camera Daily (UNCLASSIFIED)	0 [11128]
Good morning	18 00:00 GORT [11129]
Pakistani judge extends detention of U.S. national	6 00:00 tipper [11135]
Govt takes stern action against bomb hoax callers	0 [11125]
26 foreign suspects produced before media	0 [11125]
Unidentified body of woman found north of Kut	0 [11126]
Wanted man killed north of Amara	1 00:00 Glenmore [11128]
Turks say 35 PKK fighters may have been killed in attacks	0 [11126]
Civilian killed, another wounded in IED blast in Mosul	0 [11125]
Mortar blasts kill at least 14 in Mogadishu	0 [11125]
Kidnapped Chinese engineer escapes Pakistani Taliban	5 00:00 Old Patriot [11130]
Turkey launches airstrike on PKK targets in N Iraq	0 [11131]
Somali pirates free 22 seamen after S. Korean ship owner pays ransom	1 00:00 Abu do you love [11126]
Iraqi forces find explosives inside mosque	1 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Bajaur fighting leaves 10 more militants dead: FC	0 [11126]
Troops kill 60 miscreants in Swat	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Rebuffed by China, Pakistan May Seek I.M.F. Aid	8 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11132]
NKorean diplomats told to prepare for important message: report	4 00:00 Procopius2k [11136]
al Qaeda Websites Offline	0 [11129]
Mookie Speaks!!!!	3 00:00 .5MT [11126]
US ordering AMISOM in Somalia	4 00:00 Besoeker [11122]
West institutionalizing Islamaphobia	9 00:00 Hellfish [11132]
Hamas likely to extend truce with Israel, say Gaza sources	1 00:00 gorb [11125]
Latest West Bank deaths prompt fears of resurgent violence	0 [11123]
Iran's army air force begins military exercise	9 00:00 DarthVader [11129]
Petraeus strategy review to focus on reconciliation with moderate Taliban, economic initiatives	2 00:00 Captain Glusose5932 [11133]
Tehran mayor welcomes Obama's call for talks	0 [11126]
Maliki Tightens Control	2 00:00 Besoeker [11127]
Pentagon seeks to calm concerns over Iraq troop pact	3 00:00 Grusoger Bucket1309 [11126]
Saudi Imams Failed in Duties: Minister	0 [11124]
Iraqis still by far world's top asylum seekers	1 00:00 Glenmore [11125]
God is punishing US with financial crisis: Hamas	8 00:00 SteveS [11128]
US: NKorea steps up disabling of nuclear reactor	1 00:00 SteveS [11126]
As Iraq's Oil Flows Freely, Profits Are Stuck in Bureaucracy	0 [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
You have not tried to find Barack Obamas drug dealer	0 [11131]
Dude, Where's my Lahde?	3 00:00 badanov [11133]
The Obama Playbook	0 [11133]
Thousands Might Be Blocked From Voting	4 00:00 Beldar Glanter6881 [11132]
Scholars urge Iran to prevent sectarian strife	0 [11124]
Chavez says oil will keep falling	0 [11124]
Russia, China re-thinking dollar trade	5 00:00 gromky [11132]
Iran: UN structure not inclusive	1 00:00 Formerly Dan [11126]
Bush, Sarkozy to spar on finance	0 [11127]
Maoists for name change	0 [11124]
Rumors about country's economy baseless: Shazia Marri	0 [11126]
Dollar demand up in CBI auctions this week	0 [11127]
Buffett Says Now Is the Time to Buy U.S. Equities	4 00:00 .5MT [11132]
U.S., Russia to meet on arms control in November	1 00:00 DarthVader [11131]
Powell may endorse Obama in TV interview	15 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Mugabe mum on failed talks	1 00:00 Whiskey Mike [11129]
Erdogan hails Security Council seat	0 [11124]
Swiss Back Up Banks With Aid, Guarantees	0 [11125]
Recession Fears Grip Stock Markets in Europe, Asia	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [11127]
Ukraine Seeks IMF's Help to Weather Financial Crisis	0 [11126]
Beijing bases nuclear missiles in Tibet	0 [11130]
Japan wins seat at UN Security Council; Iran fails	0 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Ah...Sorry To Bother You, Mr. Obama, Sir...	0 [11128]
ScrappleFace Editorial Board Endorses Barack Obama	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
Sowell: Record vs. Rhetoric	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11128]
L.A. Times: Joe the Plumber Has Liens!!!!	9 00:00 swksvolFF [11126]
Iran's Economy Runs Out Of Steam	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Military Times election poll.	4 00:00 Abu do you love [11127]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Pathetic	0 [11127]
No Opt-Out Of Mandatory Internet Censorship In Australia	1 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11139]
Republicans file new lawsuit against Brunner	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [11129]
Obama Supporter Assaults Female McCain Volunteer in New York	4 00:00 SteveS [11129]
Jailed for just 27 months: The thug who killed a bus passenger for asking him to stop swearing	2 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
UK Police Instructed Not to Interfere with the "Human Right" of Anonymous Public Sex	6 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [11127]
Drill Baby Drill! For McCain / Palin T-Shirt	2 00:00 Abu do you love [11127]
Levi Stubbs, Lead Singer Of The Four Tops, and Voice of Audrey II	3 00:00 MarkZ [11127]
Top outlaw killed in gunfight	3 00:00 .5MT [11125]
Indonesian lawmakers okay bikinis	8 00:00 .5MT [11127]
2008 Wings over Marietta Open House & Airshow	3 00:00 Abu do you love [11128]

    
                23:41 gromky

                        23:20 Shieldwolf

                        23:13 SteveS

                        23:01 g(r)omgoru

                        22:43 Hellfish

                        22:43 g(r)omgoru

                        22:40 g(r)omgoru

                        22:38 Procopius2k

                        21:28 Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

                        21:19 Beldar Glanter6881

                        21:09 Bright Pebbles

                        21:00 Captain Glusose5932

                        20:53 badanov

                        20:51 badanov

                        20:34 Abu do you love

                        20:03 john frum

                        19:55 trailing wife 

                        19:50 Barbara Skolaut

                        19:46 GORT

                        19:40 .5MT

                        19:38 .5MT

                        19:35 tipper

                        19:19 .5MT

                        19:02 .5MT

Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Iran
3	TTP
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	Islamic Courts
1	Taliban
1	Fatah
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Islamic State of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2008-10-18
Kidnapped Chinese engineer escapes Pakistani Taliban

Fri 2008-10-17
Missile Strike Targeting Baitullah Country Kills 6

Thu 2008-10-16
18 Talibs titzup in attack on Lashkar Gah

Wed 2008-10-15
Puntland Coasties free Panama ship from pirates

Tue 2008-10-14
DPRK regrants IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities

Mon 2008-10-13
12 boomers among 27 zapped in Wazoo

Sun 2008-10-12
Lankan president asks LTTE to surrender

Sat 2008-10-11
North Korea taken off US terror list

Fri 2008-10-10
15 dead in suicide blast at Pakistan tribal meeting

Thu 2008-10-09
Boom Bitch Kills 10 in Diyala Province

Wed 2008-10-08
World's Stock Markets Plunge

Tue 2008-10-07
Iran forces down Corporate Executive ''Fighter Jet''

Mon 2008-10-06
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

Sun 2008-10-05
Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death

Sat 2008-10-04
US drone strikes kill 20 in North Waziristan

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