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16 officers killed,16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Marines ordered to stay longer in Afghanistan	0 [11130]
Two killed in police firing in Jammu	1 00:00 john frum [11130]
FOX News Cameraman Helps Rescue Injured Marine From Insurgent Blast in Afghanistan	15 00:00 Hupiling the Galactic Hero1106 [11132]
Animal Rights Extremists Firebomb Houses And Cars	11 00:00 Besoeker [11132]
Domestic Terror: Animal Activists firebomb home and car	11 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [11133]
Egyptians in dispute with Gaza Tunnel Authority	5 00:00 Old Patriot [11134]
NYT: Ragtag Taliban show tenacity in Afghanistan	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [11138]
Four soldiers wounded in bombings in southern Thailand	0 [11133]
16 customs officers killed and 16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang	8 00:00 mom [11131]
Good morning	5 00:00 RD [11126]
22 killed in latest Sri Lanka clashes	1 00:00 lyralankan [11132]
FC man killed, 2 injured in Quetta	0 [11132]
Tribesman injured in border fire	0 [11130]
Four killed in Kolkata blast	0 [11130]
Girls' school set on fire in Quetta	1 00:00 Spike Uniter [11128]
Two Levies men killed in Dir	0 [11126]
12 killed in Baghdad bomb blasts	0 [11135]
Car bomb in Algeria wounds 25	0 [11134]
Eight PKK rebels killed in clash in SE Turkey	0 [11129]
Police seize 6,000 improvised explosive devices in Peru	4 00:00 Danielle [11129]
Sri Lankan Navy raids rebels' camp in north	0 [11128]
10 militants killed in Pakistan's northwest	0 [11134]
At Least 20 Killed in Somalia Explosion	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11129]
Hamas Arresting Fatah Men Forced from Israel to Gaza	1 00:00 Sonny Ebbeamp1305 [11137]
Cabinet Members Quit, Widening Rift in Somalia	5 00:00 Old Patriot [11133]
Taliban release six LT members in Mohmand	0 [11129]
2 killed in 'shootouts'	2 00:00 .5MT [11129]
Iran Arrests 7 Israeli 'Spies'	2 00:00 Frozen Al [11133]
Page 2: WoT Background
Spanish police discover Al-Qaeda Internet handbook	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [11136]
Lashkar tech expert identified as son of Pakistan bureaucrat	0 [11129]
Syrian source says regime in bad condition	10 00:00 Pappy [11131]
Celebrating Arafat's death not a crime	8 00:00 ed [11129]
A hero's welcome home for Jupiter's Army Spec. Kevin Hardin	3 00:00 phxrav [11134]
Indian Government announces $450 million in fresh assistance for Afghanistan	5 00:00 Pappy [11138]
Iraqis no longer ask, 'Are you Sunni or Shiite?'	11 00:00 rammer [11132]
Norks deport 290 Sorks from Kumgang	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11128]
Afghanistan, Pakistan agree 'to re-engage' to fight extremism	1 00:00 gorb [11130]
US-trained Pakistani commandos to move into FATA	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
TTP asks govt to stop military action	0 [11126]
Peace talks with FATA militants have failed, says Rice	5 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Indian accusations hurt peace process: Gilani	2 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
Pakistan Faces Criticism at Regional Summit Over Alleged Terrorism Role	0 [11128]
Pakistani Governor Confirms Peace Deals With Tribal Leaders	1 00:00 OldSpook [11129]
Iran Says It Is Serious About Nuclear Negotiations, Offers Nothing New	5 00:00 Hammerhead [11129]
Therapist: Anthrax suspect tried to poison people	6 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
Haqqani seeks proof in embassy bombing charges	0 [11125]
Iraqi parliament delays meeting on key voting law	0 [11129]
Israel sends fleeing Fatah men back to Gaza	0 [11126]
Sudan's Bashir Vows No Cooperation With ICC	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11129]
Hamas urges Gaza escapees to return	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Lebanon to legalize Hezbollah	0 [11125]
Conspiracies are being hatched against ISI, says Musharraf	4 00:00 Zhang Fei [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Enviros Flip-Flop; Worry About Wind Farms	26 00:00 OldSpook [11131]
Sniper-Finder Developed for Iraq War Used for US Pipelines	1 00:00 49 Pan [11128]
Univ of Ill. says hybrid grass 2.5 times as efficient as corn for ethanol	10 00:00 bigjim-ky [11131]
Chavez gets Russian fighter jets, warns US Fourth Fleet	20 00:00 Zhang Fei [11132]
Plant Drops Labor Day For Muslim Holiday	22 00:00 ed [11128]
No 'Mo' for B.O. - McCain leads in polls as Obama momentum fades	6 00:00 anonymous5089 [11127]
Clinton has regrets about the primary, but he's not a racist	6 00:00 Besoeker [11128]
Paris' Mom Weighs in on McCain's Ads	8 00:00 MarkZ [11125]
Even McCain's Bad Tactics Are Working	15 00:00 OldSpook [11126]
Pelosi pushes Texas lawmaker as Obama running mate	11 00:00 OldSpook [11128]
Video nasties put heat on NY cops	11 00:00 gorb [11133]
On The Veep Short-List?: McCain Asks Rep. Cantor (Va.) For Records	4 00:00 ed [11129]
Nader wins spot on California's presidential ballot	3 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [11129]
SpaceX launch fails a third time	3 00:00 AzCat [11133]
Nigerian gunmen kidnap French expatriates	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11125]
Lawmaker: Russia resumes military presence in Cuba	6 00:00 ed [11129]
Archdruid urges ban on gay bishops	5 00:00 Anonymoose [11127]
U.S. becomes top producer of wind power	17 00:00 ed [11130]
Sri Lanka bans Internet porn	1 00:00 gorb [11130]
Gulag Archipelago quote	0 [11128]
Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89	2 00:00 Hupiling the Galactic Hero1106 [11128]
Red Faces Over Obama's 'Mentor' Frank Marshall Davis	4 00:00 Steve White [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
God will save Pakistan	1 00:00 ed [11128]
Top 7 Rejected DNC Protest Group Names	9 00:00 Muggsy Glink [11139]
The Hidden Kafka	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11129]
Afghanistan: Not a Good War	7 00:00 Anonymoose [11132]
Climate hysterics v heretics in an age of unreason	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Oily Hypocrisy	1 00:00 Hyper [11133]
American Calcutta	5 00:00 AzCat [11125]
Is Climate ChangeRacist?	4 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
Lileks on Solzhenitsyn	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Standing Down as Iraq Stands Up	0 [11129]
I'm voting Democrat because . . .	10 00:00 OldSpook [11132]
The delicate task of playing both sides in Pakistan	1 00:00 Spot [11132]
Hamas takes control of last Fatah stronghold in Gaza	1 00:00 Sleack Guelph4631 [11129]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution	11 00:00 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields [11124]
proposed warp drive engine.	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
NASA confirms lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan. Makes Saudi reserves look puny.	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11129]
Saudi judge 'busted with hash'	3 00:00 gromky [11132]
Obama vs. McCain . . . in the Soul Calibur IV videogame!	1 00:00 Tyranysaurus Jeanter1383 [11129]
Obama just an empty suit without teleprompter- The Obamessiah has no clothes	6 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
Supercop or loose cannon?	5 00:00 Hupiling the Galactic Hero1106 [11123]
Morgan Freeman Injured in Car Accident - Airlifted in serious condition	4 00:00 AzCat [11127]
CC Shoots AR In KC	1 00:00 AlanC [11129]
Today's Idiot	0 [11129]
Anthrax Cover-Up, or Incompetence?	5 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
"Ex-Spook" Sez Anthrax Suspect Suicide a Cover-up	21 00:00 Halliburton JFK / Moon Landing Division [11128]
Economy So Bad, Even the Rich Are Skimping	13 00:00 AzCat [11128]
Weekly World News blog!	4 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [11126]
Beijing's smog returns	11 00:00 Procopius2k [11130]
Nearly 150 Die in Stampede at Indian Temple	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11126]
Police tape: Canada bus killer ate victim's flesh	10 00:00 McZoid [11127]
Tori tribesmen announce ceasefire in Kurram Agency	0 [11124]
Five die as rival families exchange fire in Wazoo	0 [11125]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
6	Taliban
3	Hamas
2	ISI
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic Courts
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Sudan
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-08-04
16 officers killed,16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang

Sun 2008-08-03
''Assad's right hand man'' assassinated in Syria

Sat 2008-08-02
Taliban deny al-Qaida No. 2 hit by missile

Fri 2008-08-01
189 arrested, curfew lifted in Diyala

Thu 2008-07-31
Qaeda big turban in Afghanistan killed in US airstrike

Wed 2008-07-30
Gilani in Washington; Paks raid Haqqani's empty madrassa in N Wazoo

Tue 2008-07-29
Military offensive under way in Diyala

Mon 2008-07-28
Mudhat Mursi: Dead Again?

Sun 2008-07-27
3 people killed in second day of Tripoli festivities

Sat 2008-07-26
India: Serial kabooms in Ahmadabad

Fri 2008-07-25
Serial booms in Bangalore

Thu 2008-07-24
'Mohmand Agency now under Taliban control'

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Sheikh Aweys claims Somali opposition leadership

Tue 2008-07-22
Another Paleo Bulldozer Operator Goes Jihad

Mon 2008-07-21
Death-row Bali bombers forgo presidential pardon

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