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Islamic courts go to work in Swat
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Associate of International Arms Dealer Monzer Al Kassar Found Guilty of Terrorism Offenses	3 00:00 trailing wife [11134]
A Victory for Marine LtCol Chessani	7 00:00 Verlaine [11128]
NATO-led operation issues 29 tickets to Paradise, 12 will calls.	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11130]
Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Shop owner gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [11129]
Good morning	6 00:00 Ulinesh Bluetooth6775 [11128]
Killer of Gen Shakil, 2 others identified	1 00:00 James Carville [11124]
24 injured in Assam grenade attack	0 [11129]
Insurgents kill four Afghan policemen, coalition soldier	0 [11127]
Militants hurl bomb at hospital in Imphal	0 [11125]
Shelling kills four militants in Mohmand Agency	0 [11123]
Darfur peacekeeper shot dead	0 [11124]
Alleged suicide bomber among 3 held in Charsadda	1 00:00 Parabellum [11123]
Three held as drug smuggling attempt foiled in Lahore	7 00:00 Pappy [11131]
2 killed in grenade attack	0 [11129]
Swat Qazi courts formally start work	0 [11130]
6 dead as troops battle Abu Sayyaf	0 [11125]
Arab League rejects ICC request to arrest Bashir	4 00:00 mojo [11129]
Tizi Ouzou terror attack kills 4 Algerian troops	2 00:00 Ming the Merciless [11127]
Lankan army at Iranapalai junction	1 00:00 3dc [11125]
Tamil Tiger explodes, nobody hurt but him	2 00:00 DarthVader [11128]
Iraq urges execution of Saddam-era officials	1 00:00 Verlaine [11127]
Egypt nabs two Hamas officials trying to slip $850,000 into Gaza	4 00:00 Eric Jablow [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pentagon to Phase Out 'Stop-Loss' Program	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Reports: Russia confirms Iran missile contract	0 [11126]
Would this story made it to print when Bush was President?	3 00:00 Verlaine [11128]
Hamas warns it may hike price for Israeli soldier	5 00:00 rwv [11133]
US considers anti-Taliban strikes in SW Pakistan	2 00:00 DMFD [11132]
Iranian Influence, Terrorist Links, Threaten Latin American Security	0 [11129]
Sudan leader: No international court can touch me	2 00:00 rabid whitetail [11129]
Former 1970s radical released from Calif. prison	4 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11129]
Feds Probe Islamist Extremists' Recruiting in San Diego	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Israel could use ballistic missiles against Iran-report	23 00:00 Frank G [11130]
In Somalia, an Exodus of the Educated	3 00:00 balthazar [11129]
Iran says capitalism on verge of collapse	4 00:00 Galactic Coordinator Omavising9607 [11129]
Japan: LDP to propose additional economic sanctions against N. Korea	0 [11129]
Filipino woman caught smuggling heroin-stuffed buttons to Turkey	1 00:00 Glenmore [11132]
Pakistan receives Indian answers on Mumbai queries	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
S. Korean activists launch propaganda, cash at North on balloons	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Uzbek authorities seize over 300 lbs of heroin at Kazakh border	1 00:00 rabid whitetail [11125]
Portugal seizes 7.7 tons of North African hashish	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Outraged Lahoud tells Aoun: Stop misleading the Lebanese	0 [11128]
BDR jawan dies, 7 others hospitalised	0 [11126]
Brown warns Iran over nuclear plan	0 [11128]
Israel to keep Gaza blocked until soldier freed	6 00:00 Verlaine [11126]
North Korea rejects US food aid	1 00:00 rammer [11129]
Cheney: Christopher Hill is no Ryan Crocker	0 [11129]
Sri Lanka dismisses EU truce call	0 [11124]
France asks allies to lift bar on Afghan troops	1 00:00 Frozen Al [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Photo Essay of the Worldwide Recession	0 [11130]
U.S. central bank tries new tack to boost economy	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11131]
Bully Pulpit Works: AIG workers returning bonusses	3 00:00 HammerHead [11133]
Surfer finds sacks of marijuana near Del Mar beach	0 [11126]
Pizza in Pyongyang	4 00:00 DMFD [11134]
APCP not an Explosive	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11128]
Army Investigating Why Troops Were Sent Into Alabama Town After Murder Spree	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Bus driver suspended for clubbing (fake) seal	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles the flatulent [11129]
Madagascar power struggle explained	0 [11130]
Ballistic missile intercepted in Hawaii test	4 00:00 Procopius2k [11130]
IJN Commissions World's largest Helo Carrier	9 00:00 Verlaine [11126]
Indonesian cleric detained for marrying 12-year-old	0 [11126]
Treasury to rework AIG aid to recoup bonuses	10 00:00 mojo [11132]
Philippine jobless rate climbs to 7.4%	0 [11124]
Japan Times Editorial: Durban II Will 'Enshrine' Racism	1 00:00 DarthVader [11125]
M'sia to shed 50,000 jobs	0 [11130]
Thai Feb auto sales fall 30.7%	0 [11127]
Dandala: Haul Mugabe before ICC	0 [11127]
Amy Winehouse pleads not guilty to assault	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11130]
Nigerian student gets 19 years jail for internet scam	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11128]
Nokia to cut another 1,700 jobs	0 [11126]
Supreme Court's Ginsburg to undergo chemotherapy	0 [11127]
ACC sues Koko for money-laundering	0 [11126]
Iskandar asked to give wealth report in a week	0 [11124]
Iran says oil prices 'unfair'	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11131]
Justice Iftikhar, 10 judges restored through notifications	0 [11127]
Mauritania arrests internet journalist	0 [11125]
Caterpillar cuts another 2,454 jobs	7 00:00 DoDo [11129]
IRS to allow Ponzi victims to claim theft losses	4 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
SKor Parliamentary Hearing on KAL 858 Bomber	0 [11126]
Brown puts Trident cuts on nuclear arms talks table	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Madagascar president quits, transfers power to army	2 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Kuwait parliament could be suspended for two years	0 [11127]
IMF poised to print billions of dollars in 'global quantitative easing'	6 00:00 DarthVader [11130]
EuroParliament bans Frauleins, Mademoiselles, and Policemen	9 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Anti-Piracy lessons from the Vikings	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Did Your Vote Count?	2 00:00 Verlaine [11138]
Five myths about Obama	7 00:00 Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 [11135]
A Special Message From Barack Obama's Teleprompter	2 00:00 Verlaine [11129]
MoDo: Barack Obama even needs a teleprompter to get mad.	1 00:00 Verlaine [11134]
China inoculates itself against dollar collapse	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Our Partisan President	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles the flatulent [11127]
Lose $165 Million, Gain an Issue	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Reconciliation? I Think Not	6 00:00 JohnQC [11135]
Danger, Will Robinson	7 00:00 Bright Pebbles the flatulent [11132]
Enforcement of America's immigration law is "un-American"- Pelosi	12 00:00 HammerHead [11134]
Is Geithner getting ready for a bus ride in the undercarriage?	6 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [11125]
ACORN to Play Role in 2010 Census	12 00:00 DMFD [11132]
Obama Thanks Himself, Irish PM Repeats Speech in Teleprompter Meltdown	10 00:00 Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 [11129]
Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns	8 00:00 Iblis [11127]
Kass: "Sanchez takes bullet for those calling the shots"	1 00:00 Besoeker [11128]
Obama Received a $101,332 Bonus from AIG	5 00:00 Minister of funny walks [11128]
Obama suspends his Chief Info Officer on corruption charges	9 00:00 DMFD [11129]
AIG executives resign over bonuses	16 00:00 Broadhead6 [11128]

    
                23:49 JohnQC

                        23:37 HammerHead

                        23:33 HammerHead

                        23:23 Bright Pebbles the flatulent

                        23:00 DMFD

                        22:58 DMFD

                        22:50 DMFD

                        22:48 DMFD

                        22:37 JosephMendiola

                        22:35 rammer

                        22:26 JosephMendiola

                        22:24 Pappy

                        22:23 JosephMendiola

                        22:22 rwv

                        22:20 Verlaine

                        22:18 Verlaine

                        22:14 JosephMendiola

                        22:12 JosephMendiola

                        22:10 Broadhead6

                        22:09 JosephMendiola

                        22:08 Broadhead6

                        22:06 Ming the Merciless

                        21:53 Verlaine

                        21:52 Frank G

Who's in the News
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3	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Abu Sayyaf
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
1	TNSM
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	TTP
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic Courts
1	Taliban
1	Global Jihad
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2009-03-18
Islamic courts go to work in Swat

Tue 2009-03-17
Death toll at 11 in Pindi kaboom

Mon 2009-03-16
Zardari caves: Judges restored

Sun 2009-03-15
Nawaz arrested!

Sat 2009-03-14
Sudan: Kidnappers demand Bashir arrest warrant be dropped

Fri 2009-03-13
Pakistain: Political leaders in hiding as hundreds arrested

Thu 2009-03-12
Taliban Hideout dronezapped

Wed 2009-03-11
Boomer near Sri Lanka mosque kills 15

Tue 2009-03-10
33 dead as Iraq tribal leaders attacked

Mon 2009-03-09
Iraq suicide bomber kills 30, wounds 57

Sun 2009-03-08
Palestinian PM submits resignation making way for unity govt

Sat 2009-03-07
US taps Delhi on Lanka foray: Marines to evacuate civilians

Fri 2009-03-06
Marwan to be 'freed' as part of Shalit deal

Thu 2009-03-05
ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's president-for-life

Wed 2009-03-04
Lanka troops in last Tamil Tiger Towne

Tue 2009-03-03
Lanka cricketers shot up in Lahore

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