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Syria Sanctions Target Assad Brother, 16 Other Senior Figures
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Baghdad's Camp Victory handed over to Iraqis	0 [11126]
Second Explosion In Iranian City Of Isfahan	12 00:00 SteveS [11130]
Bomb kills soldier in southern Thailand	0 [11130]
N. Korea 'Progressing Apace' on Uranium Enrichment	4 00:00 Clem Unort1053 [11125]
Good morning	6 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11129]
Rome Summons Iran's Charge d'Affaires over Mission Attack	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11129]
Lebanese Banks Tighten Control on Syrian Account Holders	0 [11129]
Rights Groups Urge U.N. to Refer Syria Crackdown to ICC	0 [11125]
Kuwait Urges Nationals to Leave Syria	0 [11127]
Arabi Rejects Any Intervention in Syria at EU Talks	0 [11130]
EU blacklists 180 Iranians, firms over nuclear programme	2 00:00 Pappy [11126]
Three Insurgents Killed, 29 Captured in Afghan Operations	1 00:00 Glenmore [11128]
Syria Suspends Role in Mediterranean Union over EU Sanctions	0 [11126]
U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Assad Uncle, Top Syrian General	1 00:00 gorb [11128]
Syria Sanctions Target Assad Brother, 16 Other Senior Figures	0 [11138]
Taiz Update: Five Killed and 25 injured in Government Attacks	0 [11131]
Tirah clash leaves 3 Taliban dead	0 [11128]
Bomb targets official in Peshawar: police	0 [11129]
Seven Pakistanis kidnapped in Afghanistan: police	0 [11128]
Police foils another terrorist attack in Karachi, arrests four	0 [11127]
Al Qaeda says it is holding U.S. hostage in Pakistan	5 00:00 imoyaro [11129]
Bomb blast kills 10 in Iraq	0 [11126]
12 Insurgents Renounce Violence in Balkh	0 [11128]
Yemen to Get Unity Cabinet by Sunday	0 [11125]
US terror drones kill 11 more in Somalia	1 00:00 trailing wife [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
20 arrested at Muslims Against Crusades protest	5 00:00 tu3031 [11133]
The Idiot Jihadist Next Door	1 00:00 KBK [11126]
ICC seeks arrest warrant for Sudanese defense minister	0 [11129]
Al-Arabiya: Zowie Ratted Out bin Laden in al-Qaeda Turf War	4 00:00 gorb [11127]
Pak army has liberty to hit back at Nato attacks: Kayani	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
CIA: Americans not immune if they act against U.S.	6 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
US military admits to assisting lucrative Afghan opium trade	11 00:00 gorb [11126]
U.S. Senate passes massive defense spending bill	2 00:00 gorb [11126]
US offers 'bunker busters' to UAE over Iran threat	7 00:00 Richard Aubrey [11127]
After Duty, Dogs Suffer Like Soldiers	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
No Alliance With Ultraconservatives, Islamist Party Says	4 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Pakistan gave OK for deadly airstrike: WSJ	2 00:00 Hupeang Whutle4816 [11126]
Syria in civil war, UN says, as Britain accuses Iran of aiding al Assad repression	0 [11129]
Christmas Tree to Twinkle Over Inter-Korean Border Again	2 00:00 Procopius2k [11129]
NYC Traffic Snarled -- Muslim Cabbies Stop To Pray	11 00:00 trailing wife [11136]
'Syrian saboteurs train in Turkey'	0 [11124]
West warned against anti-Iran agitation	1 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11127]
CJ takes tough line over Bashir arrest warrant	0 [11128]
Obama not to offer formal condolences over Nato attack: NYT	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11135]
No threat of judicial, military coup: Gilani	0 [11128]
Pakistan to show NATO zero tolerance	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
No intention of leaving Pakistan: Husain Haqqani	0 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Newt Gingrich Said What?	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11137]
Why U.S. Unemployment Numbers Can't Be Trusted	4 00:00 Clem Unort1053 [11130]
Pentagon Official Calls for F-35 Production Slowdown	9 00:00 Grease Jith3343 [11137]
Today's Idiot	1 00:00 mojo [11130]
Tucson Man Wanted To Molest Girl, Kill Her Parents And Hitmen	2 00:00 Pappy [11128]
Voyager Probes Now Studying Galaxy	0 [11134]
Saudis bar Aussie diplomats in blasphemy case	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11127]
Good news: World will not end in 2012	11 00:00 trailing wife [11134]
Welcome Back . . .	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Lahore to have bus service for women, says CM	3 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Ex-Zambia minister's supporters attack newsmen at court hearing	0 [11126]
Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai ends 12-day marriage	3 00:00 Deacon Blues [11128]
Belgium Close to Governing Coalition after 535-Day Crisis	6 00:00 trailing wife [11137]
Dog shoots man. That's news, right?	2 00:00 Incredulous [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama and his Caste	6 00:00 Clem Unort1053 [11132]
The Problem with China Envy	12 00:00 Grease Jith3343 [11134]
Oil embargo move raises fears of Iranian reaction	0 [11126]
Flash: What, Me Pessimistic?	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Markets Focus on Europe, but China May Be Bigger Worry	4 00:00 Dale [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Corzine Subpoenaed to Appear Before House Panel	1 00:00 gorb [11130]
Easy tutorial for making birth certificate and becoming POTUS	0 [11126]
NHS often not informing families about use of 'death pathway'	5 00:00 CrazyFool [11131]
Another Obama bundler benefits from DOE loan	1 00:00 Frank G [11128]
Bloomberg: I am US mini-president	8 00:00 tu3031 [11130]

    
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6	Govt of Pakistan
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
2	TTP
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	al-Shabaab
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2011-12-02
Syria Sanctions Target Assad Brother, 16 Other Senior Figures

Thu 2011-12-01
UK expels Iran diplomats after embassy attack

Wed 2011-11-30
Egypt's elections go smoothly amid protests

Tue 2011-11-29
Iranian brownshirts seize 6 British embassy staff

Mon 2011-11-28
Enraged Pakistanis burn Obama effigy, slam US

Sun 2011-11-27
US told to vacate Shamsi base

Sat 2011-11-26
Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28

Fri 2011-11-25
47 Syrians Dead, Including 29 Civilians, as Homs Clashes Rage

Thu 2011-11-24
Police continue attacks on protesters, Tahrir chants for field marshal to go

Wed 2011-11-23
Yemen's president signs power transfer deal

Tue 2011-11-22
Yemen Opposition: Saleh Agrees to Sign Peace Plan. Really.

Mon 2011-11-21
Colombia Farc rebel radio station 'shut down' by army

Sun 2011-11-20
Libya: 'the executioner' Abdullah al-Senussi captured

Sat 2011-11-19
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya

Fri 2011-11-18
Sufi Mohammad's sons acquitted by Swat ATC

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