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37 Dead, Including 23 Troops as Syrian Army Shells Rebel Bastion
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
At least 44 killed in offensive on Yemen militants	0 [11130]
Syrian attack kills 21; rebels hold UN monitors	0 [11126]
EU carries out first strikes on Somali pirates	0 [11129]
Nakhba Day Nonsense	0 [11126]
Nakhba Day, the Palestinian Perspective	0 [11124]
Bulgarian ambassador to Yemen escapes kidnapping attempt	1 02:34 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Russian forces kill seven terrorists in Dagestan	0 [11130]
Man arrested in grenade attack in southern Thailand	0 [11127]
Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike	0 [11126]
Egypt police raid Iran TV office in Cairo	0 [11124]
Good morning	2 16:28 Gabby Cussworth [11130]
Qaida Suspects Blow Up Yemen Gas Pipeline	0 [11124]
Religious scholar, driver shot dead in Bahadurabad	0 [11127]
Student activist shot dead on PU campus	0 [11127]
Pro-govt cleric shot dead in Lakki Marwat	0 [11123]
Sudan parliament rejects talks with rebels	0 [11127]
Gunmen Throw Bomb At House of Yemen Minister	0 [11126]
Yemen Fights Extremism at Schools amid Ongoing War on Militancy	0 [11125]
Landmine Blast rocks Ethiopian convoy in Beledweyne, central Somalia	0 [11126]
Fierce fighting kills 6 in southern Somalia town	0 [11124]
Car bomb kills two paramilitary personnel in Quetta: police	0 [11126]
Hakimullah Mehsud's close associate arrested in Peshawar	0 [11123]
Bomb leaves seven dead in northwestern Afghan market	0 [11123]
6 Dead, 70 Hurt as Clashes Spread in Tripoli	1 19:12 Lord Garth [11130]
Iraq Bombings Kill Six	0 [11126]
37 Dead, Including 23 Troops as Syrian Army Shells Rebel Bastion	4 18:26 Zhang Fei [11131]
Gunmen kill three in attack on police in Nigeria	0 [11128]
Turkish commandos arrest 14 pirates, free seven Yemenis	1 17:59 American Delight [11127]
Two Saudis killed in Marib	0 [11128]
NKor GPS jamming threatening passenger planes	3 15:40 gorb [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey freaks over "Israeli spy bird"	5 23:08 JosephMendiola [11131]
Fatah prisoners held by Hamas on hunger strike	2 14:44 SteveS [11127]
Iran executes 'Israel spy, nuclear scientist' killer	1 12:29 BernardZ [11126]
Carter Center to Deploy 22 Observers for Egypt's Presidential Elections	3 15:41 gorb [11126]
The secret case against Ali Khan	0 [11126]
Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan	5 19:29 Barbara [11135]
Iran Boasts U.S. Has Abandoned Israel	6 15:39 Nimble Spemble [11127]
Lebanon's Tripoli fears escalation of Syria spillover	0 [11127]
Iranian MPs blast Saudi-Bahrain union plan	0 [11124]
Time to 'move on' over Nato supply lines, says foreign minister	2 09:31 Frank G [11126]
Gilani for removing irritants in rules of engagement with US	0 [11127]
Khyber fighting uproots hundreds of thousands	0 [11127]
Foreign policy flawed, says Fazl	0 [11128]
Analysts: Obscure Jihadists Enter Syrian Conflict	0 [11127]
North Korean women sold into 'slavery' in China	4 10:45 manversgwtw [11126]
U.S. May Scrap Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police	4 19:03 Lord Garth [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Greeks hit the ATMs	0 [11128]
Ways To Save Money Under Socialized Medicine: TB = "lovesickness"	2 21:57 Barbara [11133]
Will Smith discovers the new french tax !	0 [11130]
Secure Communities deportation program expanding to NY & MA, despite Dem governors' objections	0 [11129]
Chris Matthews Takes His Place Among Those He Has Ridiculed	0 [11130]
New Greece elections after talks fail	0 [11128]
LightSquared files for bankruptcy protection	0 [11127]
'Israel Site Of 10,000 Cyber Attacks A Minute'	0 [11128]
Even MILF joins Thrilla in NAIA	2 07:28 gromky [11126]
Mexican Presidential Poll, May 15th	3 11:30 Dale [11130]
Abul-Fotouh to show off his support in Friday rally	1 14:16 AlanC [11128]
Police clear protestors from Madrid square	2 10:08 AlanC [11127]
Canon Seeks Full Automation in Camera Production	5 19:48 AlanC [11132]
Baalbek Archbishop Hands Muslim Girl who Converted to Christianity Back to Her Family	3 18:06 Charles [11125]
Seven Pakistani peacekeepers wounded in DR Congo: UN	2 20:56 Pappy [11124]
Euro Officials Begin to Weigh Greek Exit	3 14:51 SLindsey [11128]
Manila will not recognise China's ban on fishing	2 13:35 SteveS [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Drone Warfare in America	8 00:09 JosephMendiola [11131]
90 years old but still lacking wisdom and common sense	2 22:08 Procopius2k [11128]
President Obama's Business Record	0 [11127]
The Spirit of Geert Wilders	0 [11125]
Dear Boss, I Don't Just Quit, I Give Up	3 22:55 USN,Ret [11130]
Al-Qaeda Infiltrator was Working for Brits not CIA	3 08:41 Besoeker [11124]
Researchers: Euro burka bans are 'political swine flu'	0 [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Operation hot mic	5 21:04 Frank G [11128]
Obama to skip Apec summit	3 18:03 Charles [11126]
Obama ad calls Mitt Romney's Bain Capital firm a 'vampire'	16 19:05 swksvolFF [11132]
Bloomberg: NC marriage vote sets back civil rights	7 19:46 tu3031 [11128]
Ron Paul ends his hunt for votes	3 23:14 JosephMendiola [11131]

    
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                        23:14 JosephMendiola

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                        22:55 USN,Ret

                        22:08 Procopius2k

                        21:57 Barbara

                        21:04 Frank G

                        21:02 Pappy

                        20:56 Pappy

                        20:28 Rjschwarz

                        20:26 Rjschwarz

                        20:08 rammer

                        20:02 DarthVader

                        19:52 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        19:50 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        19:48 AlanC

                        19:46 tu3031

                        19:46 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        19:32 Besoeker

                        19:29 Barbara

                        19:19 Besoeker

                        19:12 Lord Garth

                        19:06 Lord Garth

Who's in the News
45	[untagged]
4	al-Qaeda in Arabia
3	Govt of Syria
2	TTP
2	al-Shabaab
2	Commies
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Sudan
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Pirates
1	Arab Spring
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Boko Haram

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2012-05-15
37 Dead, Including 23 Troops as Syrian Army Shells Rebel Bastion

Mon 2012-05-14
Nearly 25.000 troops battle Al-Qaeda in Abyan

Sun 2012-05-13
Al Qaeda's Leader Encourages Somali Militants to persist the fight

Sat 2012-05-12
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Defy Syrian Regime Gunfire, 13 Dead

Fri 2012-05-11
Somali Gov't, Al shabab claim victory over Bay,Bakol fighting

Thu 2012-05-10
Damascus bombings kill 40, wound 170: state TV

Wed 2012-05-09
Annan Fears 'Civil War' Looming in Syria

Tue 2012-05-08
Al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot was targeted by US drone

Mon 2012-05-07
Nine soldiers killed, military convoy attacked in N Wazoo

Sun 2012-05-06
Man wanted in USS Cole bombing killed in Yemen: tribal chief

Sat 2012-05-05
Pro-Regime Gunmen Kill 12 'Qaida' Militants in Yemen

Fri 2012-05-04
Bajaur teenyboomer kills 24

Thu 2012-05-03
Afghanistan: Pakistani driving truck bomb arrested

Wed 2012-05-02
Suicide bomb blast hits hotel in Somalia, two MPs believed dead

Tue 2012-05-01
'Egyptians thwart Iranian plot to kill Saudi envoy'

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