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Ghalioun Elected Chief of Syrian Opposition Coalition
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Forces seize $110 m. worth of drugs in Afghanistan	4 18:42 crosspatch [11132]
Clashes in western Libyan town leave 6 dead	0 [11125]
Assistant village leader gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [11126]
Private navy planned to counter pirate raids	23 22:18 Pappy [11137]
NKor appears to have stopped GPS jamming - for now	2 23:27 canalzone [11133]
Los Zetas deny 49 dead in Cadereyta were theirs	4 18:57 Gabby Cussworth [11133]
Good morning	3 21:34 rammer [11132]
More Deaths as Syria's Revolt Enters 15th Month	0 [11128]
Ghalioun Elected Chief of Syrian Opposition Coalition	0 [11135]
Ibrahim: Mawlawi Case Coordinated with Major World Power, Qaida Exists in Lebanon	1 00:41 JosephMendiola [11130]
NGO Accuses Syrian Regime of 'Massacre during Monitors Visit'	0 [11127]
Puntland forces conduct security operations in Garowe, seize illegal weapons	1 07:22 Admiral Allan Ackbar [11126]
Explosion at Kenya refugee camp kills 5 police officers	0 [11123]
3 Taliban Leaders Captured in Afghan Offensive	3 07:53 Besoeker [11127]
Syria-linked clashes end in Lebanon but anger remains	0 [11125]
Syrian activists say regime fires on funeral	0 [11129]
'Syria troops target health workers'	0 [11123]
Nato Invites Pakistan to Chicago as Supply Route Opens	4 17:10 mojo [11129]
Yemen Says Bomber Enters Capital for Car Bomb Attack	0 [11124]
Forces Retake Key Area in South Yemen	0 [11128]
EU helicopters strike Somali pirate base on land	5 17:13 mojo [11136]
Cairo airport announces emergency after bomb threat on Nigeria-bound plane	0 [11125]
Gunmen Kill a Bus Driver in Mogadishu	0 [11128]
Al-Shabaab gives new beard order	2 14:43 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Strategic Posture Review: Iran	0 [11128]
U.S. aid to Syrian rebels is a signal to Iran	2 19:47 Besoeker [11134]
WikiLeak perhaps led to Iran's 'Mossad' hanging	1 13:53 OldSpook [11128]
Ex-Spain PM: Putin told me 'Israel will take care of Iran'	1 12:52 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11131]
'United States expands ties with Syrian rebels'	0 [11124]
US Leads Major War Drill in Jordan	1 00:32 JosephMendiola [11128]
Iran Says Saudi-Bahrain Union Plan Deepens Crisis	2 01:57 JosephMendiola [11127]
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari wants hostages in Somalia freed	0 [11125]
Terror trial of fugitive Iraq VP starts in Baghdad	0 [11129]
Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik courthouse	1 13:25 Redneck Jim [11129]
Local Police Creates Insecurity in Afghanistan: Report	0 [11128]
Insurgency Hurts the Host Country Most: Crocker	0 [11125]
Iraq carrying out mass arrests, torture in Camp Honor: HRW	1 09:12 Besoeker [11126]
Saudi doubts Annan peace plan	0 [11123]
Lawfare: Israeli Group Wins Terror Suit Against Syria, Iran	4 15:51 borgboy [11129]
Osama Bin Laden: God did not want an Islamic state in Egypt	2 15:39 rjschwarz [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Inside the China-Philippines Fight in the South China Sea	6 21:06 JosephMendiola [11133]
Indonesia cancels Lady Gaga show after Islamist pressure	2 08:23 lord garth [11129]
A millenium of Europe in 11 minutes	3 15:47 SteveS [11127]
Govt poll shows Shafiq leading Egyptian presidential race	3 12:02 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11128]
Top BNP leaders appear in court today for bail	0 [11129]
Islamist party slams presidential candidate Shafiq	0 [11126]
President Francois Hollande's plane hit by lightning, no one hurt	3 07:49 Mullah Richard [11130]
New Senegalese president cuts civil servants pay	1 08:43 AlanC [11123]
Strauss-Kahn files $1m suit against maid	6 15:46 Zhang Fei [11125]
Tunisian Clan Fighting Injures 18	0 [11127]
Road crash kills 42 Angolan opposition supporters	2 08:03 Besoeker [11130]
Greece invites 5 parties to talks on new govt	5 21:57 phil_b [11135]
Saudi beheads Yemeni convicted of murder	0 [11125]
Hollande Sworn In as French President, Then Flies to Berlin for Talks With German Chancellor	0 [11126]
Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83	2 11:23 Mullah Richard [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
AEP: Greek euro exit looms closer as banks crumble	0 [11130]
Putin to reset relationship with Israel?	5 15:34 rjschwarz [11124]
President Obama, The View, And The False Notion Of Too Big To Fail	5 16:30 JohnQC [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Obama support for gays 'political'	6 16:34 JohnQC [11127]
Illegal Aliens Sue Senate	13 20:00 OldSpook [11130]

    
                23:27 canalzone

                        22:18 Pappy

                        21:57 phil_b

                        21:34 rammer

                        21:06 JosephMendiola

                        20:49 JosephMendiola

                        20:38 crosspatch

                        20:00 OldSpook

                        19:57 OldSpook

                        19:48 OldSpook

                        19:47 Besoeker

                        19:47 OldSpook

                        18:57 Gabby Cussworth

                        18:42 crosspatch

                        18:22 crosspatch

                        18:20 Gabby Cussworth

                        18:16 Gabby Cussworth

                        18:00 DarthVader

                        17:57 Yyeah  

                        17:55 Pomat  buray

                        17:31 American Delight

                        17:29 Gupo  Buddah Dan  Rust  Inzhanzen

                        17:25 newc

                        17:13 mojo

Who's in the News
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7	Govt of Syria
3	al-Shabaab
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Iraq
2	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in Arabia
2	Pirates
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2012-05-16
Ghalioun Elected Chief of Syrian Opposition Coalition

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

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