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Syria Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Rumors Emerge of Chechen Participation in Syria Fighting - Ramzan Kadyrov outraged!	4 22:12 newc [11126]
Syria Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects	1 16:41 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11131]
Syria premier defects to anti-Assad opposition	5 16:23 mojo [11126]
Egypt Israel border attack leaves 'eight gunmen dead'	0 [11127]
Libya: Security Forces Kill Three Armed Men	0 [11126]
Egypt Closes Gaza Border After Attack On Sinai Police Station	3 09:36 lord garth [11126]
Seven dead in 'terror' gun attack on US Sikh temple	11 16:05 Fester Clunter7205 [11129]
Regime Warplanes Pound Aleppo as Ground Assault Looms	4 15:21 Bill Clinton [11127]
Security man kills pro-govt elder in Bajaur	0 [11124]
Car bomb in Quetta kills three	1 15:19 Raider [11125]
Fighting in southeast Turkey kills 19	0 [11125]
Unknown gunmen attack Nato containers in Khuzdar	1 11:54 M. Murcek [11126]
'Listed criminal' gunned down in Dhaka	0 [11125]
Two children among four killed in Quetta blast	1 21:23 Redneck Jim [11125]
Gilgit bus attack kills two	0 [11127]
Two oil tankers set ablaze in Khuzdar	0 [11125]
Fighting intensifies in Aleppo	1 15:24 Raider [11125]
45 dead in south Yemen suicide attack	0 [11126]
Suicide bomb attack on Nigeria checkpoint kills eight	0 [11124]
Red Cross building attacked in Libya	1 02:05 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Peacekeeper funds stolen in Darfur hold-up	6 17:35 American Delight [11127]
Police officer injured in Dagestan	0 [11127]
UN staffer killed in Sudan border state	0 [11126]
Free Syrian Army sez kidnapped Iranians are Revolutionary Guards	1 00:45 JosephMendiola [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Standard Chartered 'exposed US to terrorists' with $250bn in Iran transactions	0 [11128]
Iranian State Goes Offline To Dodge Cyber-Attacks	8 14:29 lord garth [11127]
Saudi Invites Iran For Extraordinary Muslim Summit	4 22:43 JosephMendiola [11129]
Sudan Oil Deal 'Unexpectedly' Hits Snag	0 [11126]
Next 'flytilla' to arrive through Jordan	0 [11125]
Al-Qaida Prisoners Try To Tunnel Out Of Iraqi Jail	3 12:58 CrazyFool [11130]
ISI Chief returns from his US visit	0 [11125]
Karzai accepts dismissal of security ministers	0 [11127]
Syrias first astronaut flees to Turkey	2 18:34 tu3031 [11127]
Power Outages, Protests Plague Morsi's Egypt	2 10:18 lord garth [11128]
Syria: US clears way for Americans to start donating money to rebels	0 [11125]
Tunisian blogger arrested for drinking alcohol during Ramadan	0 [11122]
Pakistan's extremists whip up frenzy over Burma's Muslims	4 11:10 Procopius2k [11125]
Nuggets From The Urdu Press	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Polish president accuses Obama of betraying Poland	2 19:38 Besoeker [11130]
Washington Post Continues Downward Spiral	12 20:33 Dale [11127]
3 dead, 7 others wounded in separate shootings	1 12:13 Frank G [11128]
NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars	5 21:06 Barbara [11134]
Remember this when Beijing boasts about its 'win-win' African parternships	9 23:38 Zhang Fei [11130]
American Exceptionalism - Mars landing	32 22:22 CrazyFool [11130]
Pic of the (last) week	2 21:12 Redneck Jim [11127]
Policemen suspended for parading people naked	0 [11123]
US accuses China of raising tensions over sea dispute	2 23:13 JosephMendiola [11124]
NFLers say secret to Ramadan fasting is pickle juice	2 09:13 swksvolFF [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Meshing realism and idealism in Middle East	3 15:41 Pappy [11127]
US and Israel Wartime tasks split: - DEBKAfile	0 [11125]
A Scary Vision Of Future Crime And Terrorism	1 17:12 JohnQC [11126]
Spengler: Will Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Orient to Saudi Arabia or Iran?	3 13:47 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Infiltrating the ranks	0 [11127]
Rethinking 'honour'	0 [11123]
Romney's Evaluation of London Olympics Justified	3 22:57 swksvolFF [11127]
Page 6: Politix
David Plouffe got $100,000 fee from affiliate of firm doing business with Iran	3 13:58 Steve White [11128]
Harry Reid a liar: Publicans	3 14:57 JohnQC [11126]
Hillary Clinton and her team are forced to flee swarm of bees at airport	16 20:17 JosephMendiola [11133]
White House considers executive order, leaves Internet takeover a possibility	10 22:38 CrazyFool [11129]
Champ's regulatory tsar Cass Sunstein resigns, crawls under bus	1 15:09 JohnQC [11126]
Barack Obama baseball bat photograph sparks outrage in Turkey	16 15:16 JohnQC [11128]
Corruption central issue in Quebec elections	1 15:16 JohnQC [11128]
Gov't land seizure will not stop, sez Mugabe	2 18:36 Water Modem [11127]

    
                23:38 Zhang Fei

                        23:13 JosephMendiola

                        22:57 swksvolFF

                        22:43 JosephMendiola

                        22:38 CrazyFool

                        22:30 newc

                        22:22 CrazyFool

                        22:12 newc

                        22:07 newc

                        21:23 Redneck Jim

                        21:21 Dale

                        21:12 Redneck Jim

                        21:08 Barbara

                        21:06 Barbara

                        20:50 Barbara

                        20:44 RandomJD

                        20:39 JosephMendiola

                        20:33 Dale

                        20:30 Rob Crawford

                        20:29 JosephMendiola

                        20:28 Dale

                        20:17 JosephMendiola

                        20:12 European Conservative

                        19:49 Besoeker

Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Iran
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Boko Haram
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Jamaat-e-Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2012-08-06
Syria Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects

Sun 2012-08-05
Kidnapped Syrian teevee host executed

Sat 2012-08-04
IMU Emir Abu Usman Adil has Died

Fri 2012-08-03
67 Killed in Syria as Rebels Use Tanks to Shell Aleppo Airbase

Thu 2012-08-02
Kofi Annan quits as UN-Arab League envoy

Wed 2012-08-01
Mexican Marines bag five, detain four in firefight in Veracruz

Tue 2012-07-31
Unconfirmed: Saudi spy chief Prince Bandar assassinated, report says

Mon 2012-07-30
Nine dead after Dagestani raid

Sun 2012-07-29
Syria Rebels Fend Off Aleppo Assault

Sat 2012-07-28
Helicopter gunships strafe Aleppo

Fri 2012-07-27
62 Mexican Policias Federales kidnapped in Michoacan

Thu 2012-07-26
Syrian envoy to Cyprus defects

Wed 2012-07-25
Syrian forces attack mosque, kill 30

Tue 2012-07-24
Syrian Army Retakes Most of Damascus

Mon 2012-07-23
23 wounded in Iraq car bombing

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