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Deputy Minister Kidnapped in Kabul
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
3 Palestinians killed in mysterious explosion in Gaza	14 22:02 SteveS [11132]
Incident At The Site Of Next Week's Boston Marathon	8 15:02 tu3031 [11129]
Good morning	2 11:10 OldSpook [11125]
France Arrests Former Egyptian Finance Minister On Interpol Warrant	0 [11127]
Albanian Arrested For Alleged Syria Recruitment	0 [11127]
Mortars Kill 1 Child, Wound Dozens In Damascus	0 [11128]
Bomb Wounds Two Policemen In Cairo	0 [11124]
Iraq Kurds Dig Trench on Syria Border to Block Militants	4 18:57 Mullah Richard [11128]
Sheikh Attacked in Ain el-Hilweh Succumbs to Injuries	0 [11128]
Morocco dismantles Syria recruitment cell	0 [11159]
US embassy employee escapes from kidnappers	0 [11126]
Kidnappers demand prisoner release in exchange for Jordanian ambassador	0 [11128]
Benghazi mayoral candidate survives assassination attempt in 24 hours of violence that leaves two dead	0 [11127]
Syrian Army troops liberate town near capital	0 [11129]
Militants target Iraq security ahead of polls	0 [11128]
Syrian troops secure three more towns in Qalamoun	0 [11127]
Poppy crop destroyed in Mohmand	0 [11124]
Militants attacked after soldier hurt in blast	0 [11126]
Two more gunned down in Quetta targeted killing	0 [11122]
Militants threaten residents to vacate Peshawar neighbourhood	0 [11124]
Roadblocks removed from Lower Shabelle	0 [11125]
Juba official killed in Kismayo	0 [11127]
Landmine Kills One and Injures Nine in Khost	0 [11128]
Deputy Minister Kidnapped in Kabul	0 [11129]
Boko Haram Abducts 103 Girls From High School In Chibok, Borno State	1 22:40 JosephMendiola [11126]
Rebel vids show first use of U.S. TOW missiles in Syria.	3 11:09 Pappy [11125]
Passengers and crew subdue man who attempts to exit plane at 30,000 feet.	11 20:02 Elmoluns Turkeyneck7523 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Unsettling video shows large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen	12 18:50 Nasir al-Wuhayshi2014 [11126]
New York Police End Muslim Surveillance Program	7 19:10 Airandee [11130]
Iran Cuts Proliferation-Prone Uranium Stock	1 00:59 JosephMendiola [11125]
Iran Envoy Visits Emirates In Sign Of Warming Ties	1 22:56 JosephMendiola [11130]
Sudan's president bans political party meetings	0 [11129]
Egypt Court Bans Brotherhood Members from Polls	0 [11127]
Belmokhtar reportedly in Libya	0 [11124]
Silent Soldiers: Inside The IDF's Elite Naval Commando Unit	0 [11126]
Rouhani Says Iran Sanctions Will Unravel In Months	2 13:07 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11123]
Canada plans to invade Syria: Revealed	6 10:26 swksvolFF [11125]
New governor suggests amnesty for militants	0 [11125]
Afghan Taliban deny Omar's link to pamphlet on TTP rift	0 [11124]
Al-Shabaab on the verge of elimination. Honest.	1 08:41 Besoeker [11126]
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Reporter Sy Hersh: Benghazi Is a HUGE Scandal ... Really.	5 16:57 Bright Pebbles [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
France lost 2,300 tubes of SARS virus	0 [11124]
California's 'Open Carry' Gun Advocates Set Sights On Court	0 [11127]
Study finds signs of brain changes in pot smokers	9 15:02 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11124]
Egypt Limits Air Conditioning In Mosques As Power Shortages Worsen	6 20:47 Uncle Phester [11124]
South Sudan rebels order oil shutdown, battle over town	0 [11124]
Ukraine helicopters land reinforcements in town near Slavyansk	1 23:32 JosephMendiola [11131]
N. Korea Officials 'Target London Salon over Kim Haircut Ad'	7 22:52 JosephMendiola [11128]
Kuwait Says 'Coup Plot' Video Tampered With	0 [11124]
Algeria presidential poll begins	0 [11127]
Kansas City Gunman Faces Murder Charges	4 22:51 JosephMendiola [11127]
Student segregation and strict dress codes to be implemented at Sirte University	0 [11125]
SI suspended for running torture cell	1 03:06 Skidmark [11126]
Police kill rape suspect teacher	0 [11125]
Ex-CM's brother arrested in arms purchase case after bail denial	0 [11124]
ATC sends suspected cannibals on seven-day physical remand	0 [11124]
Greek neo-Nazis get life for murdering Pakistani	0 [11122]
Ismael Jimenez: An angel who walked among us	0 [11126]
Chicago: Nahshon Shelton pulls alleged machine gun over Pepsi tax.	5 21:06 SteveS [11127]
36 People Were Shot In 36 Hours In Chicago.	5 15:00 Creremble Shiling9551 [11123]
Male Police Officer Dresses As Amish Woman To Catch Alleged Child Predator	5 17:33 CrazyFool [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Afghan election and beyond	0 [11133]
The CAR is crashing	9 20:57 3dc [11127]
One-way 'talks'	0 [11125]
Page 6: Politix
86M Full-Time Private-Sector Workers Sustain 148M Benefit Takers	10 21:32 Pappy [11124]
Chelsea Clinton says she may run for office	17 21:34 Uncle Phester [11130]

    
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                        21:32 Pappy

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                        20:57 3dc

                        20:51 Fat Bob Fillmore7100

                        20:50 Silentbrick

                        20:49 Redneck Jim

                        20:47 Uncle Phester

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                        20:35 Bubba Graiting8281

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                        20:14 DepotGuy

                        20:02 Elmoluns Turkeyneck7523

                        19:51 Besoeker

                        19:26 bigjim-CA

                        19:10 Airandee

                        18:57 Mullah Richard

Who's in the News
28	[untagged]
8	Arab Spring
5	Govt of Pakistan
3	TTP
3	al-Shabaab
3	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Syria
2	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Sudan
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Seleka
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Commies
1	Boko Haram

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2014-04-16
Deputy Minister Kidnapped in Kabul

Tue 2014-04-15
Twin bomb blasts kill 71, injure 124 in Nigeria

Mon 2014-04-14
Boko Haram massacres students, kills 200 others in Borno

Sun 2014-04-13
Gunmen storm 'pro-govt' Pak village, kidnap 100 men

Sat 2014-04-12
ISIS on retreat in Deir al-Zor after surprise attack

Fri 2014-04-11
5 Killed as Houthis Press 'Advance' on Yemen Capital

Thu 2014-04-10
Baloch separatists claim Islamabad terror attack; 24 killed

Wed 2014-04-09
Netanyahu instructs government ministries to cease cooperation with Palestinians

Tue 2014-04-08
Rebels claim gains in Aleppo and Qunaitra

Mon 2014-04-07
Army Begins Removing Hizbullah Checkpoints in Baalbek, al-Hermel

Sun 2014-04-06
Iraq forces kill more than 40 militants near Baghdad

Sat 2014-04-05
German AP Photographer Shot Dead in Afghanistan

Fri 2014-04-04
10 Insurgents Killed in Logar

Thu 2014-04-03
20 Dead as 'Qaida' Attacks Yemen Army Headquarters

Wed 2014-04-02
BREAKING: Reports of a Shooting on Fort Hood

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