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Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	8 15:40 Barbara [11128]
Pastorals and Shaboobs battle on Buloburde outskirts	0 [11127]
11 wounded in Garissa kaboom	0 [11125]
Airstrike Kills 50 Shaboobs near Jilib	1 05:10 Richard Aubrey [11125]
U.S. sending troops to Chad to find Nigerian girls	6 16:45 swksvolFF [11128]
Militant mortar attack kills 5 Syrian civilians	0 [11131]
Malian troops withdraw from Kidal after clashes	0 [11127]
Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'	0 [11128]
Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room call on army members to desert	0 [11124]
3 killed as rockets hit Salaheddin area overnight	0 [11128]
Tajik militant shot dead in Miranshah	0 [11126]
Hosni Mubarak sentenced to three years over graft	2 08:19 AlanC [11130]
Insurgents behead 16 Afghan police in past 24 hours	0 [11129]
Bahrain Youth Killed in Clashes with Police	0 [11128]
Egypt Sentences 54 Morsi Supporters to Life in Jail	0 [11126]
Israeli Troops Point Guns at Lebanese Army Border Post	0 [11128]
NPA take responsibility for attacks on mining firm	0 [11128]
U.S. Utility's Control System Was Hacked, Says Homeland Security	2 12:32 Bobby [11128]
Two gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [11129]
Gunmen Kill Schoolteacher, Family Members in Pakistan	0 [11125]
Dutch Syria Fighter Arrested Planning 'Jihad Heist'	0 [11128]
Army Arrests 18 Syrians in Arsal for Illegally Entering Lebanon	1 14:49 Squinty [11125]
Chinese Engineer Killed in Libya's Benghazi	1 14:51 Squinty [11126]
Syria Army Presses Bid to Break Prison Siege	0 [11126]
Libya Navy Chief 'Wounded in Attack on Convoy'	1 21:47 Zenobia Floger6220 [11128]
Pakistan jets kill 60 militants in tribal region	8 16:02 Squinty [11130]
Pak Building Missile Factory With Chinese Help	0 [11127]
IDF Troops Respond To Mortar Fire And IED From Gaza	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Karzai's Cousin Endorses Abdullah Abdullah	4 21:15 Zenobia Floger6220 [11125]
Top Officials Discuss Runoff Security, Point Blame at Pakistan	0 [11124]
Egypt's ex-army chief wins 94% of expat votes. Really.	1 00:26 Fidel Castro [11127]
Ansar Al-Sharia says Hafter is waging war against Islam	8 16:41 Pappy [11126]
Nisar takes notice of Taxila doctors' killing	0 [11129]
Pakistan among 'most corrupt' countries	1 16:42 Pappy [11130]
Hafiz Gul Bahadur group reviews peace treaty with govt	0 [11125]
U.N. Rights Monitors Urge Iran to Stay Arab Activists' Execution	0 [11125]
Tunisian Jailed after Pardon for 'Blasphemous' Cartoons	1 22:01 Zenobia Floger6220 [11127]
N. Korea Threatens to Strike S. Korea Warships near Sea Border	2 22:23 JosephMendiola [11132]
ICC Rejects Final Libya Bid to Try Gadhafi Son Seif	0 [11126]
Israel Court Hears Appeal over U.S. Activist's Death	10 22:33 Zenobia Floger6220 [11132]
Thousands Rally for South Yemen Independence	0 [11125]
Syria Capacity to Produce Sarin Destroyed	1 13:22 Squinty [11127]
Concern as Israel Tries to Woo Christians, Split Arabs	1 03:49 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Fatah Official's Gaza Visit Postponed Indefinitely	1 13:25 Shipman [11129]
Egypt: Mubarak sentenced to 3 years in prison	0 [11126]
US Releases Uranium Salesman Who Tried To Sell To Iran	0 [11125]
DoJ to reveal drone memo on targeting of USCITS.	4 14:23 Besoeker [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Former KGB general: Snowden is cooperating with Russian intelligence	1 22:17 Squinty [11128]
Thai military seizes power in coup, imposes curfew	2 14:30 Procopius2k [11127]
SANDF General allegedly springs jailed troops	2 15:40 Squinty [11125]
Russia signs 30-year gas contract with China	6 19:24 Squinty [11129]
Oliver Hazard Perry FFG class -- 'no reasonable offer refused'	7 22:21 JosephMendiola [11131]
Criminal Code Inciting Border Fears	1 00:33 SteveS [11129]
Turkey's deputy PM slams aide for kicking protester	0 [11124]
Authorities probe Russian violations of Finnish airspace	5 16:51 Pappy [11131]
Five convicted in slaying of Russian journalist	1 15:27 Squinty [11126]
Seven-hour outages across country	0 [11127]
Suspected robber killed in police 'encounter'	0 [11126]
Russian TV chief blames nymphs for retread 'Ukraine' footage	1 22:19 JosephMendiola [11132]
CII urged to formulate laws against forced conversion of Hindu girls	0 [11124]
Senators say ban on any media organisation unacceptable	0 [11127]
Israel Puts Jewish Extremists under House Arrest for Pope Visit	3 10:34 Squinty [11132]
Scientists Respond to the Obama Administration's 2014 National Climate Assessment	7 22:25 JosephMendiola [11128]
Venezuela suspends international mail deliveries in currency row	6 18:22 Alaska Paul [11129]
Six Iranians Arrested After Posting 'Happy' On Youtube	1 13:53 Squinty [11122]
Bedouin Judge's Car Set On Fire; Motives Unclear	1 00:37 Raj [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
The New Sino-Russian Alliance	4 14:51 Besoeker [11124]
Maliki's third success	0 [11124]
Murder in the name of faith	1 23:57 Zenobia Floger6220 [11125]
State of Jihad: The Reality of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria	1 13:33 Squinty [11127]
Page 6: Politix
House Democrats break with Obama, call for Shinseki's sacking	27 21:55 Barbara [11126]
China probes two top energy officials for bribery	2 13:41 Squinty [11125]

    
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Who's in the News
37	[untagged]
7	Govt of Pakistan
6	Arab Spring
4	Govt of Syria
3	al-Shabaab
2	TTP
2	Commies
1	Fatah
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Boko Haram
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Hamas
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2014-05-22
Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'

Wed 2014-05-21
Syrian Army Missile Kills 23, Including 8 Kids

Tue 2014-05-20
Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM

Mon 2014-05-19
36 Dead, 30 Hostages in Mali Clashes, PM Says 'at War with Terrorists'

Sun 2014-05-18
Belmokhtar loses another top deputy

Sat 2014-05-17
24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists

Fri 2014-05-16
Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border

Thu 2014-05-15
Syria Rebels Detonate Tunnel Bomb under Idlib Army Base

Wed 2014-05-14
13 People Burned Alive in C. Africa at the Weekend

Tue 2014-05-13
Belmokhtar aide killed in Mali

Mon 2014-05-12
Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

Sun 2014-05-11
Almost 90 %t vote for self-rule for east Ukraine region

Sat 2014-05-10
11 Killed as Iraq Forces Launch Assault near Fallujah

Fri 2014-05-09
Syrian Rebels Claim Massive Aleppo Hotel Bombing

Thu 2014-05-08
Hundreds Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Border Town

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