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Syrian regime troops appeal for immediate aid in Al-Raqqa
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Bomb kills senior government official in southern Thailand	0 [3]
Good morning	8 20:44 Barbara [3]
Mortar shells injure three in Abyan	0 [8]
Tripoli gunmen free murder suspect	0 [1]
Gunmen kill two, injure three in Balochistan's Dalbandin area	0 [7]
Youths go for 22-hour blockade	1 12:23 Bill Clinton [3]
Grenade left on rail track	1 17:55 Glenmore [2]
NATO strike kills civilians in Afghanistan	2 13:23 Bill Clinton [4]
Pakistan expels Frenchmen over militant links	0 [9]
Fresh Clashes Rage in Syria's Aleppo	0 [8]
Syrian regime troops appeal for immediate aid in Al-Raqqa	0 [14]
U.N. aid agency suspends Gaza distribution over riot at HQ	3 21:36 tu3031 [10]
Egypt navy intercepts arms-laden ship from Israel: security	0 [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
UN agency 'broke' as Syria refugee funds run out	3 21:18 tu3031 [8]
N. Korea loads two medium-range missiles on mobile launchers	3 20:51 trailing wife [12]
Obama to discuss Syria with Middle Eastern leaders	1 13:25 Bill Clinton [10]
Iranian Navy enters Pacific	3 19:54 JosephMendiola [11]
Pervez Musharraf nomination papers rejected	0 [11]
Ontario Islam convert held in Mauritania suspected of radical links: local report	2 18:03 Glenmore [4]
How Myanmar's Buddhist-Muslim conflict has reached into Indonesia	2 23:43 Sgt. D. T. [10]
NORK border guards charged with preventing defections, defect to China	2 21:43 JosephMendiola [6]
More Palestinian Fauxtography	1 16:19 Ebbang Uluque6305 [2]
Boko Haram are too illiterate for their sophisticated attacks	3 19:40 Grunter [6]
Afghan President Wants Taliban To Be A Part Of Post-War Afghanistan	1 15:52 Ebbang Uluque6305 [6]
CAR rebels say they killed 36 SANDF troops	0 [5]
NKor asks Russian embassy to consider evacuation	2 19:56 JosephMendiola [2]
Afghan Government Illegally Detains, Beats American, Wants $2.4M for Him	0 [2]
Bill Richardson: "Suicidal" for North Korea to attack America	10 14:38 rjschwarz [3]
Iranian soldiers are fighting alongside Assad army: captured soldier tells Al Arabiya	1 21:45 JosephMendiola [12]
Hezbollah threatens regional security: Lebanese Sunni cleric	0 [5]
Tight security at Tunis airport for Salafist sheikh arrival	0 [3]
Salafists say Hamas made arrests for rocket attacks	0 [4]
Palestinian President Abbas 'to suspend unilateral action against Israel'	0 [3]
Grand Mufti warns attack on Al-Azhar 'undermines Egypt's security'	0 [3]
Any unrest, blame govt	0 [4]
Blogs black out in protest	0 [2]
Salafists to hold conference against 'spread of Shia doctrine in Egypt'	3 13:59 Pappy [4]
Syrian guerrilla fighters being sent to Iran for training	3 18:09 Glenmore [8]
SC orders end to Karachi 'no-go' areas within seven days	0 [9]
Jumblat Says Nominated Salam after Rejecting Rifi	0 [8]
Syria Criticizes Jordan for Hosting Rebel Training	0 [8]
Assad lashes out at Arab League, says it 'lacks legitimacy'	0 [8]
Lebanon's Tammam Salam emerges as likely new premier	0 [9]
Jamaat behind Hefajat	0 [5]
Lebanese Suspect 'Most Dangerous' in Iranian Espionage Cell	0 [6]
Anonymous Hackers Attack North Korea News Website, Flickr Account And Twitter Feed	9 17:26 Uncle Phester [2]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Key data missing at troubled Bank of Cyprus - inquiry	2 20:54 trailing wife [8]
Pak tests candidates' knowledge of Islam	4 21:38 tu3031 [14]
Chinese nuke submarine patrols worry Indian MOD	2 20:06 JosephMendiola [9]
50 years ago - remember the men of SSN-593	3 21:29 tu3031 [10]
Another US Army general relieved.	4 20:00 JosephMendiola [3]
US offers reward for Uganda warlord Kony	2 20:43 trailing wife [8]
Gadhaf Al-Dam file destroyed in 'suspicious' court building blaze	0 [4]
Indian man accused of killing nine women	1 10:31 john frum [3]
Top health officials arrested over drugs purchase	0 [6]
Swara victim calls for protection	0 [10]
Airport Security Arrests Syrian for Attempting to Smuggle Drugs to Saudi Arabia	0 [4]
Turtle Species Not Extinct: It Never Existed	9 21:32 tu3031 [8]
Ivory Coast begins exhuming mass graves	0 [3]
US agents arrest Guinea-Bissau ex-official	0 [2]
Tunisia politician arrested as gay sex suspect: Lawyer	0 [5]
Congress coming for your video games	9 21:33 tu3031 [7]
Largest Dutch bank defaults on physical gold deliveries to customers	6 20:11 Bright Pebbles [2]
Ruby the Heart Stealer protests at Silvio Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' sex trial	0 [3]
Page 4: Opinion
Review: Colonialisms last stand	0 [4]
Why the No-Fly List Doesn't Fly	0 [2]
Mukasey and McCarthy: Personal testimony	0 [4]
North Korean war at a glance - PJ Media	13 22:44 SteveS [8]
Pizza in Geneva, Korea, and the Cost of Unfinished Business	0 [4]
What Will Happen to Sudan if Bashir Steps Down?	0 [5]
Page 6: Politix
Cities laying off police - rich hire own private police force	5 21:43 tu3031 [9]
Hot mic: Argentina's Cristina Kirchner is an 'old hag'	7 22:34 SteveS [10]
Champ returns 5% of salary in sequester damage control move	13 21:41 tu3031 [8]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Syria
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Salafists
3	Arab Spring
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
2	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Govt of Sudan
1	al-Qaeda
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2013-04-05
Syrian regime troops appeal for immediate aid in Al-Raqqa

Thu 2013-04-04
Syrian jets 'attack' Lebanese town

Wed 2013-04-03
N. Korea approves nuclear strike on US

Tue 2013-04-02
Dutch Hold 4, Search for Alleged Sarin Nerve Agent

Mon 2013-04-01
Al Nusra Front chieftain killed in Syria

Sun 2013-03-31
North Korea Declares 'State of War' with Seoul

Sat 2013-03-30
Hundreds rally against Egypt's prosecutor general

Fri 2013-03-29
52 Taliban killed in one day in Afghanistan

Thu 2013-03-28
Sectarian clashes in central Nigeria kill 23: Military

Wed 2013-03-27
Bangla: 12 vehicles torched, Train compartment set ablaze, police station bombed

Tue 2013-03-26
Egypt: Morality Police Thrashed for Whipping Woman

Mon 2013-03-25
Riad al-Asaad, Syrian rebel commander, loses leg in bomb attack

Sun 2013-03-24
Syria Rebels Seize Key Military Base in Daraa

Sat 2013-03-23
Miqati Announces Resignation

Fri 2013-03-22
Gunfire, bloodshed as hundreds clash outside Muslim Brotherhood HQ in Cairo

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