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Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq arrested
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Government cracks down in J&K	0 [6]
Algerian troops kill 10 militants in clashes	0 [6]
Iraq: suicide bomber kills 25 west of Baghdad	0 [5]
Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq arrested	1 00:00 ed [13]
Iaraqi Lady Refuses to Blow Herself (and others) Up	2 00:00 Red Dawg [2]
1 killed, indefinite curfew clamped all over Kashmir valley	0 [14]
Troops 'desecrate' Quran, 16 hurt in clashes	1 00:00 anymouse [6]
Two more arrested in deadly Thai bombing	4 00:00 trailing wife [6]
US Military, Afghan President at Odds Over Airstrike Deaths	22 00:00 trailing wife [6]
Good morning	14 00:00 trailing wife [4]
Car lot blast kills 5 in Kirkuk	42 00:00 Alaska Paul [4]
Somalia: Fighting in Afkala Haya kills 23	0 [1]
Iraqi ex-culture minister sentenced to death	0 [2]
Five more killed in Kurram clashes	0 [5]
Six killed as shell hits house in Bajaur	0 [6]
Somali gunmen kidnap two Western journalists	0 [1]
Turkish troops kill two PKK rebels in clashes in south	0 [2]
Five militants held in Hangu	0 [5]
Corpses litter Somali port seized by Islamists	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1]
Swat: Security forces kill 40 militants in fierce clashes after suicide attack	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [3]
Nuggets from the Urdu press	4 00:00 .5MT [6]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iraq's top cleric denies rumors about his health	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Egypt And Jordan To Retake Administration Of Gaza and West Bank?	3 00:00 trailing wife [8]
"Lying To Win?"	0 [1]
The future is unclear for the Uighurs of Xinjiang	3 00:00 Spiny Gl 2511 [1]
France weighing Afghanistan role - Vichy solution with Taliban?	4 00:00 Frozen Al [1]
Israeli Bedouin indicted as Al-Qaida spy	0 [1]
Kashmiri militant leader asks terrorists to shun violence	0 [5]
Musharraf in 'protective custody'	3 00:00 Anonymoose [5]
Israeli police shut down Islamic Movement offices	0 [1]
Split feared in Pakistani coalition	0 [4]
US denies deal to pull troops out of Iraq by 2011	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1]
Palestinian embassy in Yemen closes	0 [4]
Olmert tells Russia not to arm Syria	2 00:00 trailing wife [9]
Aoun will soon travel to Tehran	0 [4]
Prachanda asks armed forces to forget 'bitterness' of past	1 00:00 Bulldog [5]
Tunisian held over plot to kill cartoonist quits Denmark	2 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Maliki disarming Awakening Councils	0 [1]
'Taliban not burning girls' schools'	4 00:00 gorb [5]
Islamic Jihad urges Palestinian groups to kidnap Israeli soldiers	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [2]
Pakistan's ruling coalition on verge of collapse	0 [4]
Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk	1 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [5]
US troops could leave Iraqi cities in June	0 []
Syria second country to back Russia on Georgia	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Russia to supply Syria , Hezbollah with missile systems	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Iran plans to launch telecoms satellite	2 00:00 lotp [4]
Haniyeh: Arrival of blockade-busting boats spells end of Gaza siege	4 00:00 Lemuel Floluger1973 [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Change you can laugh at	4 00:00 Frank G [2]
Man arrested in Denver hotel on weapons charges	18 00:00 CrazyFool [4]
U.S. Team Picks Georgian To Lead Them In Closing Ceremony	1 00:00 DarthVader [3]
Biden's Son, Brother Named in Two Suits	3 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [4]
Democrat Fratricide/Lurid Moonbat Fantasy #59: the Tape is out there!	7 00:00 Beldar Unasing7454 [8]
US Navy warship sails into Georgia with aid	6 00:00 bigjim-ky [3]
Two Russian officers killed in attack in Chechnya	1 00:00 Besoeker [1]
Is Kim Jong Il dead?	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
How did Zerobama pick bin Biden?	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Huge blast destroys Georgian fuel train outside Gori	4 00:00 ed []
Lack of staff could beach Britain's nuclear submarines	12 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [5]
Biden's mouth leaves Obamabiden ticket a banquet of words to eat	15 00:00 Old Patriot []
Obama chooses Biden as running mate	36 00:00 Red Dawg [1]
Pakistan looking forward to $10 bn bailout by Saudis, China	3 00:00 Paul [9]
N Korea 'develops a noodle which can delay feelings of hunger'	13 00:00 Frank G []
Turks ease Ramadan fasting with diet patches	5 00:00 .5MT []
Russia Stages a Substantial Withdrawal	4 00:00 .5MT [2]
Gaddafi's Likely Heir Announces Timeout	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Mr. Ten Percent to run for Pakistan presidency	1 00:00 Red Dawg [4]
Russia completes Georgia pullback: minister	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1]
Russia aims to keep control of Poti	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
No one dared to carry Zardari's message to deposed CJ	0 [12]
Ecuador's Correa backers march for new constitution	0 [1]
ANP and JUI-F disown Zardari	0 [7]
Iran's leader tells govt to control inflation	2 00:00 Beldar Unasing7454 [9]
Zardari to be elected president unopposed: minister	0 [5]
PPP ready for PML-N divorce, plans to reward others	0 [6]
Deeply hurt PML-N feels Zardari will self-destruct	0 [7]
Mauritania's junta replace head of state media body	2 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Khodorkovsky Denied Parole; Attorneys Allege Fabrication	1 00:00 Spike Uniter [2]
Page 4: Opinion
Frank Marshall Davis, Obama Mentor, Communist, Child-Rapist	3 00:00 Besoeker [6]
The best thing that could happen in Iraq	1 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [3]
J&K divide: diplomacy versus democracy	0 [3]
WaPo: Who Needs Russia?	10 00:00 ed [1]
How to target the extremists	5 00:00 Paul []
The Gap and Georgia - Information Dissemination Blog	16 00:00 Spiny Gl 2511 []
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy picture spurs pregnancy speculation	11 00:00 .5MT []
Indian police seek cyber-jihadi in Gwalior	1 00:00 Formerly Dan [4]
It's the Love Boat for policy ~~moonbats~~ wonks	9 00:00 Alaska Paul [1]
Court to consider divorce for girl, 8	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [5]
Hot Lixx Hulahan captures world air guitar title	7 00:00 Mike N. []
Two minor girls raped; one murdered	9 00:00 WolfDog [4]

    
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Who's in the News
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11	Govt of Pakistan
5	TTP
4	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Islamic Courts
3	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	ISI
1	Hamas
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	United Jihad Council

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-08-24
Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq arrested

Sat 2008-08-23
Bali bombers execution to be delayed

Fri 2008-08-22
37 more killed in Kurram festivities

Thu 2008-08-21
TTP suicide bombers hit Pak ordnance plant; dozens dead

Wed 2008-08-20
MILF warns Manila against ''declaring war''

Tue 2008-08-19
10 French soldiers die in Afghan battle

Mon 2008-08-18
Pakistan's Musharraf steps down

Sun 2008-08-17
Baitullah launches parallel justice system for Mehsuds

Sat 2008-08-16
36 militants killed in Afghanistan

Fri 2008-08-15
Gunships Blast Pakistani Madrassa; Faqir Mohammad rumored titzup

Thu 2008-08-14
Feds: Siddique wanted to poison Worst President Ever

Wed 2008-08-13
Russian troops roll into strategic Georgian city

Tue 2008-08-12
Israel 'proposes West Bank deal'

Mon 2008-08-11
Taliban take control of Khar suburbs as Zardari, Nawaz, Fazl jockey for presidency

Sun 2008-08-10
Iraq car bomb kills 21

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