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Marwan to be 'freed' as part of Shalit deal
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
8 wanted persons, 14 suspects arrested in Basra	0 [11128]
Judge dismisses acquittal bid by Fort Dix plotters	3 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Bulldozer driver's relatives: It was accident	0 [11128]
Why Egypt Won't Mess With The Bedouins	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
Good morning	8 00:00 SadieraCers [11126]
Iraq: Wave of bomb attacks causes chaos	2 00:00 M. Murcek [11128]
Singapore man admits to 2001 airport terror plot	0 [11127]
Troops move into last LTTE-held areas, kill 44 LTTE men	3 00:00 Shieldwolf [11129]
10 Taliban to be released in Swat	1 00:00 Rednek Jim [11126]
Air strikes kill three militants in Gaza	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
One killed in DI Khan mosque explosion	0 [11124]
Pakistan accepts Taliban rule in Swat	9 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
Govt accepts BLUF demands for Solecki's release	1 00:00 mojo [11128]
Militants blow up gas line in Quetta	0 [11125]
Taliban blow up music shops	3 00:00 Grunter [11127]
Taliban blow up 17th century sufi shrine in Peshawar	4 00:00 Charles [11135]
Bomb kills 13 south of Baghdad	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Lahore attack: Important forensic evidence lost	4 00:00 tu3031 [11130]
TV footage shows Lahore attackers fleeing past police	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Referee fears Pakistan shooting a set-up	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Reforming the Intelligence Agencies in Pakistans Transitional Democracy	4 00:00 trailing wife [11139]
Morocco cuts ties with Iran over Bahrain	2 00:00 Anonymoose [11129]
Experts call for SOCOM, CIA to share personnel	6 00:00 trailing wife [11135]
Evidence mounts of Syrian nuclear cover-up	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [11124]
DARPA awards contract for nano-copter UAV	1 00:00 Rednek Jim [11127]
The Boys From Minnesota	11 00:00 Cynicism Inc [11124]
Internet influential in spread of Asian Islamism	2 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Mecca Masjid blast case has turned 'cold'	9 00:00 Redneck Jim [11125]
Federal judge says Sami Al-Arian plea deal does matter	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11124]
Afghanistan: Clinton proposes high level strategy meeting	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Marwan to be 'freed' as part of Shalit deal	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11140]
Britain open to talks with Hezbollah	2 00:00 Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 [11124]
Bangla: Carnage plotted at least 2 months back	1 00:00 Rednek Jim [11126]
Killers hired from outside: Khaleda	1 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Govt, rebels urged to allow civilians to flee Lankan war zone	0 [11123]
Lahore attack: Lanka distances itself from Indian link claims	0 [11127]
N. Korea rocket launch will violate U.N. resolutions	2 00:00 swksvolFF [11126]
Islamic Jihad to retaliate against Israel	1 00:00 mojo [11124]
Cricket series with Pakistan postponed	0 [11124]
Pakistan identifies cricketer attackers	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11125]
Resolution of Darfur Issue Needs Diplomacy, Not Force: Clooney	4 00:00 swksvolFF [11124]
Bashir calls ICC warrant a colonialist ploy	2 00:00 newc [11124]
Pakistan: Cricket chief rejects criticism over Lahore attack	3 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [11126]
Sufi meets Fazlullah, asks Taliban to lay down arms	0 [11123]
Polish engineer's killers will not go unpunished, says Zardari	0 [11127]
Senate body urges West, EU to shun Islamophobia	5 00:00 AlanC [11127]
Pak suspects al Qaeda for Lahore attack, rules out India hand	1 00:00 Lonzo Glesh1593 [11127]
Pakistan facing serious internal threat: Hillary	0 [11123]
Senate panel starts CIA review	4 00:00 Hellfish [11126]
Sri Lanka to open escape routes from war zone	0 [11124]
Pakistan Generals promoted religious fanaticism	1 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Earthquake Rocks Melbourne, Australia	1 00:00 Frank G [11125]
How Newspaper Stocks Are Doing	3 00:00 WTF [11129]
Chinese yuan set to replace dollar	4 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
US unemployment rate at 25-year high	0 [11125]
Clown shortage devastates UK circus industry	4 00:00 CrazyFool [11125]
Parents face prosecution over school gay week protest	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11123]
Car Crash Kills Zimbabwe PM's Wife	3 00:00 swksvolFF [11124]
Third successful test of Indian ballistic missile interceptor	1 00:00 john frum [11129]
Chile, Argentina battle British in Antarctica - Faulkands War-II	2 00:00 phil_b [11123]
Japanese Physicists Make Quantum Physics Even More Puzzling	15 00:00 3dc [11126]
Obama Bear Market Punishes Investors as Dow	2 00:00 Dar [11126]
Global Warming Alert: Gore does a Rope-A-Dope regarding GW/CC	4 00:00 CrazyFool [11129]
Gupta opts out of surgeon general consideration	6 00:00 Harry Sneling3424 [11125]
Russian General: Satellite Collision Was U.S. Plot	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [11126]
Pre-Angkor civilisation site	5 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Women can hold mufti position: UAE fatwa	2 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Jackson announces comeback with concerts	2 00:00 Uncle Phester [11126]
Bangabandhu murder case may resume soon	0 [11125]
Zim cholera figures 'most likely a dramatic underestimate'	2 00:00 Besoeker [11125]
Italy pulls out of UN racism conference	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
New Indian stealth warship halted by US bar on GE	9 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [11124]
Auditors question GM viability	7 00:00 swksvolFF [11125]
Netanyahu promises to lower taxes in '09	2 00:00 Besoeker [11125]
Police urge third Olmert indictment	0 [11126]
Mullah Diesel expects breakthrough in deadlock between PPP, PML-N	0 [11126]
Egypt: Death sentence for 10 gang rapists	1 00:00 Glenmore [11127]
Slovenia: Hundreds of corpses found in WW2 mine	2 00:00 Large Snerong7311 [11125]
1 million new Afghan students start school	1 00:00 Icerigger [11124]
Judges to be restored before caravan reaches Jehlum: Shahbaz	1 00:00 Grunter [11126]
Reprocessing request is the first test of nuclear deal under Obama	1 00:00 Uncle Phester [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama's economic saviour savaged as Keating lets rip	0 [11127]
China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threaten to Double	0 [11125]
'Stop giving aid to Africa. It's just not working'	3 00:00 Uning Munster3399 [11124]
North Korea: Curbing Missile Diplomacy	0 [11125]
Is the Bottom Near? Viet-Nam considered better risk than Warren Buffet	1 00:00 no mo uro [11125]
Obama's Radicalism Is Killing the Dow	6 00:00 DMFD [11124]
When Will the Bull Return?	14 00:00 Procopius2k [11137]
The Big Dither	12 00:00 Mike N. [11130]
Let's put Iran back to 1850s	10 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Pakistan is bleeding to death	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Rosanne Barr: Israel Firing Rockets at Itself so They can Kill More Palestinians.....	18 00:00 Mike N. [11132]
Facebook jihad	3 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
Obama's Enemies List: Orwell Told Us So	9 00:00 Black Charlie Clinegum5078 [11131]
How US 'war on terror' emboldened Sri Lanka	1 00:00 JFM [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Adventures in Diplomacy	3 00:00 Mike N. [11138]
Court rejects Franken's bid to be seated in Senate	1 00:00 Besoeker [11127]
House turns back call for PMA probe	0 [11126]
John Kerry Calls for Easing US Sanctions Against Syria With No Preconditions	4 00:00 DMFD [11130]
Bair Says Insurance Fund Could Be Insolvent This Year	6 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]

    
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                        22:21 Skunky Glins 5***

                        22:19 Annon

                        22:14 Redneck Jim

                        22:12 DarthVader

Who's in the News
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10	Govt of Pakistan
4	TTP
2	Hamas
2	Islamic Jihad
2	Govt of Sudan
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	TNSM
1	al-Shabaab
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Iraqi Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2009-03-06
Marwan to be 'freed' as part of Shalit deal

Thu 2009-03-05
ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's president-for-life

Wed 2009-03-04
Lanka troops in last Tamil Tiger Towne

Tue 2009-03-03
Lanka cricketers shot up in Lahore

Mon 2009-03-02
Hariri tribunal gets underway in The Hague

Sun 2009-03-01
Mighty Pak Army claims famous victory in Bajaur

Sat 2009-02-28
Bangla sepoy mutiny: Mass grave horror stuns nation

Fri 2009-02-27
Paleofactions agree to form unity govt

Thu 2009-02-26
Bangla: At least 50 feared dead in sepoy mutiny

Wed 2009-02-25
Lanka: Troops enter last Tamil Tiger-controlled town

Tue 2009-02-24
Mulla Omar orders halt to attacks on Pak troops

Mon 2009-02-23
100 rounded up in Nineveh

Sun 2009-02-22
1 European killed, 9 others wounded in Egypt blast

Sat 2009-02-21
Handcuffed JMB man pops grenade at press meet

Fri 2009-02-20
Tamil Tiger planes raid Colombo

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