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Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Italy: Probe unearths $40 million "black channel" Iraq arms deal	6 00:00 Red Dawg [11131]
A Shattered Trust	0 [11131]
Thailand's Muslim insurgency is spinning out of control	4 00:00 Frank G [11134]
Fertilizer shortages hamper rocket fire (a lesson in Gaza economics)	12 00:00 BA [11133]
Another four Hindi-speaking persons killed in Assam	4 00:00 john frum [11126]
Oh where, oh where have Taliban gone?	19 00:00 Zenster [11136]
Contractors accused of firing on civilians, GIs	7 00:00 BA [11137]
Search continues for two missing U.S. soldiers	1 00:00 Pancho Jamble1384 [11132]
Two prominent media managers killed in Mogadishu	6 00:00 BA [11133]
Good morning	8 00:00 siriuslek [11131]
U.S. commander claims success in key Iraq province	1 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain four suspected terrorists, destroy weapons cache	0 [11132]
Car bomb in Kirkuk strikes local market	0 [11133]
Baqouba Guardians help secure city	2 00:00 Bobby [11130]
Coalition targets senior al-Qaeda: 2 terrorists killed, 10 suspects detained	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11135]
Terror alert on to-be-freed UK Gitmo guys	9 00:00 Zenster [11136]
Indian police kill 'mastermind' of temple attack	8 00:00 BA [11141]
No clue to 16 missing soldiers in Wazoo	0 [11131]
Two civilians killed in N Waziristan clashes	0 [11133]
IDF units arrest terror suspect near Hebron	0 [11131]
Gaza: IDF fires on gunmen placing bomb near fence	1 00:00 WTF [11130]
Nablus: Bomb thrown at IDF troops; none wounded	0 [11131]
US to add Lebanese group to terrorism blacklist	0 [11131]
Hamas: New naval coast guard unit formed	7 00:00 Old Patriot [11131]
Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11136]
W. Bank: Troops detain 2 Palestinians with shotgun	0 [11131]
Guantanamo prisoner released	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Cabinet Reshuffle In Iran	0 [11126]
Police slap case on Taslima	0 [11130]
Islamists urge caliphate revival	9 00:00 Halliburton - Goat-related STDs Division [11138]
How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won	5 00:00 BA [11137]
Gitmo detainee's family release 'torture' dossier	5 00:00 Cyber Sarge [11130]
Jirga agrees on follow-up strategy of reconciliation with 'enemies'	1 00:00 M. Murcek [11130]
Taliban: Koreans may be freed 'today or tomorrow'	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11126]
Berri confident presidential elections will be held on schedule	1 00:00 doc [11127]
March 14: No compromises over Lebanon's presidential elections	0 [11131]
Leading PA figures seek to establish 'Palestinian Kadima'	3 00:00 Zenster [11129]
W. Bank: 10,000 Hizbies call for Islamic state	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11133]
Egypt arrests 40 Muslim Brotherhood members	0 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Canada finally gets some strategic airlift, 3 more to come	3 00:00 Pappy [11129]
How Obama's Stars Aligned	8 00:00 BA [11134]
Iran, Iraq sign oil pipeline deal	0 [11129]
Queen sends in lawyers over 'royal rage' film	3 00:00 rhodesiafever [11130]
Yet another faked British TV account	2 00:00 rhodesiafever [11128]
Super-Sarko frightens the ~~French~~ Germans	5 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11129]
Most honour killings reported in Punjab	3 00:00 rhodesiafever [11126]
Russia unveils air defence plan	2 00:00 Valentine [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
Hey, Fred. The Washington Post has a problem with your name	18 00:00 Angie Schultz [11131]
Lord and master	1 00:00 Frank G [11126]
Happy Birthday, Pakistan	6 00:00 BA [11137]
Time to rest partition file	3 00:00 McZoid [11128]
Zounds: Army HASN'T bound, gagged Pvt Beauchamp	10 00:00 Zenster [11133]
Confessions of a BBC liberal	2 00:00 Grumenk Philalzabod0723 [11128]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
At least 24 injured in Kashmir arms depot fire	1 00:00 john frum [11129]
Accused Says He Was Just Milking Goat	9 00:00 BA [11135]
Second Egyptian girl dies during circumcision	6 00:00 jds [11132]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Iraqi Insurgency
5	Taliban
3	Hamas
2	Thai Insurgency
2	al-Aqsa Martyrs
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	al-Qaeda
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Global Jihad

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Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed

Sat 2007-08-11
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Fri 2007-08-10
Saudi police detain 135

Thu 2007-08-09
2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians

Wed 2007-08-08
11 polio workers abducted in Khar, campaign halted

Tue 2007-08-07
Suicide bomber kills 30 in Iraq, including 12 children

Mon 2007-08-06
Benazir willing to join Musharraf in govt

Sun 2007-08-05
Explosives + ME men near Naval Station in SC, FBI on scene

Sat 2007-08-04
Afghan airstrikes kill 100 Taliban

Fri 2007-08-03
Algerians zap Islamic mastermind

Thu 2007-08-02
Qaeda in Maghreb's second-in-command surrenders

Wed 2007-08-01
Eight terrorists killed, 40 suspects detained in Coalition operations

Tue 2007-07-31
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