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Boko Haram Takfiris seize town in NE Nigeria
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Hamas kills 7 more suspected collaborators in Gaza	7 21:02 SteveS [11129]
Israeli boy, 4, killed by Gaza mortar	1 17:55 gorb [11127]
Good morning	4 14:00 49 Pan [11126]
4 ANA Soldiers Wounded in Kabul	0 [11128]
Taliban Kills 5 Police Officers and Civilian	0 [11132]
Clearance Operation Launched in Chahar Dara: Officials	0 [11124]
Man Who Stabbed Foreign Citizen Detained in Kabul: Police	0 [11127]
Kunduz Battle Against Taliban Led by Released Taliban	0 [11128]
Indian army kills two fighters in Kashmir	0 [11126]
Boko Haram Takfiris seize town in NE Nigeria	0 [11129]
Bangladesh charges 13 over deadly 2001 attack	0 [11127]
Tunisia, Egypt halt all flights to Libya	0 [11126]
US increases IS airstrikes following hostage horror	5 22:36 SteveS [11132]
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria militants 'seize police academy'	0 [11124]
5 security men hurt in Bajaur, Dir blasts	0 [11126]
Liveblogging Israel-Gaza Active Conflict: Day 46	0 [11125]
Rockets Hit Kindergarten, Wound One, in Southern Rocket Barrage	2 02:44 Steven [11128]
Three Senior Hamas Commanders Killed in Pre-Dawn Airstrike	2 08:04 AlanC [11130]
Thousands of armed rebels flood Yemen capital	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
New weapons-tracking site	0 [11124]
LTC Ralph Peters: 'Release of failed prisoner rescue info was a murderous act.'	8 21:14 Hotspur666 [11131]
Der Spiegel: The Curse of the Islamic State (review article)	5 21:37 Hotspur666 [11128]
PTI MPAs 'hand over resignations' to opp leader	0 [11125]
Preparations underway to form national government: Chaudhry Shujaat	0 [11124]
Imran, Qadri protest to the same tune	0 [11125]
US meddling in Pakistan's politics, says Imran Khan	0 [11126]
Nine more Bagram detainees return from Afghanistan	0 [11125]
All but one party in Parliament with us: PM Nawaz	0 [11127]
Obama: ISIL speaks for no religion	18 23:42 Zenobia Floger6220 [11128]
Pakistan's Khan withdraws from talks with government	0 [11124]
Afghanistan expels New York Times reporter	0 [11123]
US using Foley beheading as casus belli to reoccupy Iraq: Michael Burns	6 23:55 JosephMendiola [11131]
ISIL demanded $100 million ransom for Foley	6 20:22 Pappy [11133]
Bahrain urged to scrap laws on revoking nationalities	0 [11123]
Haniyeh condemns killing of 3 Hamas commanders	0 [11128]
Afghans call for immediate presidential vote results	0 [11123]
Philippine Muslim rebels take crucial step on path to pact	1 20:22 JosephMendiola [11127]
New Islamabad police chief ordered to tackle anti-govt marchers	0 [11125]
Iran ties Iraq role to lifting of Western sanctions	1 20:47 Frank G [11131]
Justice elusive year after Syria gas attack	0 [11125]
IS is now chasing Al-Surooris	1 21:26 Hotspur666 [11133]
Hollande: France armed Syrian rebels 'a few months ago'	0 [11123]
Indonesian president says IS 'embarrassing' Muslims	2 10:08 BA [11124]
Aafia Siddiqui: the Pakistani female scientist 'on Isil's list of demands'	2 23:58 JosephMendiola [11132]
US offers new bounties for Haqqani network members	0 [11125]
NA passes resolution rejecting PTI, PAT's 'unconstitutional demands'	0 [11125]
Security personnel getting tired of 'standing around all day'	0 [11126]
Feds: Obama Broke Law with Bergdahl Swap	6 15:04 CrazyFool [11125]
Dearborn cleric popular with ISIS fighters owes $250K for fraud	1 08:55 Raj [11126]
Some see Qatar's hand in collapse of Gaza talks	1 00:51 djk [11128]
PA Makes 'Political Decision' to 'Slaughter Settlers'	4 18:03 gorb [11124]
Fiscal Times: Failure in AFG Creates a Terror Safe Haven	0 [11123]
Foley's killer appears to be from the UK.	2 18:50 Bright Pebbles [11124]
Alex Quade Exclusive: Spec Ops capture & release of Taliban for Bergdahl	1 08:03 Matt [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ryan L. Schuessler: I will not be returning to Ferguson.	0 [11127]
Russia Wants Bulgarians to Stop Vandalizing Soviet Monuments	4 16:35 badanov [11127]
Russia pushes ahead with aid convoy to Ukraine	2 14:39 Besoeker [11126]
3 more Ukrainian military aircraft go down	2 10:22 OldSpook [11128]
Government shelling kills two civilians in E Ukraine	0 [11122]
Turkey's ruling party nominates Davutoglu as next premier	1 11:38 Zorba Fleresh4606 [11125]
Thousands flee deadly riots in northeast India	0 [11129]
Naked woman climbs downtown Portland flagpole	4 14:28 Rambler in Virginia [11124]
Two men arrested after South African worker is 'pelted to death with oranges'	8 20:27 swksvolFF [11130]
Research shines light on Neanderthals' coexistence with humans	9 15:16 CrazyFool [11130]
Virginia man named Stoner arrested on pot charges	4 16:58 Shipman [11124]
Microsoft to reveal Windows 9 next month	12 20:21 Mullah Richard [11133]
Missouri cop was badly beaten before shooting Michael Brown	6 14:33 rjschwarz [11128]
Asymmetric Solutions provides support for client in Ferguson.	4 08:44 Besoeker [11126]
Boy, 9, Fatally Shot In Greater Grand Crossing	5 19:07 SteveS [11128]
Battle for Ukraine: An Inside View of the Surreal Donetsk War Zone	0 [11127]
U.S. aid workers released from Atlanta hospital after cleared of Ebola	0 [11126]
Business Insider: Why the F-35 fiasco has turned into a trillion dollar fail	3 14:13 USN, Ret. [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Mercer: ISIS 'IS' Islam.	6 14:36 rjschwarz [11128]
Geraldo Rivera: Champ let America down.	9 19:45 Bill Clinton [11129]
Politics is the victim	0 [11125]
US journalist's murder	2 13:20 JohnQC [11124]
Deja vu	0 [11128]
PTI's empty threats	0 [11125]
Pro-officer Darren Wilson protestors whisked away from Ferguson protest site.	0 [11126]
Bill Whittle: The Gentle Giant, progressives, and the Real Race War.	0 [11124]
Page 6: Politix
First-Term Congressman Aims to Topple Pryor Dynasty in Arkansas	3 13:10 JohnQC [11125]
Novi judge resigns a month before facing disciplinary hearing	0 [11125]
Could Legal Challenges Boost Perry, Christie, Walker in '16?	1 03:12 Besoeker [11126]
In His Mug Shot, Rick Perry Comes Out Smelling Like A Texas Yellow Rose	3 14:19 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [11124]
The Feds Really Don't Want You to Smoke at Work	2 09:57 Javising Snore4333 [11126]
Democratic Senator Is Running on Obamacare in a Surprising New Ad	4 11:39 Bill Clinton [11127]
Playing golf AGAIN: Obama tees off	10 18:57 borgboy [11124]

    
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Who's in the News
41	[untagged]
13	Govt of Pakistan
9	Islamic State
5	Taliban
3	Hamas
2	Govt of Iran
2	Boko Haram
2	Arab Spring
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Houthis
1	HUJI
1	TTP
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2014-08-22
Boko Haram Takfiris seize town in NE Nigeria

Thu 2014-08-21
Israeli Fire Kills 31 in Gaza as Hamas Warns Foreign Airlines, Declares Truce Talks Over

Wed 2014-08-20
Geelani, Yasin Malik meet Pak envoy after India calls off talks

Tue 2014-08-19
Kurdish PKK trains Yazidis to fight back against Islamic State.

Mon 2014-08-18
Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel

Sun 2014-08-17
Jihadists kill dozens in north Iraq 'massacre': officials

Sat 2014-08-16
Iraq Sunni Tribes Take Up Arms against Jihadists

Fri 2014-08-15
ISIS jihadist poses with severed head as Caliphate seize more key towns

Thu 2014-08-14
Boko Haram Appoints New Emir for Gwoza

Wed 2014-08-13
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense

Tue 2014-08-12
"Convert by noon today or we will kill all of you"

Mon 2014-08-11
Iraq PM to sue president, security forces deploy across Baghdad

Sun 2014-08-10
Al-Qaida Militants Kill 15 Yemeni Soldiers

Sat 2014-08-09
Gazans back in UN schools as Israel resumes blitz

Fri 2014-08-08
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