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Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary. Wotta surprise.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Somali pirates find 7 bodies, blame Egyptians	7 00:00 Anonymoose [4]
University of Alaska journalism students embed Stryker Bde.	1 00:00 Alaska Paul [4]
Silenced sniper killing cops in Dagestan	2 00:00 trailing wife [4]
Good morning	8 00:00 JohnQC [3]
Yemen army aims to "save" civilians from rebels	0 [8]
Abu Sayyaf under pressure	4 00:00 trailing wife [8]
Hamas: Dead Dogmush unrelated to Rafah clash	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [2]
Hamas: PA security detained three supporters in WB	0 [4]
Rafah: Gazan escapes clashes to Egypt, child hit by bullet	0 [4]
Four killed, one injured in Quetta firing	0 [7]
Forces kill 15 militants in SWA	0 [7]
Four rebels dead on Indian Independence Day	5 00:00 Old Patriot [6]
Pakistan, Afghanistan military clash in Waziristan	1 00:00 Old Patriot [7]
Five killed in suicide blast in Swat	0 [5]
Syria: 20 died in failed missile test	12 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [16]
Page 2: WoT Background
Row over Afghan wife-starving law	0 []
Neha Dixit: "India's Home Grown Taliban"	0 [8]
Ambassador Oren: Israel 'far from considering' strike against Iran	0 [3]
Iraqis uneasy at idea of early US withdrawal	3 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [3]
Iraq postpones census over fears of ethnic strife	2 00:00 Anonymoose [2]
Iran expands mass trial of opposition supporters	0 [6]
Cyber warriors trawl web for extremist threats	0 [2]
'Jund Ansar Allah leader killed himself'	8 00:00 crosspatch [1]
The Afghan Age Divide	4 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary	0 [10]
Karzai counts on tribal vote to win Kandahar	0 [4]
N. Korea blasts S. Korea-U.S. joint military drill	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Kurdish rebels urge Turkey to accept peace plan	0 [3]
Iran to try seven Bahais accused of spying	3 00:00 trailing wife [6]
368 more families return to Swat, Buner, Shangla	0 [6]
Bari deserter, faces now court-martial	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1]
Operation against terrorists to continue in Malakand: Kaira	0 [7]
Haniyeh: We were obliged to act against Jund Insar Allah	0 [2]
S. Korea ready to give massive aid to North if it ends nuke ambitions	6 00:00 Unitle Borgia4836 []
Hezbollah: Tel Aviv retaliatory target for Beirut attack	3 00:00 Old Patriot [4]
Ahmadinejad to address Iranians on cabinet	2 00:00 Pappy [4]
Months after vote, Mousavi names opposition party	0 [5]
Iran Judiciary sets out in search of jail rape proof	1 00:00 Anonymoose [7]
Jordans Abdullah congratulates Ahmadinejad	0 [6]
Dozens more Iran vote protesters face trial	0 [5]
Nativity Church deportees ask Shalit captors to include case in swap	0 [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Milwaukee Mayor Barrett injured trying to help woman being attacekd	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [12]
The Other Ted Kennedy Dies	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Venezuela steps up control over urban land	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [5]
Man Shoots Armed Robber, Armed Robber Shoots Other Robber	6 00:00 Glenmore [7]
USPS Threatens Health Pension Default	6 00:00 WTF [2]
Russian Jets Collide Rehearsing for Air Show	2 00:00 ed [14]
Canadian Care is Great	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Nigerian police raid Islamic sect, detain hundreds	0 [2]
Pakistan far better than India in civil nuclear technology, says Chairman PAEC	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [6]
Video: Human-Powered Hovercraft Crosses the Thames	5 00:00 Alaska Paul [2]
Building a Media Empire Around I Can Has Cheezburger	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [11]
It's all over for fat lady singers as slimline divas triumph	3 00:00 mom [4]
Russian website picks up signal from missing freighter Arctic Sea	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [10]
Colonial BancGroup shut down by federal officials	0 []
Elephant gets artificial leg	1 00:00 .5MT [1]
Yettaw to be released	0 [3]
Sudan opposition threaten to boycott poll	0 [3]
Fatwa again	2 00:00 ed [2]
Page 4: Opinion
Ordering pizza in 2020 under Obamacare.	0 [5]
Dowd: Sarah's Ghoulish Carousel	19 00:00 trailing wife [22]
Knowledge Too Big to Handle	3 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Was missing Russian cargo ship really carrying wood?	6 00:00 notascrename [11]
Why Taliban leaders prefer dead diplomats	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [3]
Union thugs try to silence critics of Obamacare	3 00:00 trailing wife [4]
When nice is not so nice	6 00:00 trailing wife [11]
Page 6: Politix
No Treats From Obama	1 00:00 abu do you love [10]
Dem Spin on 120G Deejay	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [2]
Nadler Phones It In	9 00:00 49 Pan [2]
Sources: Edwards to admit paternity of ex-mistress' child	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Gov. Jim Doyle won't seek re-election	4 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1]

    
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                        21:23 JosephMendiola

                        21:21 tipper

                        21:20 CrazyFool

                        21:20 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:19 JosephMendiola

                        21:16 notascrename

                        21:10 JosephMendiola

                        21:06 JosephMendiola

                        21:04 Glenmore

                        21:03 JosephMendiola

                        21:01 trailing wife

                        20:54 Besoeker

                        20:44 Glenmore

                        20:40 Skunky Glins 5***

                        20:17 mom

                        19:49 Barbara Skolaut

                        19:49 trailing wife

                        19:41 Old Patriot

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Iran
5	Hamas
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	TTP
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin
1	Taliban
1	Abu Sayyaf

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2009-08-16
Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary. Wotta surprise.

Sat 2009-08-15
Eight killed, 80 injured in Hamas, radicals clashes

Fri 2009-08-14
Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde

Thu 2009-08-13
Seven Pak preachers gunned down in Puntland mosque

Wed 2009-08-12
Georgia Man Guilty In Terrorism Trial

Tue 2009-08-11
Kuwait arrests al-Qaida linked group

Mon 2009-08-10
Tests say Noordin Mohammad Top's not the dead guy

Sun 2009-08-09
Surprise! Abbas reelected Fatah chief

Sat 2009-08-08
Noordin Mohammad Top reported titzup

Fri 2009-08-07
Fat Lady sings for Baitullah

Thu 2009-08-06
Bill Clinton springs journalists from NKor

Wed 2009-08-05
Ansar al-Islam Number 2 nabbed in Mosul

Tue 2009-08-04
Failed Coup Attempt In Qatar

Mon 2009-08-03
Prince Bandar under house arrest: report

Sun 2009-08-02
Iran puts 100 rioters on trial after post-election unrest

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