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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US: 2 American journalists missing in Lebanon	4 00:00 Tyranysaurus Snart3464 [9]
Victim's family outraged by Kuntar's return to terror	2 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 []
Good morning	5 00:00 Old Patriot []
Tribesmen fire rockets at drones in Miranshah	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Taliban blow up 2 girls' colleges in Swat	3 00:00 Old Patriot [5]
Police probing sectarian link to bombing at MP's house	0 [6]
Series of blasts panics Lahoris	1 00:00 Frank G [5]
Kerala police arrest 2 for "SIMI links"	0 [4]
Bomb injures Italian UN official in Somalia	0 [1]
Pirates attack six more ships off Somalia	7 00:00 .5MT [1]
9 kg heroin seized from India-Pakistan border	6 00:00 sinse [7]
Ahmedabad blasts accused sent to 7-day police custody	0 [6]
US embassy warns of violence targeting its citizens in Lebanon	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [4]
Syria expands north Lebanon troop deployment to Bekaa	3 00:00 The Sanity Inspector [6]
Afghanistan: Taliban militants killed in clashes	0 [2]
Three blasts in Lahore, casualties feared	0 [8]
Nigerian UN peacekeeper killed in ambush by Darfur gunmen	0 [2]
NKorea reportedly fires missile into Yellow Sea	4 00:00 logi_cal [2]
Turkey: PM warns of Iraqi incursion to target Kurdish militants	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
"Hey! Mainstream media....Why not try demoralizing the enemy for a change?"	4 00:00 Glenmore [3]
US dropped nuclear bomb near Basra in 1991, claims veteran	18 00:00 Betty [4]
Iraq ready to replace US troops in Baghdad	0 [3]
Bazaar Strikes Spread Throughout Iran	0 [7]
Hezbollah: Israeli MIA escaped, believed dead	1 00:00 Frank G [9]
Hamas: 'Jewish Lobby' in U.S. to blame for global financial crisis	12 00:00 mhw [1]
Ban Ki-Moon sees obstacles to helping Darfur, Somalia	0 [3]
Hamas sez "Time's up!" for Abu Mazen	2 00:00 ed [4]
Mehsud, 10 others declared proclaimed offenders	0 [6]
Pakistan waits for help as rupee edges to record low	9 00:00 Besoeker [7]
Wali offers Taliban peace talks	0 [7]
Army rules out operation in N Waziristan	0 [7]
Jirga vows to continue action against Taliban	0 [8]
U.K. Tamils protest against bombing	0 []
"LTTE does not represent Tamil community"	0 [1]
We'll fight to death before surrendering to U.S., Russia: Somali pirates	18 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Aid agencies welcome in central Somalia- Islamist group	4 00:00 Danielle []
Uganda: ICC renews calls for arrest of LRA chief Kony	0 [3]
Different laws for trial of IM-SIMI modules	0 [6]
South Korea mulls deploying navy off Somali coast	0 [1]
Netherlands: Rights group demands arrest of Israeli on torture claims	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [3]
UK to lobby for oil, gas sanctions on Iran	0 [4]
Pirates: Deal on Uke ship close	0 [1]
Settlers to Barak: Don't give PA security control of Hebron	0 [2]
Syria marks 35th anniversary of Yom Kippur War with call for peace	2 00:00 Darrell [4]
Pakistan's Sharif offers to broker Afghan-Taliban talks	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Hamas delegation in Cairo for unity talks	0 [3]
Constitution key to healing Iraq's sectarian rifts - Hakim	0 [1]
Hamas blames financial crisis on 'Jewish lobby'	2 00:00 Scott R [2]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Nato to make plans to defend against Russian attack	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Study: Stem cells derived from men's testicles seem to work as well as embryonic stem cells	9 00:00 DMFD [6]
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 47%, McCain 45%	32 00:00 Mike N. [3]
Germany: Leftist JungSozis hit the streets for Obama	2 00:00 rjschwarz [6]
Economic Slump, Not The Sun, To Blame For Global Cooling	9 00:00 The Left [2]
McCain Lawyers Push Back on Obama Keating Five Charges	14 00:00 Grunter [4]
Gordon Brown hails £500 billion bank rescue plan	6 00:00 ed []
Hyperion Reactor. to begin distribution in 2013	9 00:00 Old Patriot [3]
Arrest made in Palin e-mail hacking case	10 00:00 logi_cal [2]
Fed leads global coordinated rate cut, eases by 1/2 point	1 00:00 ed []
Global stocks plunge to new depths	9 00:00 Frank G [4]
N Korea 'developing nuclear warhead'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
AIG execs hold $440K post-bailout retreat	28 00:00 DMFD [2]
Zim: Opposition, ruling party fail to meet	0 []
Mauritania in talks with AU after snubbing ultimatum	0 [2]
Graft cases against Sharif brothers deferred	0 [6]
Somchai "flees" Parliament amid protests	0 [2]
Bernanke signals readiness to cut rates	0 [1]
Wall Street sinks again on crisis fears	0 []
Fed steps up in global scramble to stem crisis	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
UK set to launch bank rescue deal	0 [1]
Iceland teeters on the brink of bankruptcy	7 00:00 DMFD [2]
Kosovo: US reaffirms support for independence	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Germany Drafts Plan to Shield Banking Sector	0 []
Europe Doubles Bank Deposit Guarantee	0 []
World's Stock Markets Plunge	4 00:00 Frank G [11]
Page 4: Opinion
The worst debate ever - the fog machine was going full blast.	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [2]
Pat Boone - President Bush's resignation speech.	0 [1]
I think Karl Marx had some valuable insights into capitalist economies!	1 00:00 Grenter, Protector of the Geats [5]
Is McCain Throwing It (Part Rant, Part Thought Experiment)?	2 00:00 rjschwarz [1]
The Afghanistan paradox	6 00:00 rjschwarz [2]
Mark Steyn: come down off the ledge already!	7 00:00 Besoeker [2]
The third jihad	0 [1]
The Fountainhead	0 [8]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Ex-Aussie Soldier told to take down Australian Flag	2 00:00 Procopius2k [5]
Pterodactyl-Inspired Robot To Master Air, Ground, And Sea	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
Hindu Girl Mistaken For Christian, Gang-raped And Burnt Alive, Says Catholic Priest	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [9]
Today's statistical outlier	4 00:00 USN, Ret. [1]
Palin may be related to Princess Diana, Roosevelt	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Biden's Mother-In-Law Dies	3 00:00 Frank G [1]
South Sudan arrests 20 women for wearing pants, short skirts	0 [1]
It's time for the Ig Nobel prizes again! LOL	1 00:00 Besoeker [1]
Saudi religious police car chases end in crashes	5 00:00 lotp [1]

    
                23:57 Betty

                        23:35 Procopius2k

                        23:30 SteveS

                        23:26 Old Patriot

                        23:21 Frank G

                        23:08 JosephMendiola

                        23:08 DMFD

                        23:03 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:54 JosephMendiola

                        22:47 DMFD

                        22:47 JosephMendiola

                        22:40 DMFD

                        22:39 DMFD

                        22:39 The Sanity Inspector

                        22:37 The Left

                        22:31 Frank G

                        22:30 DMFD

                        22:20 logi_cal

                        22:18 Sninesh Prince of the Hatfields5789

                        22:18 Bobby Fischer.

                        22:17 Tyranysaurus Snart3464

                        22:14 Mike N.

                        22:13 Mike N.

                        22:12 Grunter

Who's in the News
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5	TTP
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
3	Taliban
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
2	Islamic Courts
2	Govt of Sudan
2	SIMI
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Indian Mujahideen
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-10-08
World's Stock Markets Plunge

Tue 2008-10-07
Iran forces down Corporate Executive ''Fighter Jet''

Mon 2008-10-06
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

Sun 2008-10-05
Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death

Sat 2008-10-04
US drone strikes kill 20 in North Waziristan

Fri 2008-10-03
'Biggest suspect' in ship piracy arrested

Thu 2008-10-02
U.S. Begins Transferring Sunni Militias to Iraqi Government

Wed 2008-10-01
Baitullah reported titzup

Tue 2008-09-30
ISI chief, four corps commanders changed

Mon 2008-09-29
At least six dead in Tripoli kaboom

Sun 2008-09-28
Sudan desert chase 'n gunfight kills 6 kidnappers

Sat 2008-09-27
Car boom kills 17 in Damascus

Fri 2008-09-26
Shots fired in US-Pakistan clash

Thu 2008-09-25
NKor bans nuke inspectors

Wed 2008-09-24
Five Indian Mujaheddin nabbed in Mumbai

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