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Top 20 Topics
1Same rank [1] Terror Attacks (145)145 articles (weight=307) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
210 articles (weight=419) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
2Ranked up by 1 [3] Osama bin Laden (99)99 articles (weight=211) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
146 articles (weight=295) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
3Ranked up by 1 [4] Anthrax Threat (73)73 articles (weight=156) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
107 articles (weight=225) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
4Ranked up by 1 [5] World Trade Center (70)70 articles (weight=140) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
93 articles (weight=199) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
5Ranked down by 3 [2] Taliban Regime (66)66 articles (weight=139) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
172 articles (weight=346) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
6Ranked up by 3 [9] George W. Bush (68)68 articles (weight=138) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
84 articles (weight=181) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
7New today Military Actions (49)49 articles (weight=98) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
8Ranked down by 1 [7] War on Terrorism (49)49 articles (weight=98) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
104 articles (weight=194) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
9Ranked down by 3 [6] Anti-terrorism (49)49 articles (weight=97) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
98 articles (weight=194) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
10Ranked up by 2[12] FBI (44)44 articles (weight=93) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
53 articles (weight=114) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
11Ranked down by 3 [8] Anthrax Cases (39)39 articles (weight=82) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
95 articles (weight=192) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
12Ranked up by 6[18] Air Strikes (45)45 articles (weight=79) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
43 articles (weight=82) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
13New today Bio-terror Threat (35)35 articles (weight=75) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
14New today Bush administration (37)37 articles (weight=68) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
15Ranked down by 5[10] Biochemical Attacks (37)37 articles (weight=66) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
72 articles (weight=131) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
16New today News Conference (30)30 articles (weight=62) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
17Ranked down by 4[13] White House (32)32 articles (weight=57) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
56 articles (weight=107) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
18New today Wall Street (27)27 articles (weight=55) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
19Ranked down by 3[16] Senate Majority Leade... (26)26 articles (weight=53) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
43 articles (weight=93) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
20Ranked down by 1[19] Northern Alliance (24)24 articles (weight=45) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=81) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
Top 20 Places
1Same rank [1] UNITED STATES (227)227 articles (weight=479) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
286 articles (weight=600) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
2Same rank [2] NEW YORK (164)164 articles (weight=342) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
170 articles (weight=367) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
3Same rank [3] AFGHANISTAN (113)113 articles (weight=231) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
167 articles (weight=356) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
4Ranked up by 1 [5] ISRAEL (48)48 articles (weight=100) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
84 articles (weight=152) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
5Ranked up by 3 [8] CHINA (41)41 articles (weight=87) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
58 articles (weight=111) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
6Ranked down by 2 [4] PAKISTAN (38)38 articles (weight=79) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
121 articles (weight=229) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
7Ranked up by 10[17] LONDON (42)42 articles (weight=73) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
41 articles (weight=56) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
8Ranked up by 1 [9] UNITED KINGDOM (34)34 articles (weight=63) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
54 articles (weight=97) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
9New today KENYA (26)26 articles (weight=51) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
10Ranked up by 2[12] IRAQ (25)25 articles (weight=48) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
34 articles (weight=70) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
11Ranked down by 1[10] CANADA (33)33 articles (weight=45) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
59 articles (weight=85) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
12New today GERMANY (23)23 articles (weight=43) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
13New today CHICAGO (84)84 articles (weight=42) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
14Ranked down by 7 [7] KABUL (26)26 articles (weight=42) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
82 articles (weight=123) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
15New today SHANGHAI (21)21 articles (weight=42) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
16New today SAN FRANCISCO (25)25 articles (weight=41) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
17New today ATLANTA (22)22 articles (weight=39) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
18New today JERUSALEM (20)20 articles (weight=39) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
19New today NAIROBI (19)19 articles (weight=36) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
20Ranked down by 9[11] RUSSIA (20)20 articles (weight=36) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=73) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
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1. UNITED STATES 2. NEW YORK 3. AFGHANISTAN 4. ISRAEL 5. CHINA 6. PAKISTAN 7. LONDON 8. UNITED KINGDOM 9. KENYA 10. IRAQ 11. CANADA 12. GERMANY 13. CHICAGO 14. KABUL 15. SHANGHAI 16. SAN FRANCISCO 17. ATLANTA 18. JERUSALEM 19. NAIROBI 20. RUSSIA
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