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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Honoring Kennedy on 45th anniversary

National | November 23, 2008
About 500 people crowded Saturday into the plaza where President Kennedy was shot 45 years earlier, all agreeing it was right to remember a pivotal moment in American history, even if they didn’t all believe the official line. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Killing of mayor sends a message

World | By Tracy Wilkinson | October 8, 2008
Until he was gunned down over the weekend, Salvador Vergara Cruz was a man of some influence with a promising future in his political party. Read more
 

Friday, August 8, 2008

Threat against Obama alleged

National | August 8, 2008
A man authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges of threatening to assassinate presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Read more
 

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Idealism lost in ‘68 is reborn in L.A. classroom

California | Local | By Joe Mozingo | June 5, 2008
The laughter went flat. Read more
 

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Extremism returns to Sudan capital

World | By Edmund S and Ers | April 13, 2008
The young assassins prowled Khartoum’s streets for hours on New Year’s Eve, looking for Westerners on the way home from parties. Read more
 

Saturday, March 29, 2008

U.N. reports on Hariri death

World | March 29, 2008
The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was carried out by a network that is linked to other attacks in Lebanon, the chief U.N. investigator in the matter said Friday. Read more
 

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Weary of bickering, worried over economy, Spain to vote

World | March 8, 2008
When they voted in national elections four years ago, Spaniards were both traumatized and energized. Read more
 

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Incursion a gamble for Colombia

World | March 4, 2008
President Alvaro Uribe appears to have taken a calculated risk in ordering his armed forces to invade Ecuador to kill a top rebel leader, deciding to risk the ire of his southern neighbor to inflict a major loss in a decades-long war. Read more
 

Friday, February 15, 2008

Hezbollah vows revenge over militant’s slaying

World | February 15, 2008
The leader of Hezbollah told thousands of mourners Thursday that his Shiite Muslim militant organization would strike Israel to avenge the assassination of one of its most elusive top commanders. Read more
 

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Assassination feeds Pakistani rivalries

World | February 10, 2008
On the day Benazir Bhutto died, Yousef Leghari watched his native Sindh province erupt. Read more
 

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Shots didn’t kill Bhutto, British say

World | February 9, 2008
In findings similar to those of the Pakistani government, Scotland Yard investigators asserted Friday that Benazir Bhutto died of a head injury resulting from the force of a suicide blast, not by shots fired toward her seconds earlier. Read more
 

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Bush decries slaying in Lebanon

World | January 27, 2008
President Bush on Saturday bemoaned the latest assassination of a Lebanese official and told Syria and Iran to “end their interference” in their neighbor’s affairs. Read more
 

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Musharraf’s survival skills give him breathing room

World | January 6, 2008
Candles flicker, petals scatter and bouquets slowly wilt at the spot where Benazir Bhutto was slain. Read more
 

Saturday, January 5, 2008

VENEZUELA

World | January 5, 2008
14 missing as plane crashes into sea A plane crashed into the sea off Venezuela with 14 people on board, including eight Italians and a Swiss citizen. Read more
 

British police arrive in Pakistan

World | January 5, 2008
Scotland Yard investigators arrived Friday in Pakistan to help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, although the extent of their mandate was unclear. Read more
 

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

U.S. diplomat is gunned down in Khartoum

World | January 2, 2008
A U.S. diplomat and his driver were fatally shot early Tuesday in Khartoum, the capital of war-torn Sudan, U.S. officials said. Read more
 

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Pakistan vote delay expected

World | January 1, 2008
With the party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto pushing for elections to be held on schedule next week, President Pervez Musharraf’s government appeared poised Monday to postpone the vote well into February. Read more
 

In wake of post-assassination tumult, Pakistanis venture out

World | January 1, 2008
After three days of national mourning, life in this grief- and violence-stricken land limped back toward normal Monday as residents crept gingerly out of their homes to buy supplies, greet their neighbors and reanimate cityscapes that had turned into virtual ghost towns following the assassination last week of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Read more
 

Monday, December 31, 2007

Bhutto’s son and husband take the helm of her party

World | By Laura King | December 31, 2007
Acting in accordance with her last wishes, Benazir Bhutto’s party Sunday named her 19-year-old son as its ceremonial leader and her widowed husband as the executor of its day-to-day affairs as violence that had flared in Pakistan after her assassination subsided. Read more
 

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Bhutto’s death could be a turning point

World | By Laura King | December 30, 2007
The circumstances of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination suggest either that Islamic militants based in Pakistan are able to act with near-total impunity or that elements within the government of President Pervez Musharraf have been complicit in attacks, or both, analysts and Western diplomats say. Read more
 
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