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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 |
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 |
June 5, 2008
The laughter went flat. Read more
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Extremism returns to Sudan capital
World |
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 |
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 |
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
