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Taliban Assassination Campaign Impedes Governance

KABUL, Afghanistan -- For seven years, Rahim Baz Mohammad was an Afghan police detective on a spectacularly perilous beat -- a province sitting directly between the capital and Taliban strongholds to the south and east. His case files bulged with kidnappings and murders. Recent victims included a government reform...

Suspected Killer of Pakistani Governor Spoke Openly of Plans

The police officer accused of assassinating Pakistani governor Salman Taseer reportedly spoke to other police about his plans and had previously been identified as a security risk. Malik Mumtaz Qadri is accused of shooting Taseer, governor of Punjab province, in Islamabad on Tuesday. Qadri, who was part of Taseer's...

Salman Taseer Buried Amid Tight Security in Pakistan

The assassinated governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was buried in Lahore this morning under tight security, as the country came to terms with a killing that has exposed the dangers faced by Pakistanis who dare speak out against Islamic extremism. Family, friends and members of the ruling Pakistan...

Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin Sells for $87,000 at Auction

(Dec. 17) -- The original coffin of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald has found a final resting place for $87,469. The coffin was auctioned off Thursday night, more than 47 years after President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Four U.S. government investigations concluded that Oswald killed Kennedy,...

Background on assassination

An assassination is defined generally as: "to murder (a usually prominent person) by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."

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