Euronews
| May 3, 2013
A prosecutor investigating some of Pakistan's most sensitive cases was gunned down as he left his Islamabad home today. Chaudhry Zulfikar was the lead prosecutor in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and was also inves...
Democracy Now!
| Apr 10, 2013
In his new book, "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth," Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti tracks the transformation of the CIA and US special operations forces into man-huntin...
Democracy Now!
| Feb 8, 2013
US President Barack Obama's nominee to run the CIA, John Brennan, forcefully defended Obama's counterterrorism policies, including the increase use of armed drones and the targeted killings of American citizens during his confirmation hearing Thur...
Euronews
| Feb 8, 2013
Tunisia's first general strike in decades brought the country to a halt as tens of thousands gathered in the capital for the funeral of slain opposition leader Shokri Belaid. Clashes between protestors and police have been reported around the coun...
Euronews
| Feb 6, 2013
Tunisia's ruling coalition has been dissolved amid huge street protests over the killing of opposition leader Shokri Belaid. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali says he will form a technocratic government to rule the country until new elections can be he...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 6, 2013
A leading Tunisian politician has been murdered. Shokri Belaid was the leader of a left wing opposition party - and an outspoken critic of the government. He was shot outside his home, leading to mass protests blaming the government. Al Jazee...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Jan 19, 2013
The leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party escaped unharmed after a man jumped on stage at the party's national conference and pointed a gun at his head. The unidentified attacker was then wrestled to the ground by delegates and repeatedly punc...
Euronews
| Dec 27, 2012
The son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has made his political debut at a huge rally on the fifth anniversary of his mother's death. Twenty-four-year-old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called himself "the heir to the martyr," as he addre...
The New York Times
| Dec 7, 2012
Kirk Johnson, a former USAID employee, struggles to help resettle Iraqis whose lives are in danger because of their loyalty to the United States. Is President Obama to blame?
— Nov 7, 2011 at 10:50 am
— Jan 30 at 04:01 pm
...for targeted killings of suspected terrorists abroad. If drone-strike assassinations — which have already killed more than 2,000 people in Pakis...
Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons. A person who commits such an act is called an assassin.
An assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives; it may be carried out for the prospect of financial gain, to avenge a grievance, or from the desire to acquire fame or notoriety.
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