http://www.mail.com/subjects/12146-political-assassinations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12146-political-assassinations.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102930-afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of assassinations and bombings. Habibullah Khan was killed along with two bodyguards and a civilian bystander in the afternoon attack in Ghazni province's Moqur... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102930-afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder.html 2013-05-22T16:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100044-uganda-leaders-legacy-stake-generals-case.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view of Museveni as a moderate leader, analysts said Tuesday. Police continued their search Tuesday of a daily n... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100044-uganda-leaders-legacy-stake-generals-case.html 2013-05-21T15:39:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097310-suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility. Seeking to weaken the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents have been carrying ou... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097310-suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council.html 2013-05-20T15:10:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091088-naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-miss-capital.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group's former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home. NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock helped Evers' widow lay a wreath of yellow and white flowers Thursday at the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091088-naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-miss-capital.html 2013-05-16T18:52:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084774-congo-to-create-city-honor-patrice-lumumba.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made him a liberation symbol worldwide. The new city in central Congo, named Lumumbaville, will be made of several existing communities in the Kassai-Oriental province and will be more than 1... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:13:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084774-congo-to-create-city-honor-patrice-lumumba.html 2013-05-14T16:13:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058050-pakistans-lead-prosecutor-bhutto-case-killed.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases — the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the brutal assault on civilians in Mumbai — shocking a country reeling from Taliban attacks as it prepares for nationwide elections. Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali was gunned down in a hail of bullets as ... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058050-pakistans-lead-prosecutor-bhutto-case-killed.html 2013-05-03T16:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053912-somali-region-executes-13-people-firing-squad.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An official in a semiautonomous region of Somalia says the government has executed 13 prisoners, including a woman. Abdifatah Haji Aden, Puntland's military court chairman, said the prisoners were executed by firing squad on the outskirts of Bossaso, Puntland's commercial hub, on Tuesday. Aden said one soldier who helped carry ou... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:24:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053912-somali-region-executes-13-people-firing-squad.html 2013-04-30T16:24:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051926-syrian-prime-minister-escapes-bombing-damascus.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare the vulnerability of President Bashar Assad's regime. The bombing, which killed several other people, highlights an accelerating campaign targeting government officials, from mid-level c... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:10:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051926-syrian-prime-minister-escapes-bombing-damascus.html 2013-04-29T20:10:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050462-syrian-premier-escapes-bomb-attack-damascus.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, in the latest attack to target a top government official. Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi was not hurt in the explosion in the capital's western neighborhood of Mazzeh, state TV said. The TV showed vide... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:00:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050462-syrian-premier-escapes-bomb-attack-damascus.html 2013-04-29T17:00:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046294-american-jihadi-somalia-tweets-kill-attempt.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after an assassination attempt left the Alabama native with a neck wound. Omar Hammami posted on Twitter about what he labeled an assassination attempt late Thursday as he was sitting in a te... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:15:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046294-american-jihadi-somalia-tweets-kill-attempt.html 2013-04-26T16:15:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030598-fierce-battles-syria-us-to-raise-aid-to-rebels.html BEIRUT (AP) — An artillery shell slammed into a pickup truck, killing nine members of a family during fierce fighting on Friday in Syria as U.S. officials said the Obama administration is poised to send millions more in non-lethal military aid to rebels trying to oust President Bashar Assad. The attack that killed one woman, her four children and four nie... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:25:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030598-fierce-battles-syria-us-to-raise-aid-to-rebels.html 2013-04-19T20:25:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022904-un-rape-violence-raging-c-african-republic.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says the security situation in Central African Republic is deteriorating three weeks after the government was overthrown. Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed concern about "a wide range of alleged grave violations" including rape, torture, kidnappings and targeted k... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:44:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022904-un-rape-violence-raging-c-african-republic.html 2013-04-16T13:44:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002254-doctor-killed-bombing-targeting-afghan-governor.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a provincial governor's convoy Saturday near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, killing a doctor, officials said. Gov. Mohammad Ashraf Nasery, who escaped the assassination attempt, said a car bomb exploded as his convoy was passing the hospital en route to an event at a nearby school in Qalat, the c... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:03:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002254-doctor-killed-bombing-targeting-afghan-governor.html 2013-04-06T09:03:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974998-ex-pakistani-strongman-vows-return-ahead-vote.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said he doesn't fear arrest despite facing criminal charges as he vowed Saturday to return to his homeland and contest upcoming elections after more than four years in exile. But legal problems are only one challenge facing Musharraf as the Taliban warned they have an assassination team ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:16:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974998-ex-pakistani-strongman-vows-return-ahead-vote.html 2013-03-23T20:16:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1971374-syria-bombing-kills-top-pro-assad-sunni-preacher.html BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria's 2-year-old civil war. At least 41 others were killed and more than 84 wounded. The slaying of Sheikh Mohammad Said Rama... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:26:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1971374-syria-bombing-kills-top-pro-assad-sunni-preacher.html 2013-03-21T22:26:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957812-christians-they-were-tortured-libya.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Coptic Christians were tortured inside a detention center run by a powerful militia in eastern Libya, two of the recently released detainees told The Associated Press on Friday amid a wave of assaults targeting Christians in Benghazi and the latest instance of alleged abuse by Libyan security forces. The two, among an estimated 50 E... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:58:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957812-christians-they-were-tortured-libya.html 2013-03-15T21:58:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940934-tunisia-nominates-outsiders-key-govt-posts.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's ruling party nominated several respected figures not aligned with political parties for key Cabinet posts Friday, concessions to the opposition it hopes will defuse the country's political crisis. While the North African nation has suffered instability since the overthrow of a decades-long dictatorship two years ago, the ki... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:27:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940934-tunisia-nominates-outsiders-key-govt-posts.html 2013-03-08T18:27:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1933098-harlem-shake-videos-provoke-tunisian-battles.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — After attacks by religious extremists, the assassination of an opposition politician and the resignation of the prime minister, Tunisia is now being assailed by... an Internet dance craze. The YouTube phenomenon of the "Harlem Shake" has popped up in spots all over the world, but in Tunisia it's more than just a curiosity or a fad — ... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:52:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1933098-harlem-shake-videos-provoke-tunisian-battles.html 2013-03-05T19:52:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916178-tunisia-4-custody-politicians-slaying.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Four suspects belonging to a radical Islamic group have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a leftist politician that plunged Tunisia into crisis, but the killer himself remains at large, the interior minister said Tuesday. Ali Larayedh, who has been tapped to be the next prime minister, said the Tunisian sus... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:43:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916178-tunisia-4-custody-politicians-slaying.html 2013-02-26T16:43:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1908254-tunisia-islamist-party-chooses-prime-minister.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's ruling Islamist party named an interior minister seen as a conservative loyalist to form a new government Friday, in a signal the party is unlikely to back down to opposition demands to try to smooth over the country's political crisis. Ali Larayedh, accused of failing to stem violence by ultraconservative Muslims when he w... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:45:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1908254-tunisia-islamist-party-chooses-prime-minister.html 2013-02-22T23:45:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905896-hariri-slaying-trial-postponed-un-backed-court.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The start of the landmark trial in absentia of four Hezbollah fighters charged in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was postponed Thursday by a judge at the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The decision is a major setback for efforts to prosecute the Feb. 14, 2005, bombing that killed H... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:43:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905896-hariri-slaying-trial-postponed-un-backed-court.html 2013-02-21T16:43:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1903408-tunisia-falling-apart-heres-whats-going.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Tunisia now has no prime minister and is facing its worst crisis since it kicked off the Arab Spring. Here's a look at the turmoil rocking this Mediterranean country of 10 million that many still think has the best chance of becoming a true democracy in the Arab world. THE CRISIS Prime Minister ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:39:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1903408-tunisia-falling-apart-heres-whats-going.html 2013-02-20T16:39:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899622-tunisia-islamist-leader-govt-coming.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The head of Tunisia's largest political party said Monday that the country's crisis will be solved by a new compromise government of technocrats and politicians. Rachid Ghannouchi, whose moderate Islamist Ennahda party holds the most seats in parliament, said the leaders of the main parties had agreed on a new limited Cabinet that wo... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:16:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899622-tunisia-islamist-leader-govt-coming.html 2013-02-18T20:16:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898208-libyas-struggle-to-deliver-justice-fuels-violence.html BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Col. Faraj el-Dersi, who defected to the rebel side from Moammar Gadhafi's police force, was gunned down late last year on the streets of Benghazi, and he bled to death in the arms of his teenage daughter. As Libya on Sunday marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled Gadhafi, the death of el-Dersi and ne... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898208-libyas-struggle-to-deliver-justice-fuels-violence.html 2013-02-17T21:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1891096-jfk-memorabilia-draws-hundreds-to-mass-town.html BOSTON (AP) — A preview of John F. Kennedy memorabilia including notes by his special assistant on the day the president was assassinated is drawing hundreds of people to the northern Massachusetts town of Amesbury. David Powers, who died in 1998, was Kennedy's assistant and close personal friend of his and his wife, Jackie. Powers also was the first cura... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:43:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1891096-jfk-memorabilia-draws-hundreds-to-mass-town.html 2013-02-14T12:43:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1882964-tunisia-islamist-leader-unity-govt-imminent.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An agreement is imminent on a new national unity government for Tunisia to resolve the simmering political crisis brought on by the assassination of an opposition politician, the leader of the powerful Islamist party told The Associated Press Monday. Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, said a new governm... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1882964-tunisia-islamist-leader-unity-govt-imminent.html 2013-02-11T15:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881260-tunisia-presidents-party-quits-government.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's political crisis entered a new phase Sunday with an announcement that Cabinet ministers of the president's own party are quitting the governing coalition, which could force the ruling Islamists to compromise with the opposition. Two years ago Tunisia threw off decades of dictatorship, sparking the Arab Spring uprisings acro... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1881260-tunisia-presidents-party-quits-government.html 2013-02-10T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1880518-fear-assassinations-haunt-egypt-opposition.html CAIRO (AP) — Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are fearfully asking: Could it happen here too? Their fears of a renegade Islamist attack on any of the top opposition leaders have been hiked by religious edicts issued by hardline clerics on TV say... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1880518-fear-assassinations-haunt-egypt-opposition.html 2013-02-09T20:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874900-tunisia-islamists-govt-crisis-grows.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia sank deeper into political crisis Thursday, as the ruling Islamist party rejected its own prime minister's decision to replace the government after the assassination of a leftist politician led to a wave of angry protests. The murder of Chokri Belaid, a 48-year-old secularist and a fierce critic of hardline Islamists as well ... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874900-tunisia-islamists-govt-crisis-grows.html 2013-02-07T23:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874930-fatwas-security-hiked-egypt-opposition.html CAIRO (AP) — One hardline Muslim cleric on an Egyptian TV station justified sexual assaults on women protesters. Others issued religious edicts saying opposition leaders must be killed. Television screeds by ultraconservative sheiks are raising fears of assassinations here a day after a top anti-Islamist politician was gunned down in Tunisia. Egyptian sec... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874930-fatwas-security-hiked-egypt-opposition.html 2013-02-07T22:30:00Z