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International
10/7/2023 9:57:55 AM
Six suspects in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on late Friday, officials said.
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World
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International
9/23/2023 10:19:26 AM
The shocking accusation this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/7/2023 9:50:00 AM
Israel has stepped up threats to liquidate leaders of armed Palestinian factions.
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World
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International
9/2/2023 9:29:08 PM
A former Italian premier, in an interview published on Saturday, contended that a French air force missile accidentally brought down a passenger jet over the Mediterranean Sea in 1980 in a failed bid to assassinate Libya’s then leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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World
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International
8/24/2023 1:12:13 PM
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and top officers of his private Wagner military company were presumed dead in a plane crash that was widely seen as an assassination, two months after they staged a mutiny that dented Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/17/2023 1:05:00 PM
Lebanon has experienced a string of security issues: clashes in the Ain El-Helwa Palestinian Refugee Camp, a truck loaded with Hizbullah weapons overturned in the village of Kahaleh, and the assassination of a leader of the Lebanese Forces in Ain Ebel, as well as Gulf states urging their nationals to leave the country.
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World
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International
8/10/2023 5:56:33 PM
The gang-driven violence afflicting Ecuador over the last two years reached an unprecedented level when a presidential candidate known for speaking up against drug cartels and corruption was shot and killed at a political rally in the South American country’s capital.
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World
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International
8/10/2023 10:36:34 AM
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso declared a two-month state of emergency on Thursday following the assassination of a presidential candidate, but vowed to hold general elections scheduled for later this month.
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Egypt
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Society
8/8/2023 4:41:31 PM
34 terrorist attacks including bombings and assassinations took place in Africa in July, down by 5.5 percent from June, said Egypt’s Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism in a Tuesday report, adding that East Africa and the Horn of Africa accounted for 47.1 percent of the tally.
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World
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Region
6/24/2023 1:10:09 PM
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gviron called for his government to construct more settlements in the occupied West Bank and assassinate "hundreds, or if needed, thousands" of Palestinians.
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World
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International
6/8/2023 4:58:37 PM
At least 11 people were killed by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor whose assassination this week was claimed by Islamic State, the interior ministry said.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/3/2023 10:25:04 PM
Russia on Wednesday opened a terrorism probe after Moscow said it shot down two drones aimed at President Vladimir Putin's residence and accused Ukraine of a "terrorist" assassination attempt.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/3/2023 7:35:45 PM
Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday, calling it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin and promising retaliation for what it termed a “terrorist” act. The Ukrainian president denied it, saying: “We don't attack Putin or Moscow.”
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/3/2023 2:56:54 PM
Russia said Wednesday it had shot down two drones aimed at Vladimir Putin's residence in the Kremlin in what it called a "terrorist" assassination attempt against the Russian president.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/3/2023 11:14:15 AM
Russia's FSB security service on Wednesday said it had arrested members of a Ukrainian sabotage network planning a series of attacks in Russian-occupied Crimea, including assassinations.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/21/2023 8:41:23 PM
Israel is continuing its campaign of assassinations of Palestinian activists in the West Bank despite the danger of growing escalation, writes Mohamed Abu Shaar
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World
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Region
3/19/2023 10:35:14 PM
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said Sunday one of its senior members, an engineer, had been shot dead in Syria in an assassination it blamed on Israeli agents.
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World
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International
1/13/2023 2:48:17 PM
Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, sending him to stand trial, a court said Friday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/4/2022 2:42:55 PM
Egypt condemned on Friday the assassination attempt on Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, stressing its solidarity with the government and people of Pakistan in the face of all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism.
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World
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International
11/3/2022 2:27:50 PM
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was in stable condition after being shot in the foot Thursday at a political rally in what the country's president deemed "a heinous assassination attempt".
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