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  • June 2008
    • Questions Linger About Sirhan Sirhan

      Questions Linger About Sirhan Sirhan

      (Newser) - Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of assassinating Robert Kennedy 40 years ago this week, remains behind bars in California. Police at the time called the killing an open-and-shut case, but over the years so many have expressed doubts about the prosecution's version of events that the investigation may yet be reopened. The San Francisco Chronicle scrutinizes the records. More »

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      assassination   Robert F. Kennedy   conspiracy theory   assassin

  • May 2008
    • Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90

      Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90

      (Newser) - The last surviving member of a cabal that twice tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler died this week at age 90, the Telegraph reports. Nearly all of Phillip Von Boeselager’s co-conspirators were executed after a 1944 attempt to plant a bomb under the table at Hitler’s East Prussian headquarters, but von Boeselager escaped and Hitler sustained only minor injuries in the blast. More »

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      obituary   World War II   Adolf Hitler   assassin

  • January 2008

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