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NEWS ABOUT: assassin

assassin stories: 8 news summaries

 Coulter: 'All 
 Prez Assassins 
 Were Liberals' 

Behar tells her to 'stop it'

Oct 23, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative screed scribe Ann Coulter insisted yesterday that every presidential assassin in history has been a liberal. "They're all liberals—assassin by assassin by assassin," she spilled on CNN's Joy Behar Show. An angry Behar retorted: "Wait a minute. Don't make that jump from murder, terrorist to... More »

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Ann Coulter • conservative • racism • assassination • CNN • Joy Behar • assassination attempt • assassin • right wingers • liberal

 Canadian Hitman 
 Cops to 27 Murders 

Assassin took out rival gang members during Quebec's biker wars

Apr 1, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian contract killer confessed yesterday to murdering 27 people during Quebec's biker wars, reports the Toronto Star. Gerald Gallant turned police informant after receiving a life sentence in 2001 for yet another murder. The biker, 58, received no extra time for his confession and will be eligible for parole... More »

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Canada • murder • hitman • gang violence • Quebec • assassin • Hells' Angels • motorcycle gang • bike gang

 Guards Thwart 
 'Assassin' at 
 Sarkozy Home 

Armed man tackled by security as he tries to enter palace grounds

Dec 16, 08 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - French authorities foiled a suspected assassin trying to storm the presidential palace yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. The man, armed with a knife and an electric stun-gun type of weapon, tried to slip past guards at President Nicolas Sarkozy's residence. He was stopped at gunpoint after a violent struggle and... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • assassination attempt • assassin

KGB Radiation Poisoning Suspect Ready to Talk

Lugovoi offers to meet with UK investigators

Nov 22, 08 9:31 AM CST
(Newser) - A former KGB agent accused of poisoning a Russian dissident in England wants to clear his name, he tells the Times of London. Alexander Lugovoi has offered to send a friend to London to speak with investigators, and may travel to the UK himself if officials pledge not to arrest... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • Andrei Lugovoi • KGB • poison • polonium • assassin

Police-Officer
Hit Men for Mob
Heading for Jail

Judge reinstates convictions for pair who assisted in 8 murders

Sep 18, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of retired New York City detectives who led double lives as mob hit men, helping commit at least 8 murders, had their convictions for racketeering conspiracy reinstated by a federal appeals court yesterday. A judge had initially reversed the convictions, despite "overwhelming evidence" of "the most... More »

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police • mob • assassin • Gambino crime family • New York City Police Department • detective

 Questions Linger
 About Sirhan Sirhan 

40 years on, conspiracy theorists still wonder about RFK's shooting

Jun 3, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(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... More »

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assassination • assassin • conspiracy theory • Robert F. Kennedy • Sirhan Sirhan

Obituary

Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90

Von Boeselager escaped after
trying to murder
the Führer twice

May 3, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(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... More »

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obituary • Adolf Hitler • World War II • assassin

Boy Scout Saves Maldives President From Assassin

15-year-old blocks knife-wielding assailant

Jan 8, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A 15-year-old boy scout saved the Maldives president from an assassination attempt today, wrestling the assailant to the ground. AFP reports that a 20-year-old man brandishing a knife went after Maumoon Abdul Gayoom while he was visiting one of the archipelago's northern islands. Police are currently trying to establish the... More »

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Islamic militants • assassination • Maldives • assassination attempt • Maumoon Abdul Gayoom • archipelago • assassin

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