Turkish poll candidate shot dead
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An independent candidate is shot dead in Istanbul ahead of Sunday's election in Turkey.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A man shot dead a Pakistani provincial government minister on Tuesday as she was about to give a speech at a political party meeting, a minister said.
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ANKARA, Dec 15  - The Turkish ambassador in Afghanistan has confirmed the death of a Turkish engineer kidnapped Tuesday in Afghanistan&#39;s eastern Kunar province, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.
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Unidentified gunmen opened fire on supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's party ahead of a key by-election, killing three people, police said Tuesday.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Kurdish guerrillas ambushed  a Turkish military convoy in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday  evening, killing one soldier and injuring another three,  military sources said.
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An opposition MP is killed in Kenya, as violence continues over last month's disputed election.
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WANA: Unidentified gunmen shot dead an ethnic Pashtun politician early on Wednesday in a drive-by attack, officials said. Shah Alam Wazir, 55, leader of the Pushtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), was believed
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A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot and killed on Tuesday, the military said, as the opposition charged that a lack of security made the government responsible for the death.
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Gunmen shot dead a Kenyan opposition politician at his home overnight, an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) spokesman said on Tuesday.
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TUNCELI, Turkey  - A Turkish soldier was killed on Monday by a Turkish rebel landmine and Turkey marked its national day in an outpouring of colorful patriotic support for the armed forces.
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A prominent independent journalist with close ties to the opposition in neighboring tightly controlled Uzbekistan was shot to death in southern Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, an official said.
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Turkish Kurdish women wait at the entrance of the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday. A woman holds a photo of an unmarried mother, 22, allegedly killed by her two brothers in Istanbul last year for having a child out of wedlock.
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An unidentified gunman fatally shot the editor of a weekly newspaper in the southern Philippines, police said Monday, the latest in a string of killings of journalists.
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A prominent ethnic Tamil opposition MP was shot dead during a New Year service at a Hindu temple in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday, the third assassination of a minority legislator in two years.
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A senior cleric belonging to a Pakistani extremist party was shot dead when a man opened fire at him as he stood on his front doorstep, police and party officials said.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A suspected Islamist zealot opposed to women in politics shot dead a Pakistani provincial government minister at a political meeting on Tuesday, officials said.
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Gunmen shoot dead a top regional official in Cherkessk, in Russia's troubled North Caucasus.