Pakistani woman minister shot dead at meeting
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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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A Sri Lankan government minister was killed Tuesday in a powerful roadside bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels near the island's capital and international airport, officials said.
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Gunmen shoot and kill a senior official in Iraq's communication ministry on his way to work.
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Four people were shot dead at a campaign rally for former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, police said, and Sharif's party blamed rival supporters of President Pervez Musharraf.
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A senior member of the US-backed Iraqi government was assasinated in a drive-by shooting by insurgents today. Deputy Governor of Baghdad Hatem Karim
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Pakistani police Wednesday shot dead a  suspected Islamic militant wanted in connection with the 2002  abduction and killing of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, police  said.
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Lebanese industry minister and Maronite Christian leader Pierre Gemayel is shot dead in Beirut, reports say.
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BAGHDAD -- Bombs, mortar rounds, and shootings left more than 40 Iraqis dead yesterday as Iraqi politicians met to discuss a possible Cabinet shake-up in an attempt to improve the government's track record on stemming violence.
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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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Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a local journalist in north-west Pakistan, police say.
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The leader of a splinter faction of   Nepal's Maoist rebels said on Sunday his group had shot and   killed a member of the Himalayan nation's parliament.
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Pakistan's security forces on Sunday  shot dead an al Qaeda militant accused of an assassination  attempt on President Pervez Musharraf and involvement in the  killing of a U.S. journalist.
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Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, her party said.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Gunmen attacked the convoy of a Pakistani government minister in the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan on Tuesday but he escaped unhurt.
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Gunmen shoot and kill a senior official in Iraq's communication ministry on his way to work in Baghdad.
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[World News]: Islamabad, Dec 29 : Unidentified gunmen shot dead a nationalist politician and a friend of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in Pakistan&#39;s tribal region today.
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Bhutto dies from gunshots or shrapnelSuicide bomber also kills 14 othersMusharraf holds emergency meetingPakistanis told to stay home, expect riots