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Kabul's Deputy Governor Killed In A Blast In Afghanistan: Official
A bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital city killed the deputy governor of Kabul on Tuesday, security officials said, adding a sticky bomb was attached to his car by unknown assailants.
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Afghan governor killed in roadside bomb blast
An Afghan provincial spokesman has said that a roadside bomb has killed a district chief and three of his bodyguards in the eastern part of the country.
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Lawyers' support for Taseer's assassin worries Pak
Cheering crowds have gathered in recent days to support the assassin who riddled the governor of Punjab with 26 bullets and to praise his attack -- carried out in the name of the Prophet Muhammad -- as an act of heroism. To the surprise of many, chief among them have been Pakistan's young lawyers, once seen as a force for democracy. Their energetic...
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'27 bullets fired at my father, Salmaan Taseer'
TWENTY-SEVEN. That's the number of bullets a police guard fired into my father before surrendering himself with a sinister smile to the policemen around him. Salmaan Taseer, governor of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, was assassinated on Tuesday -- my brother Shehryar's 25th birthday -- outside a market near our family home in Islamabad....
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Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded
Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court on Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars' group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a ju...
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Pakistan tense after Governor shooting
The governor of Pakistan's wealthiest and most populous province was shot dead in the capital on Tuesday by one of his own guards, who later told interrogators that he was angry about the politician's stance against the country's blasphemy law, officials said. (Read and watch: Pak Punjab Governor assassinated by guard)Bullet casings and blood cover...
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Pakistan Governor killed in gun attack: Police
Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province and a key aide of President Asif Ali Zardari, was assassinated in Islamabad on Tuesday by one of his security guards who was angered by his opposition to a controversial blasphemy law.Taseer, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was getting into his car at Kohsar...
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Governor among 15 killed in mosque bombing in Afghanistan
A powerful bomb killed an outspoken Afghan governor and 19 other worshipers in a crowded mosque Friday in northern Afghanistan, where insurgents are trying to expand their influence beyond the embattled south.A wounded survivor said he believed a suicide bomber praying to the right of the governor carried out the attack, which wounded 35 people and...
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Kabul's Deputy Governor Killed In A Blast In Afghanistan: Official
A bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital city killed the deputy governor of Kabul on Tuesday, security officials said, adding a sticky bomb was attached to his car by unknown assailants.
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Afghan governor killed in roadside bomb blast
An Afghan provincial spokesman has said that a roadside bomb has killed a district chief and three of his bodyguards in the eastern part of the country.
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Lawyers' support for Taseer's assassin worries Pak
Cheering crowds have gathered in recent days to support the assassin who riddled the governor of Punjab with 26 bullets and to praise his attack -- carried out in the name of the Prophet Muhammad -- as an act of heroism. To the surprise of many, chief among them have been Pakistan's young lawyers, once seen as a force for democracy. Their energetic...
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'27 bullets fired at my father, Salmaan Taseer'
TWENTY-SEVEN. That's the number of bullets a police guard fired into my father before surrendering himself with a sinister smile to the policemen around him. Salmaan Taseer, governor of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, was assassinated on Tuesday -- my brother Shehryar's 25th birthday -- outside a market near our family home in Islamabad....
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Pak Governor Salman Taseer's assassin garlanded
Lawyers showered the suspected killer of a prominent Pakistani governor with rose petals when he arrived at court on Wednesday and an influential Muslim scholars' group praised the assassination of the outspoken opponent of laws that order death for those who insult Islam.Mumtaz Qadri, 26, made his first appearance in an Islamabad court, where a ju...
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Pakistan tense after Governor shooting
The governor of Pakistan's wealthiest and most populous province was shot dead in the capital on Tuesday by one of his own guards, who later told interrogators that he was angry about the politician's stance against the country's blasphemy law, officials said. (Read and watch: Pak Punjab Governor assassinated by guard)Bullet casings and blood cover...
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Pakistan Governor killed in gun attack: Police
Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province and a key aide of President Asif Ali Zardari, was assassinated in Islamabad on Tuesday by one of his security guards who was angered by his opposition to a controversial blasphemy law.Taseer, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was getting into his car at Kohsar...
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Governor among 15 killed in mosque bombing in Afghanistan
A powerful bomb killed an outspoken Afghan governor and 19 other worshipers in a crowded mosque Friday in northern Afghanistan, where insurgents are trying to expand their influence beyond the embattled south.A wounded survivor said he believed a suicide bomber praying to the right of the governor carried out the attack, which wounded 35 people and...
