Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has vowed to avenge the assassination of his top commander, accusing Israel of carrying out the killing and seeking a new war with the Shi'ite militant group.
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At a press conference today, Dallas County district attorney Craig Watkins presented several documents and items relating to the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. They were discovered over a year ago in a safe at the county courthouse.
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A woman who attempted to assassinate former US president Gerald Ford in 1975, has been released. Now 77 years old, Sara Jane Moore spent 32 years in prison after receiving a life sentence.
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Lebanon has vowed to go ahead with a controversial presidential vote after the assassination of another anti-Syrian politician in an attack that plunged the divided country into further turmoil.
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Stores, banks and some government offices were closed in many parts of Beirut to mourn the slaying of Christian member of parliament Antoine Ghanem in a car bomb explosion, Wednesday. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut.
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In Uganda, the government is reportedly blocking the release of a report of an investigation into the assassination of former rebel leader Andrew Kayira.
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The army in Ivory Coast has said some of its officers have been contacted to join a coup against President Laurent this week. Franz Wild has the details for VOA from Abidjan.
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