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# assassination - Monday 29 July, 2019
Gangland criminal jailed for six years for 'intricate' plan to assassinate Dublin man
Alan Wilson was secretly recorded by gardaí discussing a plot to murder Gary Hanley, as part of an “ongoing feud”.
# assassination - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
Militia leader allegedly had plans to assassinate Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros
The United Constitutional Patriots say they want to draw attention to immigration violations and assist federal law enforcement in patrolling the border.
# assassination - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
Slovakian journalist who investigated high-profile tax fraud shot dead
The man’s fiancee was also shot.
# assassination - Thursday 14 December, 2017
Senior Kinahan gang member dodged hit in Spain as he was cycling with his son
The Hutch gang has managed to get a foothold in Malaga – a previous Kinahan stronghold.
# assassination - Saturday 25 November, 2017
Woman charged with plot to assassinate Obama with homemade bomb was caught by cat hair
Julia Poff is charged with sending three devices in the post, one to the then US President.
# assassination - Saturday 21 October, 2017
Donald Trump says he'll release all of the secret JFK assassination files
Reports in the US had indicated that certain files were set to be held back when the entire trove is opened to the public this coming Thursday.
# assassination - Monday 2 October, 2017
Two women accused of assassinating North Korean leader's half brother plead not guilty at start of trial
Kim Jong-nam was killed by a toxic nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia last February.
# assassination - Monday 3 July, 2017
Man charged for threatening to kill Emmanuel Macron
The 23-year-old also allegedly said he wanted to attack “Muslims, Jews, blacks, homosexuals”.
# assassination - Wednesday 15 March, 2017
DNA from child confirms assassinated Kim Jong-Nam's identity
He was poisoned with the deadly nerve agent VX in an assassination on 13 February.
# assassination - Wednesday 22 February, 2017
Heavily armed police guarding body of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother after attempted morgue break-in
Detectives probing the killing want to question a North Korean diplomat.
# assassination - Monday 20 February, 2017
CCTV video emerges of moments surrounding Kim Jong-Nam airport 'poisoning'
The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un died in Kuala Lumpur airport last Monday.
# assassination - Sunday 19 February, 2017
Police say four North Korean suspects fled Malaysia on the day of high-profile assassination
South Korean authorities have said that Kim Jong Un gave the order to assassinate his half-brother.
# assassination - Thursday 16 February, 2017
Third arrest made in Malaysia over North Korea assassination
The man arrested is believed to be the boyfriend of one of the suspects
# assassination - Friday 23 December, 2016
Professional man flees country in fear of Kinahan gang
The man was told by gardai he was a target – and then reported being shot at near his home.
# assassination - Wednesday 27 July, 2016
John Hinckley, the man who shot US President Ronald Reagan, is now a free man
He had been residing in a psychiatric hospital after being found not guilty by reason on insanity following the crime.
# assassination - Thursday 3 March, 2016
Award-winning environmentalist shot dead in her home after receiving death threats
The mother of four previously had an around-the-clock guard but recently switched to an occasional security detail.
# assassination - Wednesday 4 November, 2015
One event 20 years ago changed Israel and Palestine forever
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin was 20 years ago today.
# assassination - Sunday 19 April, 2015
This is what Lincoln had in his pocket when he was assassinated
This week marked 150 years since the president was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre.
# assassination - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
Boris Nemtsov murder suspect: Police tortured me into confessing
The man claims he was beaten and subjected to electrical shocks.
# assassination - Saturday 7 March, 2015
Two arrested over Boris Nemtsov killing
The politician was a high-profile government critic under Putin’s rule.
# assassination - Saturday 28 February, 2015
Putin vows to punish killers of Kremlin critic, as opposition condemns "political murder"
Boris Nemtsov was a fierce opponent of Vladamir Putin and was set to lead an opposition rally. He was shot in the back on a bridge near the Kremlin
# assassination - Saturday 28 June, 2014
100 years since the double assassination which sparked WWI
Controversy and debate continue over the character of Gavrilo Princip, the man who shot the Austro-Hungarian heir.
# assassination - Thursday 12 June, 2014
A childhood in dangerous Colombia inspires...
Juan Gabriel Vásquez grew up in a Bogotá rife with violence, and a drugs trade beginning to take off. His experiences inspired his IMPAC-winning novel.
# assassination - Monday 12 May, 2014
Spanish politician shot dead on the street
Leon provincial council chief Isabel Carrasco was shot a number of times in broad daylight.
# assassination - Monday 7 April, 2014
Gun used in attempted assassination on Pope John Paul II goes on exhibit
Italy’s justice ministry has loaned the museum the gun, a Browning 9mm, for three years.
# assassination - Thursday 3 April, 2014
Pakistan's former ruler survives after bomb explodes just before his convoy passed
Pervez Musharraf is on trial for treason and could face the death penalty but some are unconvinced the government will complete the trial.
# assassination - Friday 22 November, 2013
Column: Some day we might have an Ireland that truly meets the aspirations of JFK
Fifty years ago, JFK said Ireland had something to give to the world. That’s still true, writes Ben English.
The History Channel is livetweeting JFK's fateful trip to Dallas today
Watch the events of 50 years ago unfold in real time via Twitter.
# assassination - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Video: Turkish-Bulgarian politician escapes assassination attempt
Dramatic video captures the moment Ahmet Dogan had a gun pointed at him before it appeared to jam and security guards jumped in.
# assassination - Thursday 10 January, 2013
Three Kurdish women activists shot dead in Paris hit
The French Interior Minister visited the scene and described the killings as “assassinations”.
# assassination - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
First Irish TV, Titanic, a famous ceiling: the big anniversaries of 2012
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
# assassination - Friday 2 November, 2012
Museum to open balcony where Martin Luther King was shot
The room at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr was shot has been left untouched since the evening he was assassinated in 1968.
# assassination - Thursday 1 November, 2012
Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988
Lifts 25 year veil of secrecy on assassination in Tunisia.
# assassination - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Pakistan medics remove bullet from shot child activist
14-year-old Malala Yosafzai is intensive care after being shot in the head by the Taliban on her school bus.
# assassination - Monday 27 August, 2012
Obama assassination plot uncovered in US murder case
Prosecutors say that four soldiers had planned to overthrow the US government.
# assassination - Friday 27 April, 2012
US court rules against release of dead bin Laden photos
Meanwhile, earlier today Osama bin Laden’s family was deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.
# assassination - Saturday 18 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Saturday
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
# assassination - Saturday 11 February, 2012
Military official shot dead in Damascus
Dr Issa al-Kholi is the highest ranking military official to have been killed since unrest began almost a year ago.
# assassination - Wednesday 1 February, 2012
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# assassination - Sunday 22 January, 2012
Jewish newspaper owner suggests 'hit' on Barack Obama
Andrew Adler has been forced to apologise for proposing the assassination of the “unfriendly to Israel” US president.
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ALL PUBS IN Ireland are currently scheduled to reopen on 10 August, as part of Phase 4 of the government’s reopening.
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