S African reggae star shot dead
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South African reggae musician Lucky Dube is shot dead by armed robbers in Johannesburg.
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A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot dead 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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A former army commander twice accused of plotting to overthrow Haiti's government was shot to death in an upscale suburb of the capital, police said Friday.
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At least one protester was fatally shot by Myanmar security forces Wednesday, according to opposition reports, amid fears that the anticipated crackdown in Myanmar has begun.
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A British man was shot dead by three suspected militants in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, yesterday, according to officials in the country.
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Gunmen shot dead a Kenyan opposition politician at his home in the early hours of Tuesday, his Orange Democratic Movement and police said.
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A Dutch film director, who was making a controversial film, was killed in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam Tuesday morning. Theo van Gogh was killed after being stabbed and shot, Radio Netherlands reported.
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A newly elected opposition lawmaker was shot and killed outside a popular Guatemalan tourist resort on Friday, the latest politician to be gunned down in an election year marred by violence.
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Police said Sunday they have arrested five men in the killing of reggae star Lucky Dube, who was gunned down in an apparent carjacking attempt.
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The Christian Science Monitor - He was a man like any other, a 40-something father gunned down while dropping off his teenaged children at a relative's house. But the murder of reggae star Lucky Dube last Thursday, in an apparent carjacking attempt, has forced South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki to make a statement.
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A British father-of-six is shot dead at his home in South Africa in front of his wife and four of his children.
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MEXICO CITY, May 23 -- A popular Haitian actor and radio talk show host was found shot to death Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, the second killing of a Haitian radio journalist in the past week.
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One person is killed during angry clashes between police and protesters in South Africa, police say.
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ISMAILIA, Egypt  - Egyptian police shot dead a man from Ivory Coast and detained two other African migrants who were trying to cross illegally into Israel on Saturday, security officials said.
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HARARE -- Police killed a protester and arrested the leader of the main opposition party as they broke up a prayer meeting protesting government policies yesterday. Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said one man was fatally shot when 200 opposition party members attacked about 20 policemen. Three policemen were hospitalized with injuries, Bvudzijena told state television. Police said they arrested Morgan ...
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A leader of a top samba troupe was shot dead in Rio de Janeiro just days before its famed Carnival celebrations and heavily armed police occupied a slum on Wednesday after clashes with drug traffickers killed six people.
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A BULGARIAN mafia boss has been shot dead on a crowded street in the capital Sofia, the latest casualty in gangland score-settling that has left dozens dead.