Beheadings on Rise Around the World
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It was called "Operation Baghdad" and, to be sure, the headless bodies of the three police officers recalled the violence in that city. But these attacks happened in Haiti, not in Iraq.
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THE sheer bastardry displayed by militants who kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan and who are now widely believed to have killed her has stunned the world.
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Major attacks have continued in recent days, including several apparent efforts to sow divisions between groups.
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The beheading of a Sudanese editor who  had angered some Islamists might mark the start of a gruesome  new trend, commentators said on Thursday.
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MINA, Saudi Arabia -- Millions of white-robed pilgrims threw pebbles at pillars yesterday, symbolically stoning the devil in an act of purification, an old ritual made safer this year because of remodeling that widened bridges and reduced congestion.
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BANGKOK In a killing that threatens to stoke the violent unrest in southern Thailand, assailants beheaded a Buddhist village leader to avenge 84 Muslims who died in a crackdown by the Thai military last week.
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A sickening video of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley being beheaded by his captors is circulating on the internet. In his last desperate moments, Mr Bigley is seen pleading &quot;to live a simple life&quot; before being executed.
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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In a troubling report on the execution of minors in Iran, Amnesty International said yesterday that at least 71 child offenders are on death row and more than 24 have been executed since 1990, more than in any other country.
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World leaders unite in condemnation as opposition groups warn killing threatens to tear country apart
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Severed heads displayed on poles, savagely mutilated bodies and dozens of deaths have sparked alarm in Kenya as a secret criminal society goes on the rampage and police launch bloody retaliation.
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The mass murderers who seized the school in Beslan, Russia, this month committed one of the most heinous acts of terrorism in world history.
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Messages follow American's beheading BAGHDAD The families of an American and a British engineer being held hostage by a militant group pleaded Tuesday for officials to help get the men released hours after the ...
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More than 13,000 people were killed in countries across South and Southeast Asia, with thousands more missing or unreachable.
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Tragic, despicable, inhumane, cowardly, barbaric, evil, and astonishing -- the deaths of a hundred or more people including children in a siege in Russia sparked strong words for the hostage-takers from world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin.
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Relatives pleaded on Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, two
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Fears grow for two Western hostages in Iraq following the beheading of their fellow captive.