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Gunmen kill 15 in Mexican bar, prosecutors sayupdated: Sat Apr 21 2012 22:29:00

A group of masked gunmen stormed a popular bar in the Mexican city of Chihuahua late Friday, killing 15 people, including two journalists, state prosecutors said Saturday.

Florida bomb plot suspect pleads not guiltyupdated: Thu Feb 09 2012 00:13:00

A Florida man accused of planning to use explosives and weapons "to create mayhem'" in Tampa pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

Parents say slain agent's death exposed flaws of gun-running operationupdated: Fri Feb 03 2012 05:32:00

Brian Terry's life serves as inspiration to those who knew him. His death, a thorn in the side of the federal government.

Soldier found guilty of murdering Afghans, sentenced to lifeupdated: Fri Nov 11 2011 12:02:00

Army Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs has been sentenced to life in military prison with eligibility for parole in 10 years.

Russian army stops buying Kalashnikov riflesupdated: Tue Oct 11 2011 20:04:00

The Russian army has ceased ordering the famed Kalashnikov rifle for its arsenal and is waiting on a newer model its manufacturer is developing.

2009: What's killing the Kalashnikov?updated: Tue Oct 11 2011 20:04:00

The manufacturer of the world's most popular weapon is going broke. Has Africa's credit card caused Russian bankruptcy?

Gunman kills 3, wounds others at Nevada IHOPupdated: Wed Sep 07 2011 09:24:00

A gunman carrying a variant of an AK-47 rifle opened fire on uniformed Nevada National Guard members having breakfast at a Carson City, Nevada, restaurant, killing two of them and injuring three, officials said Tuesday.

Three shot and killed at Nevada IHOPupdated: Wed Sep 07 2011 09:24:00

Police say a gunman opened fire at a Nevada IHOP, killing three people and hurting six others before shooting himself.

Many cultures aim high, then fireupdated: Wed Aug 24 2011 16:43:00

"What goes up must come down" can be a deadly maxim when the thing that's coming down is a bullet.

3 siblings caught after chase face dozens of charges in Coloradoupdated: Tue Aug 23 2011 06:17:00

Three siblings caught after allegedly firing at Colorado police during a high-speed chase appeared in court Monday, facing a ballooning list of charges against them.

Army counters negative report on body armor testingupdated: Thu Aug 18 2011 21:15:00

A negative report from the Pentagon Inspector General's office prompted the Army on Thursday to show off what it says is "the best body armor that exists in the world today."

Fugitive trio charged in second Colorado countyupdated: Fri Aug 12 2011 16:15:00

The list of charges against three siblings nabbed after a high-speed chase grew Friday with a second Colorado county filing allegations against them.

Naval forces disrupt pirate activity off Somali coastupdated: Tue Jul 26 2011 22:45:00

A Combined Maritime Forces warship intercepted a boat thought to be used for pirate activity off the coast of Somalia, the forces' multi-national counter-piracy task force said Tuesday.

Man armed with AK-47 arrested on Missouri college campusupdated: Fri May 13 2011 19:10:00

A man suspected of firing a rifle in a shootout with authorities, which happened shortly after he tried to force his way onto a Missouri military base, was arrested Thursday on a college campus, police said.

Federal gun raid leaves border town without mayor, police chiefupdated: Fri Mar 11 2011 00:20:00

The mayor, police chief and a village trustee in the New Mexico border town of Columbus have been charged along with eight other defendants with buying firearms for illegal export to Mexico, federal authorities said Thursday.

BBC journalists describe detention, beatings in Libyaupdated: Thu Mar 10 2011 12:28:00

Three BBC journalists released from detention in Libya told Wednesday of beatings and mock executions that they and other detainees were subjected to by their captors.

Senator asks if ATF unwittingly helped Border Patrol agent's killersupdated: Sat Mar 05 2011 13:11:00

Two AK-47 assault rifles found near where a U.S. Border Patrol officer was fatally shot were among hundreds of guns federal authorities let pass into the hands of known and suspected gun traffickers in a flawed attempt to track the weapons to Mexican drug cartels, a U.S. senator says.

Two ivory-poaching suspects arrested in Kenya; 3 others deadupdated: Mon Nov 01 2010 11:15:00

Two suspected ivory poachers were in custody and three others were killed by Kenyan authorities in the past week in a pair of incidents, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.

State justice department official shot dead in Juarezupdated: Mon Oct 04 2010 18:36:00

An official with the justice department in Mexico's Chihuahua state was killed Monday morning in Ciudad Juarez while on his way to work, a federal police spokesman told CNN.

Shooter at University of Texas was a studentupdated: Tue Sep 28 2010 18:52:00

A 19-year-old mathematics major from Austin, Texas, was identified Tuesday as the suspected gunman who fired shots from an AK-47 and then turned the gun on himself, the University of Texas at Austin said.

25 die in Mexican state on single dayupdated: Sat Sep 11 2010 00:26:00

With 25 people killed in violent outbreaks, Thursday was one of Chihuahua state's deadliest days of the year, the state Investigations Agency said on Friday.

Groom accidentally kills wedding guestsupdated: Mon Aug 09 2010 11:14:00

Three family members at a wedding in Turkey have been accidentally shot dead by the groom firing an AK-47 rifle in celebration.

Somali president leads drive against hard-liners on the front lineupdated: Wed Jun 30 2010 17:13:00

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed joined his troops on the front line Wednesday to fight hard-line anti-government Islamists, a presidential aide told a journalist in Mogadishu.

Leaked video reveals chaos of Baghdad attackupdated: Wed Apr 07 2010 11:28:00

The soldiers of Bravo Company 2-16 Infantry had been under fire all morning from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms on the first day of Operation Ilaaj in Baghdad.

Mexican party turns deadlyupdated: Mon Feb 01 2010 20:55:00

Police say as many as 15 gunmen opened fire on a house party, killing at least 13 people.

Death toll at 16 in Juarez party shootingupdated: Mon Feb 01 2010 20:55:00

The death toll climbed to 16 Monday in an attack by at least 12 heavily armed gunmen at a party in Mexico early Sunday, Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said.

13 dead, 13 injured in Juarez shooting, Mexican police sayupdated: Sun Jan 31 2010 22:50:00

As many as 15 gunmen stormed into a house party in Juarez, Mexico, in the early hours of Sunday morning and opened fire, killing at least 13 people and injuring 13 others in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen this year, a police official said.

6 killed in blast in southern Pakistan homeupdated: Fri Jan 08 2010 00:56:00

An explosion in a house in southern Pakistan killed six people Friday morning, police said.

War zone could be new Serengetiupdated: Fri Dec 11 2009 02:20:00

Flying high above the dry, sweeping plains of southern Sudan, Paul Elkan is a man on a mission.

Pot growing in parksupdated: Thu Sep 03 2009 13:11:00

Millions of pot plants are being grown in our national parks and forests. CNN's Randi Kaye tracks it down.

Pot farms run by 'bad guys' getting closer to tourist spotsupdated: Thu Sep 03 2009 13:11:00

Drug traffickers are planting millions of marijuana plants on U.S. public lands ever closer to tourist sites, guarding their plots with heavy weaponry, federal authorities say.

Authorities ask for help in finding terrorism suspectupdated: Thu Aug 13 2009 18:51:00

Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding an eighth suspect accused of being a member of a North Carolina group that allegedly plotted "violent jihad" overseas.

At least 14 killed in Mexico attacksupdated: Fri Aug 07 2009 19:25:00

A series of attacks and gunbattles between Mexican drug cartel suspects and police left at least 14 people dead and 22 wounded Thursday night, officials and news reports said.

No bail for 'jihad' suspects despite judge's skepticismupdated: Wed Aug 05 2009 13:56:00

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that six men accused of plotting terrorist attacks overseas should remain in custody pending trial, but he expressed skepticism about the charges against them.

Mexican police arrest 34 drug cartel suspectsupdated: Mon Aug 03 2009 16:58:00

Mexican federal police say they arrested 34 men suspected of belonging to a ruthless drug cartel blamed for a rash of violence that left at least 18 federal agents and two soldiers dead since July 11.

Show celebrates martyr momupdated: Thu Jul 16 2009 07:06:00

A kids TV show recreates a woman's suicide bomb mission that killed four Israelis. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

Two arrested in deadly attacks on Mexican police, soldiersupdated: Mon Jul 13 2009 13:02:00

Two suspects have been arrested in this weekend's coordinated attacks in at least 10 Mexican cities that killed three federal police and two soldiers, federal authorities said.

Mexican police, soldiers killed in multicity attacks by drug gangupdated: Mon Jul 13 2009 12:14:00

Coordinated attacks in at least eight Mexican cities killed three federal police officers and two soldiers Saturday in what officials are calling an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs.

3 'phenomenal shots' ended pirate hostage crisisupdated: Mon Apr 13 2009 21:48:00

In the end, it was a single moment that brought the hostage crisis to its dramatic finish.

Hostage captain rescued; Navy snipers kill 3 piratesupdated: Sun Apr 12 2009 22:33:00

U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the pirates "had an AK-47 leveled at the captain's back," a military official said Sunday.

U.S. negotiators try to persuade pirates to free captainupdated: Fri Apr 10 2009 07:53:00

Negotiators aboard a U.S. Navy warship are trying to secure the release of an American freighter captain who is being held by pirates on a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia, according to Maersk Line Ltd.

Victims say masked gunman responsible for Miami shootingsupdated: Sun Jan 25 2009 06:33:00

Miami police issued a plea for information Saturday after at least one person with an assault rifle opened fire on a crowd of people on a streetcorner Friday night, killing two teens and wounding seven other people.

Miami shooting leaves 2 deadupdated: Sun Jan 25 2009 06:33:00

Police search for the person responsible for a fatal shooting in Miami, Florida. WSVN's Robert Jordan reports.

Indian trooper shoots dead six colleagues, fleesupdated: Thu Jan 22 2009 05:17:00

An Indian paramilitary trooper shot dead six colleagues and fled his military camp with an AK-47 rifle in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, a spokesman for his unit said Thursday.

Army investigates troops' killing of al Qaeda suspectupdated: Wed Dec 31 2008 09:39:00

The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that Special Forces troops killed an al Qaeda suspect in cold blood and cut off his finger during an overnight operation near Baghdad earlier this month.

Special Ops killingupdated: Wed Dec 31 2008 09:39:00

A killing in Iraq puts a spotlight on U.S. special operations. Was it an accident or something more? CNN's Michael Ware reports

Inspector, bomb suspects die in Delhi gunbattleupdated: Fri Sep 19 2008 10:36:00

A police officer and two suspected Islamic terrorists believed involved in a series of bombings were killed in gunbattle Friday in New Delhi, a police official said.

Behind the Scenes: Shootings are painful reminderupdated: Fri Aug 15 2008 18:04:00

There has been some disturbing video out of Georgia the past few days, some of which brought back pretty awful memories for me personally.

Commentary: Don't confuse immigrant victims with villainsupdated: Tue Aug 05 2008 16:12:00

Last week, I wrote about what appears to be a ghastly hate crime in the small town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, where teenagers allegedly beat to death a 25-year-old illegal immigrant named Luis Ramirez after spewing racial slurs and telling him to go back to Mexico.

Officials: Iraqi councilman kills U.S. soldiersupdated: Mon Jun 23 2008 23:39:00

An Iraqi city council member opened fire on U.S. forces outside Baghdad on Monday, killing two soldiers, U.S. officials said.

Newly designed rifles for America's most elite troops updated: Mon Mar 03 2008 13:22:00

No piece of equipment is more crucial to a soldier in the field than his rifle. And America's most elite troops are about to get a new series of rifles designed for their unique and dangerous missions.

New Special Ops riflesupdated: Mon Mar 03 2008 13:22:00

A preview of Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr's story on new rifles.

Time.com: Murder Verdict in Iraq: Guiltyupdated: Sun Feb 10 2008 13:00:00

A military court finds a U.S. soldier guilty of murdering an unarmed Iraqi, but pares down the sentence in apparent sympathy with his claim of exhaustion

Time.com: Murder or Exhaustion in Iraq?updated: Fri Feb 08 2008 18:00:00

In a politically sensitive trial, an American soldier pleads sleeplessness and overwork in the death of an Iraqi man who breached his squad's hideout

Kidnapped French journalist 'okay'updated: Sat Dec 22 2007 09:25:00

A French journalist kidnapped while producing a television documentary about human trafficking in Somalia said he is "quite okay," and has been allowed to use a mobile phone to talk to his girlfriend in France, according to a short phone interview he gave to a Somali journalist.

911 calls show fear, chaos during mall shootingupdated: Fri Dec 07 2007 11:29:00

Dozens of calls flooded the Omaha Police Department's 911 emergency line after a gunman opened fire inside the city's Westroads Mall, with witnesses calling in tones that ranged from almost matter-of-fact to near terror.

Child soldier's songupdated: Thu Oct 11 2007 12:11:00

A former African child soldier is raising money to build schools in Africa. CNN's Jill Dougherty reports.

Ex-child soldier raps about hellish lifeupdated: Thu Oct 11 2007 12:11:00

When he was a little boy in Sudan, singer Emmanuel Jal's mother was killed. Soldiers raped his sister. At the age of 9, filled with longings for revenge, he became a child soldier.

Business 2.0: The masters of (virtual) destructionupdated: Tue Aug 14 2007 21:24:00

Holding the AK-47 assault rifle against my shoulder, I aim and fire at the gunman running to attack me. The report of the rifle is deafening, and the recoil feels like getting kicked in the shoulder by a horse.

Report: Pentagon lost almost 200,000 weapons in Iraqupdated: Tue Aug 07 2007 02:30:00

Nearly 200,000 U.S.-supplied rifles and pistols meant for Iraqi security forces are unaccounted for in Iraq, according to a report to Congress.

'Iraq awash in weapons'updated: Tue Aug 07 2007 02:30:00

'Iraq awash in weapons'

Time.com: Pakistani Militants Snub Surrenderupdated: Thu Jul 05 2007 22:55:00

Gunfire and explosions rocked a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital Thursday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender

Time.com: Brutal New Tactics In Iraqupdated: Tue Jun 26 2007 17:25:00

The clever and deadly methods insurgents are using to counteract the U.S.-led surge -- and why they are working

Philadelphia: Teen 'afraid every day' as gun violence soars updated: Wed May 16 2007 14:06:00

Isaac Diaz walks through the toughest parts of North Philadelphia each day on his way to and from high school. But what really scares the 18-year-old senior is lying in his own bed at night.

Official: Radicals wanted to create carnage at Fort Dixupdated: Tue May 08 2007 08:02:00

The federal government has charged five alleged Islamic radicals with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey.

Iraq recruits: Underpaid, undertrained, under pressureupdated: Mon Apr 30 2007 11:28:00

The Iraqi honor guard snaps to attention and the bugle player raises his horn. With great pride, he delivers a loud, tuneless warble. It trails off in the whipping desert wind.

Biography: Zhang Daliupdated: Thu Dec 07 2006 09:54:00

Artist Zhang Dali has highlighted the rapid social changes sweeping through China with a provocative mix of graffiti, photography and sculpture.

Troops 'roll the dice' with push into Triangle of Deathupdated: Mon Oct 16 2006 17:54:00

In the distance, explosions are heard -- it could be anything. The American soldiers don't even look up.

Marines face courts-martial in Iraqi man's deathupdated: Mon Sep 25 2006 14:28:00

Three Marines will face courts-martial in the death of an Iraqi man near Hamdaniya in April, the Marine Corps said Monday.

Muslim bomber guilty of killing 17updated: Thu Sep 14 2006 05:31:00

An Indian court found Mohammed Ghansar guilty of murder Thursday for his role in a string of bombings that blasted through the country's commercial capital, Mumbai, 13 years ago, killing 257 people.

Relatives shocked by Marine murder allegationsupdated: Thu Jun 22 2006 09:41:00

Relatives and a lawyer of seven Marines and a Navy corpsman expressed shock over allegations the servicemen kidnapped, killed then tried to cover up the death of a civilian in Hamdaniya, Iraq.

8 U.S. troops charged with murderupdated: Wed Jun 21 2006 14:09:00

Seven U.S. Marines and a Navy corpsman were charged with murder Wednesday in the April killing of an Iraqi civilian near the town of Hamdaniya, Col. Stewart Navarre said at Camp Pendleton, California.

Body of Iraqi in U.S. for military murder probeupdated: Fri Jun 09 2006 12:33:00

The exhumed body of an Iraqi man allegedly murdered by U.S. Marines last April arrived in the United States on Thursday for forensic analysis, according to a Department of Defense official.

Source: Killing of Iraqi may have been 'premeditated'updated: Mon Jun 05 2006 22:04:00

Navy investigators have evidence that U.S. Marines may have committed "premeditated" murder in the April shooting death of an unarmed Iraqi man in Hamdaniya, a military officer close to the inquiry told CNN.

Reporter's dangerous trip to secret rocket factoryupdated: Thu Jun 01 2006 12:36:00

The van was hot and stuffy, made even more uncomfortable by the fact CNN cameraman Adil Bradlow and I were wedged between masked gunmen in full battle gear, their index fingers tensely stroking the triggers of their AK-47 assault rifles.

Avoiding the scareportsupdated: Fri Mar 24 2006 12:59:00

When Hong Kong's notorious Kai Tak airport closed in 1998, frequent fliers breathed a collective sigh of relief at the thought that they would no longer have to endure a perilous right-angled landing through mountains and residential tower blocks.

Police raid Kenya media officesupdated: Thu Mar 02 2006 09:48:00

Masked police carrying AK-47 assault rifles have raided the television station and newspaper owned by Kenya's second-largest media group and briefly detained four journalists.

CNNMoney: Mercedes most rapped-about brand in 2005updated: Fri Dec 30 2005 09:20:00

Mercedes-Benz was the most mentioned brand in 2005's biggest rap hits, found a survey released this week.

Straight up combat behind Operation Steel Curtainupdated: Fri Nov 11 2005 15:16:00

The morning sunrise is broken by 50-caliber machine gun fire.

U.S.-Iraqi offensive leaves dozens of insurgents deadupdated: Sat Nov 05 2005 02:15:00

Dozens of insurgents were killed Saturday on the first day of Operation Steel Curtain, a U.S.-Iraqi military offensive near the Syrian border, military officials said.

EW review: 'Domino' lethally numbupdated: Fri Oct 14 2005 09:54:00

Poor little rich babe, scion of English movie-star royalty, AK-47-toting punkette bounty hunter: If Domino Harvey's life didn't already sound like a chicly garish girl-with-model- cheekbones-goes-slumming thriller, then a girl-with-model-cheekbones- goes-slumming thriller would have to be made to exploit it.

Gunmen kill Sunni member of constitution panelupdated: Tue Jul 19 2005 07:50:00

Gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a Sunni Arab member of the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution, authorities said.

Child killed as hostage crisis endsupdated: Thu Jun 16 2005 01:40:00

A hostage standoff at an international school in Cambodia ended Thursday with the killing of a Canadian boy and the arrest of four gunmen, authorities said.

Iraqi police 'under threat all the time'updated: Mon Mar 07 2005 17:55:00

The Diyala Provincial Police Headquarters in downtown Baquba may be dimly lit and grungy, but it plays a front-line role in Iraq's fight against lawlessness and terror.

Studios of terrorupdated: Tue Feb 15 2005 13:21:00

The house at No. 5, Momir Asma bin Mohammed Street should have been unremarkable.

U.S. troops find Baghdad arms cachesupdated: Mon Jan 24 2005 01:11:00

U.S. soldiers found several caches of weapons late Sunday and early Monday in raids on homes in southern Baghdad that authorities allege were being used as supply points for the insurgency.

Daughter of Iraqi official kidnappedupdated: Sat Jan 15 2005 07:34:00

The teenage daughter of an Iraqi official was kidnapped Friday night as she walked home from her math tutor's house in eastern Baghdad, a police official said.

Florida man faces bioweapon chargeupdated: Thu Jan 13 2005 14:06:00

An Ocala, Florida, man was arrested by the FBI after they found the biotoxin ricin in his possession in the home he shares with his mother.

Insurgents attack Baghdad patrolupdated: Fri Dec 31 2004 02:07:00

Insurgents attacked a U.S. military patrol on Thursday north of Baghdad using a pair of roadside bombs, according to a military statement.

Raids net 5 al Qaeda suspectsupdated: Thu Nov 25 2004 16:07:00

Security officials have staged two raids in separate locations in Lahore, killing one suspected al Qaeda terrorist and arresting five others.

Fortune: Can My Employer Really Ban Camera Phones?updated: Mon Aug 09 2004 00:01:00

Dear Annie: I work for a company that has just adopted a policy banning camera phones at work. Yesterday one of my colleagues had his phone snatched out of his hand by a security guard while he was...

FSB: Bulletproof Growth Steve Warshaw CEO/M CUBED TECHNOLOGIESupdated: Mon Mar 01 2004 00:01:00

Revenue for M Cubed has shot up since it started making materials used in body armor for soldiers. This year sales are expected to double to $40 million.

Fallujah attack leaves 20 dead, mostly Iraqi policeupdated: Sat Feb 14 2004 05:05:00

At least 20 people died and dozens of prisoners were set free when insurgents stormed a police station and a civil defense compound at dawn in Fallujah, Saturday, Iraqi sources said.

Fortune: Office Supplies for the Hunted (and/or Paranoid)updated: Mon Jun 08 1998 00:01:00

Let's say you think someone is trying to kill you. You could call the FBI, or maybe hide in your basement. Or you could visit Gaffco, a small store that opened recently in New York City.

Fortune: JOHNNY RUSHES TO GET HIS GUNSupdated: Mon Jan 10 1994 00:01:00

Would-be owners of semiautomatic assault weapons are charging gun stores, anxious to load up as Congress considers banning the manufacture and sale of such weapons. Says Victor Holbrook of the nati...

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