The widow of former Gov. George Wallace died Thursday at Kenilworth Care & Rehab Center. Cornelia Marion Ellis Wallace was 69. ...more

January 10, 2009

The widow of former Gov. George Wallace died Thursday at Kenilworth Care & Rehab Center. Cornelia Marion Ellis Wallace was 69. ...more

January 9, 2009

Every American president is at risk of an assassination attempt. But because of the historic nature of President-elect Barack Obama's victory as the first black in that office, the risk of assassination is greater. ...more

November 30, 2008

A quick-thinking Boy Scout foiled an assassination attempt on the president of the Maldives on Tuesday, grabbing an attacker's knife as the man leapt from a crowd and lunged at the leader, an official said. ...more

January 9, 2008

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Many Pakistanis fear that the former prime minister's assassination Thursday will remain yet another unsolved political mystery. ...more

December 31, 2007

Hundreds of mourners visited the tomb of Saddam Hussein on Sunday to light candles and recite the Quran in memory of the ousted dictator who was hanged a year ago. ...more

December 31, 2007

A suicide attacker detonated a powerful bomb inside a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 50 people and wounding 100 as they celebrated one of Islam's major holidays with the country's former interior minister, state-run media reported. ...more

December 22, 2007

Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest for the second time in four days to prevent her staging a march today to protest emergency rule, police said. ...more

November 13, 2007

Under extraordinarily tight security, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her ancestral homeland Saturday in her first major move since a recent assassination attempt against her claimed 140 lives. ...more

October 28, 2007