A collection of stories tagged 'killing' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:41:08 EST Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist who helped bring to light the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, died over the weekend of pancreatic cancer. He was 65 years old. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46980 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89231780&ft=1&f=1021 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:00:00 EDT New research suggests that the impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs and other life forms on Earth 65 million years ago can be traced back to a breakup event in the main asteroid belt. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39054 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14181539&ft=1&f=1007 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:14:00 EDT For more than 20 years, a team of scientists at the National Cancer Institute has been trying to cure cancer by using a patient's own immune system. In the latest twist, they use gene therapy to enhance the immune system's ability to recognize tumors. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23193 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5744500 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:14:00 EDT Two years after 8-year-old Amy Yates was brutally murdered near her home in Carrollton, Ga., the prosecutor in the case has a real dilemma: There are two credible confessions to the crime. One came from a juvenile who was arrested and put in jail for the crime two years ago. The juvenile was released after someone else confessed to the crime, citing details that were not available to the public. The problem: The two confessions could cancel each other out in court. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/27339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5440196 Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT Scientists confirm that potentially deadly bird flu has infected poultry in Nigeria. The H5N1 virus already has killed more than 80 people in Asia and Turkey, along with millions of birds. Now, scientists worry that bird flu has gained a toehold on a continent ill prepared to deal with the disease. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/64 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5196736 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST Marine Lance Cpl. Brandon Christopher Dewey is the fifth serviceman from the small town of Tracy, Calif., to die in Iraq. A car bomber killed Dewey, 20, in Haqlaniyah, just north of Baghdad. Earlier this week, he was buried with honors in his hometown. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/89 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5194763 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST At least three demonstrators are killed during a protest outside a NATO peacekeeping base in the northwestern part of Afghanistan. Unrest among Muslims continues in the country, prompted by the publication in European newspapers of caricatures of the Muhammad. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/92 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5194721 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST Nine people have reportedly been killed in Nepal in the run-up to Wednesday's elections. The elections, the first in seven years, are for relatively minor municipal jobs. But they've become the focus of a worsening standoff between the embattled king and mainstream political parties and Maoist insurgents. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/99 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5194757 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST Coal miners around the country are being asked to review safety procedures Monday. The move comes after a series of accidents in West Virginia that killed 16 coal miners. As energy prices have soared, more coal mines have reopened in Appalachia, including some of the mines involved in the accidents. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/163 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5188029 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST West Virginia's coal mines are expected to temporarily shut down for safety reviews. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin called for the halt in production after two miners were killed in separate incidents Wednesday. The state has seen 16 mine-related deaths since January. Anna Sale of West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/205 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5184847 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST Host Steve Inskeep talks to the Baghdad bureau chief of The Times of London, James Hider, about the challenges faced by journalists covering the war in Iraq. ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff and an ABC cameraman were wounded Sunday in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad. Around 60 media workers have been killed since the U.S. invasion began. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/286 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5178295 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Army Sgt. First Class Stephen J. White was a 20-year soldier, the father of seven children and wed to a soldier on active duty. As Tanya Ott of member station WBHM reports, White died along with three other soldiers on his fourth tour of duty in Iraq. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/306 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176253 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Actor Tommy Lee Jones also directs The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It's the story of a man killed in Texas and a friend -- played by Jones -- who fulfills his wish to be buried in Mexico. Jones describes it a "journey" movie. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/1302 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176262 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST A federal judge says union members may join government investigators inside West Virginia's Sago Mine, site of a disaster that killed 14 workers. As Anna Sale of WVPR reports, union members were blocked from entering the mine Wednesday and told they couldn't monitor an investigator's interviews last week. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/332 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5173604 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST New York City announced reforms this week following the death of a 7-year-old girl allegedly killed by her stepfather. Some experts are voicing concerns about the city's emphasis on keeping families together. Cindy Rodriguez of member station WNYC reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/344 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5172756 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is pushing for new federal and state mine-safety regulations after two recent accidents in his state killed 14 miners. The new laws would focus on improving rescue efforts and communication. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/444 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5167432 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Closing arguments conclude at the court-martial of an American soldier accused of killing an Iraqi general during interrogations. Army Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr. says higher-ranking officers approved the technique he was using. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/456 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5166941 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Russia is experiencing Arctic temperatures, which have closed schools and killed at least seven people in Moscow alone. Authorities are warning factories they may experience power cuts as the 50-year record-low temperatures are expected to continue. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/482 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165524 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Police take the man who shot Pope John Paul II back into custody after an appeals court ordered him to return to prison to serve more time for killing a journalist and for other crimes in Turkey. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/484 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5164944 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Another American soldier is standing trial for prisoner abuses -- this time, for having allegedly killed an Iraqi general during a 2003 interrogation. Alex Chadwick talks with John McChesney, who's covering the court martial of Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer in Fort Carson, Colo. He faces murder and dereliction of duty charges for the suffocation death of Iraqi Major Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/487 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165217 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST The annual report of Reporters Without Borders finds that more journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Reporters have become targets in Iraq in marked contrast with reporters' experiences during the war in Vietnam. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/498 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5163826 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Pakistani government sources report that four senior al Qaeda figures were among those killed in a U.S. missile strike on a village near the Afghan border last week. Al Qaeda's No. 2 official, Ayman al-Zawahiri -- the intended target of the attack -- was not hurt. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/501 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5163850 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Pakistani security officials now say several terrorist operatives were killed in a U.S. airstrike that claimed 18 lives last week. But the attack missed al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri -- and the outcome illustrates the difficulty of tracking down al Qaeda leaders. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/521 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5162922 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Four pro-government protesters were killed in Abidjan Wednesday when U.N. peacekeepers opened fire to repel an attack on their base in a third day of anti-U.N. riots. Renee Montagne talks to BBC reporter James Copnall. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/525 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5162964 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Pakistani officials say four senior al Qaeda operatives were killed in a CIA missile strike near Pakistan's Afghan border last week. Also, analyst Peter Bergen talks about the Osama bin Laden audio tape released Thursday. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3156 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5163402 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST