Police initially said it was unclear whether she was a victim of street crime or a targeted killing.

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Is a program of targeted killing, conducted without judicial oversight or public scrutiny, consistent with American interests and values?

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Two lawsuits by the American Civil Liberties Union, in March 2010 and February 2011, sought CIA records on its program of targeted killing with drones.

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Germany is adamant that Poland send Brodsky to Germany to stand trial for his alleged role in assisting in the targeted killing of a wanted terror mastermind.

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However, our correspondent says that reports of Ms Hussain being shot twice in the head raise suspicions that it was a targeted killing made to look like a robbery.

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Suhaib Dib, a citizen journalist and an activist well-known in Damascus, is reported to have been the victim of a targeted killing on 4 July in the suburb of Al-Meliha.

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And radiotherapy technology advances mean that far higher doses can be targeted more precisely on the prostate, killing more cancer cells with fewer treatments.

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As a poverty program, raising the minimum wage is like killing flies with a shotgun, not very well targeted.

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