1.   True, there are fewer political killings these days, even in KwaZulu-Natal, than during the turbulent pre-election months.

2.   The present wave of political killings is the work of people trying to derail peace talks.

3.   Among those who support him are several people who are suspected of ordering political killings or being involved in the drug trade.

4.   And he has told her about the death squads, the political killings.

5.   A few days later, Britain removed its troops from the streets of Belfast and began releasing paramilitary prisoners, including men convicted of bombings and political killings.

6.   A spate of political killings during the current presidential campaign drove thousands of Colombians to take part in nationwide demonstrations Tuesday to demand an end to the violence.

7.   But it coincided with a dizzying increase in political killings of civilians, human rights workers and political figures around the country.

8.   Crime is up sharply, and seems more conspicuous now that newspapers do not have so much political killing to write about.

9.   For D.R. Karthikeyan, who heads the police investigation in Madras, the situation echoes another political killing.

10.   For instance, Schulz said, the United States has sold Huey helicopters to the Mexican army, despite political killings and torture in that country.