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contract killing

A homicide arranged by one or more persons or parties through an agreement (“contract”) with another person or party, to kill one or more target individuals in exchange for money or other consideration.

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Aside from Palino, the other officials with pictures in the slain suspected hit man's bag were Vice Mayor Jose Jeriel Villegas, councilors John San Jose, Howard Francisco, Buboy Selibio, village chief Dexter Zapanta, all from Teresa.

Mayor on slain assassin's hit list

Dotland Hit Man leads home Tyrur Hestor (T5) in heat 21 at Wimbledon on Saturday

Bell sounds happy with his Hit Man; AROUND THE NORTH

HIT MAN: Mercer (top) and the rest of the shadowy team (below)

Convict lands a killer role; Best of this week's TV An ex-Special Forces soldier jailed for a double murder is freed to do the Government's dirty work. Far-fetched, yes, but fun to THE FIXER MONDAY, STV, 9pm

Barboza's perjured testimony helped convict Salvati for a murder he didn't commit -- and the FBI allegedly concealed evidence that would have exposed the hit man's perjury.

Bush aids mob cover-up. (Insider Report)

The hired-gun killed his victim in a page-for-page fashion right out of Hit Man; a copy of the book was found in the killer's apartment and he admitted using it to plan his bit.

Next Off The Press: How To Kill A Lawyer And Get Away Scot-Free

The state's evidence also showed striking similarities between more than two dozen tips in Hit Man and the way the murders were carried out.

First amendment targeted in 'hit man' lawsuit

Cadiz said that aside from the testimonies of Lascanas and Edgar Matobato, another confessed Davao Death Squad hit man, the CHR would also take as evidence the human bones gathered from the Laud quarry in Davao City in 2009, when the commission began its investigation.

CHR to investigate Lascanas' allegations

Dotland Hit Man, the sole British-bred finalist, pressed Boherna Best hard all the way, and went close to pulling off a local victory for his Northumberland-based connections of owner Michael Pickworth (Hexham), trainer Andrew Bell (Alnwick) and breeder Jimmy Fenwick (Bothel).

Dotland gives Whisky takers cause for cheer; BREEDING LINES

As the hit man runs through the grim checklist, she sounds bored and a little impatient.

THE ULTIMATE REVENGE; Women who have their love rivals raped and tortured; It sounds like a storyline from a bad soap opera, but a growing number of British women are hiring professional hit men to `solve' their relationship problems in the most sinister and sadistic ways..

BOHERNA BEST has rocketed right into the Greyhound of the Year equation following his third Category One success of 2008, and fourth title in total, when he saw off Dotland Hit Man in a thrilling William Hill All England Cup final over 480m at Newcastle on Wednesday.

Best still to come for brilliant Boherna?

Foxx was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for Collateral as a taxi driver whose cab is hijacked by a hit man. Also nominated for this were Freeman as an ex-boxer in Million Dollar Baby, David Carradine as ringleader of a hit man squad in Kill Bill - Vol.

The Razz: Hopefuls in the Oscar annexe

City's insistence on a straight sale rather than a year's loan proved the rock on which the Monaco bid foundered but an injury to Brazilian hit man Giovane Elber has prompted Lyon to consider a swoop.