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  "title": "Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad, in first since World War Two",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/fort-hood-shooter-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad-in-first-since-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T02:22:24.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "The execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will be the first military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since the end of World War Two.",
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Pentagon to execute convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/pentagon-to-execute-convicted-fort-hood-mass-shooter-nidal-hasan-by",
        "published": "2026-10-06T00:26:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed by firing squad, Pentagon says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/fort-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan-to-be-executed-by-firing-squad-pentagon",
        "published": "2026-10-06T01:26:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan",
        "published": "2026-10-06T01:31:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-pentagon",
        "published": "2026-10-06T01:33:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Trump approves firing squad for execution of Nidal Hasan for 2009 Fort Hood massacre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/trump-approves-firing-squad-for-execution-of-nidal-hasan-for-2009",
        "published": "2026-10-06T02:34:48.000Z"
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