Word: manhunter
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...square the day after martial law was declared, Wuer remained devoted to the cause. "I deserved to be replaced," he conceded, for believing false information that the army was about to move in. After the army finally did appear two weeks later, Wuer vanished, and only last week's manhunt dispelled rumors that he had been shot to death or had taken his own life...
...plot has all the elements of an old-fashioned detective movie. A police officer is brutally gunned down and a frantic manhunt ensues. A long-haired laborer is convicted of the murder after his companion on the fateful night testifies against him. A filmmaker becomes obsessed with the case and produces a gritty documentary in which the prosecution's witnesses shed doubt on their own testimony. Ideally, there should be a happy cinematic ending, as the wrongly convicted man leaves prison after twelve years to resume his shattered life...
...escapees were among 22 members of a Muslim fundamentalist group called Al Jihad (Holy War) convicted in 1982 of murdering Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Officials declared a nationwide manhunt, fearing that the convicts might seek revenge on 44 police officers who were acquitted last month of torturing Jihad members while investigating Sadat's killing...
...aide to ex-U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, was returning from a meeting with a local leader of the Shi'ite Amal militia. The incident was a major embarrassment for Amal Leader Nabih Berri, Lebanon's Justice Minister. Amal, along with U.N. peacekeeping forces, immediately launched a manhunt for Higgins and his abductors...
...frustrating manhunt for the Green River Killer drags on in Seattle. -- Are the Feds out to get Author Norman Mailer...