Shot politician Giffords to quit

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22 January 2012 Last updated at 20:18 GMT Ms Giffords said she wanted to concentrate on recovering - courtesy Office of Congresswoman Giffords

US politician Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head last year, has decided to resign her seat in Congress.

Ms Giffords said she needed to concentrate on recovering from her wounds, but promised to return to a career in public service.

She was attacked by a gunman during a political meeting in Tucson, Arizona on 8 January 2011. Six people died in the incident, including one of her aides.

Suspect Jared Loughner has been declared unfit to stand trial.

Ms Giffords said in a statement that she would resign this week, and that a special primary would be held to decide who will serve the rest of her term in office.

"I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week," she said.

The statement added that Ms Giffords intended to complete the political meeting that was attacked by the gunman, and meet some of the people who attended.

Doctors have said Ms Giffords has made a remarkable recovery from her injuries.

She made her first public appearance since the shooting at a memorial service earlier this month commemorating one year since the attack.

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'Rival' killed Mexico politician

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6 October 2011 Last updated at 02:07 GMT Judicial officials in Mexico say the murder of a federal Congressman in the southern state of Guerrero last month was ordered by a political rival.

Moises Villanueva, a representative in Mexico's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, was found dead two weeks after being abducted.

Police said two men confessed to the crime and implicated a local mayor.

The suspects said the mayor, whom the authorities have not named, paid them $22,000 to kill Mr Villanueva.

Mr Villanueva was abducted along with his driver, Erick Estrada Vazquez, on 4 September.

Their bodies were found by the roadside in the southern state of Guerrero two weeks later. Forensic reports at the time said they had been shot dead.

Attorney General for Guerrero State Alberto Lopez Rosa said the two suspects, who are brothers, had confessed to the murder.

He said the suspects, one of whom is a police officer, had intercepted Mr Villanueva and his driver in the town of Huamuxtitlan.

Mr Lopez Rosa said they confessed to beating the two men and forcing them into the boot of their car before driving them to a bridge, from which they dumped them.

It is not clear whether the politician and his driver were still alive at the time.

Mr Lopez Rosa said he would soon reveal the identity of the man the suspects said had hired them to kill Mr Villanueva.

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