Washington Navy Yard Killer 'Hearing Voices'

US Deadliest Shootings Updated: 10:32am UK, Tuesday 17 September 2013 The shooting at the Washington navy yard has been described by Barack Obama as "yet another mass shooting". It is part of a grim list in modern US history. :: Sandy Hook, Connecticut,...

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Beijing Airport 'Bomber' In Court On Stretcher

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, in Beijing The one-day trial of a man who detonated a bomb at Beijing's international airport has taken place in the Chinese capital. Ji Zhongxing, who is in a wheelchair, set off his homemade device at the arrivals...

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Iran Restores Block On Facebook And Twitter

Iran has restored blocks on Facebook and Twitter after a "technical glitch" briefly removed filters from the social networks overnight. Iranians gained direct access to the sites for the first time in four years because of a fault, an official said,...

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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation Completed

By Tom Kington, on Giglio Twenty months after it capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, killing 32 people, the Costa Concordia has risen from the Mediterranean after a successful £500m salvage operation Dozens of giant pulleys hauled the cruise...

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Colorado Floods: Victims Face Rebuilding Task

Many residents forced to evacuate their homes in Colorado's deadly floods have been allowed to return as the rain finally stopped. Shanda Roberson shovels flooded mud out of her garage But with about 19,000 properties either damaged or destroyed,...

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Philippines: Troops Rescue Christian Hostages

Philippine troops have rescued nearly 80 of more than 100 hostages being held in the largely Christian city of Zamboanga. About 64 hostages were freed or escaped during the military operations that took place early on Tuesday, official reports said....

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Chinese Dissident Arrested After TV Interview

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent An outspoken Chinese dissident has been placed under house arrest a day after he appeared in an interview with Sky News. Hu Jia, 40, criticised his government in the interview and in a daily stream of blogs on...

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Washington Navy Base Killer: An Armed Buddhist

Aaron Alexis, who the FBI said carried out a deadly rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, lived a life of dramatic contrasts. The 34-year-old was a former Navy reservist, a defence subcontractor for IT giant Hewlett-Packard and a convert to Buddhism...

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Austria Siege: Four Shot Dead By Gunman

Special forces are surrounding an gunman who is barricaded inside a farmhouse after shooting dead three policemen and a medic. The farmhouse has been sealed off by armoured vehicles The suspect, said to be 55-years-old, has opened fire as dozens of...

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Girl, 14, Snatched In Atlanta Break-In

A 14-year-old girl has been abducted by armed men who broke into her home in Atlanta. Two men apparently entered the house through a back door around 2.15am on Tuesday and snatched Ayvani Hope Perez. Police said the youngster's mother had tried to...

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