Mass shooting

California shooting rampage that killed 4 was premeditated

9 Jun 2013

The killer, who died a day shy of his 24th birthday, was connected to the home that went up in flames after the first shootings, said Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks. Investigators were looking...

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Motive unclear in shooting rampage in Santa Monica

8 Jun 2013

Investigators tried to piece together a confusing string of incidents involving a gunman who killed four people in a rampage through Santa Monica, that ended when police fatally shot him at a...

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At least six dead in US rampage by black-clad gunman

8 Jun 2013

A black-clad gunman killed at least six people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California on Friday, before police shot him dead in a college library, officials said.

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Gunmen kill 14 travellers in ambush at fake checkpoint in Iraq

6 Jun 2013

Gunmen ambushed a group of travellers at a fake checkpoint at a remote desert site in western Iraq yesterday and killed at least 14 of them, according to Iraqi officials, in what appeared to be...

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Colorado cinema shooting victims' relatives angered by 'remembrance'

4 Jan 2013

Relatives of victims massacred by a gunman in a Colorado cinema have criticised the owners for inviting them to its reopening, saying it was a "ridiculously offensive" publicity ploy.

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New York gunman wrote note before shooting

27 Dec 2012

Before William Spengler opened fire on firefighters who had arrived to put out a fire at his home in the upstate New York town of Webster, killing two and seriously wounding two others, he typed a...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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How they see it, December 23, 2012

1. The New York Times

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Letters to the Editor, December 20, 2012

It seems that a mere ticket/fine is no longer a deterrent to the illegal parking of chauffeured, rich men's vehicles and in fact, the attitude of these people makes a mockery of our traffic laws...

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Django Unchained premiere cancelled to honour shooting victims

The red-carpet Hollywood premiere of Quentin Tarantino's garishly violent new film, Django Unchained, has been cancelled, the latest such response to the Connecticut school massacre.

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NEWTOWN MASS SHOOTING

Newtown schools reopen as first funerals of shooting victims held

Most children in Newtown returned to classes yesterday for the first time since last week's shooting, but survivors stayed at home and Sandy Hook school remained a crime scene.

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US must tighten gun control laws

I write regarding the mass shooting on Friday morning in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School before taking his...

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American myth of freedom through guns

The brutal murder of 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Connecticut, shakes us to the core as individuals and requires a response as citizens. The United States seems to reel from one mass...

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