Sandy Hook

13 Jan 2013

The Sandy Hook school shooting in the United States last month was as shocking as it was baffling. To many non-Americans, the right to bear arms and the strident defence of that right by a large...

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US boy, 11, charged after bringing gun to class after massacre

19 Dec 2012

An 11-year-old boy has been charged with possessing a deadly weapon after bringing a gun to school, claiming he was worried about a massacre like Connecticut’s, a schools’ spokesman said on...

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Obama backs bill to ban assault weapons

19 Dec 2012

US President Barack Obama backs a new bill to revive an assault weapons ban, the White House said on Tuesday, fleshing out his response to a shocking school massacre.

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Outcry over Chinese state media coverage of tragic school attacks

17 Dec 2012

Two parallel incidents of mass violence occurred over the weekend: a shooting in Connecticut, in the United States, and a knife attack in Henan province, China - both involved men walking into...

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