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Inside the mind of an army killer
In the morning, he went to the corner shop where he lived near Fort Hood to
buy coffee. Security video shows him exchanging chit-chat and smiling. In
the afternoon, he went to a squat building inside the military facility
filled with fellow soldiers preparing to deploy.
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'People were off guard at Fort Hood'
Saturday, 7 November 2009
It is in the heart of Texas gun country, but Ford Hood is the last place one
would expect a massacre to take place, said a former British Army officer
who served in the vast military base.
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World in Focus: Without Abbas, does doomsday loom?
Saturday, 7 November 2009
When Western diplomats considered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's
announcement that he did not want to stand for re-election yesterday, they
must have asked themselves the famous question attributed to Metternich
about the death of a rival, "What did he mean by that?"
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CIA rendition agent: We broke the law
Saturday, 7 November 2009
One of the Americans convicted in absentia by an Italian court for her part in
the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric by CIA operatives has acknowledged
they "broke the law" and complained she was given insufficient
protection by her superiors in Washington.
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UN attempts to slow the new scramble for Africa
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Over 50 heads of state will gather for a summit later this month to look at
ways of policing the extraordinary "land grab" that has seen
richer countries buy up at least 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa
in the last 18 months.
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Nanny rented out baby to beggars
Saturday, 7 November 2009
When Anamika Joshi came home from work in the evening, she could not
understand why her seven-month-old son was so drowsy and lethargic. Then one
day she came home early to discover her child missing and the nanny she had
employed to look after him casually watching television.
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Last Taliban stronghold captured by Pakistan army
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Pakistani troops pushing deeper into South Waziristan yesterday razed the
house of the militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, killed by a US drone strike
this summer, as they assaulted the last of three Taliban strongholds.
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Brown tells Karzai to sort out corruption or else...
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Gordon Brown has warned the Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Britain will
not continue to put its forces "in harm's way" in his country
unless he is prepared to root out corruption.
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Heroine whose shots ended the slaughter at Fort Hood
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Schools were closed, streets deserted, and checkpoints set up at entrances to
Fort Hood last night, as investigators tried to establish how a lone gunman
was able to plan and carry out one of the most deadly killing sprees in US
military history.
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Polygamist sect member convicted of child sex offences
Saturday, 7 November 2009
The first of a dozen polygamist sect members to be tried over charges
including child sex offences faces jail after being found guilty.
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US army major 'shouted Allahu Akbar' before Fort Hood gun rampage
Friday, 6 November 2009
The US officer who killed 13 soldiers in a gun rampage at a Texas army base
shouted a triumphant Islamic proclamation before opening fire, it has been
claimed.
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Gunman arrested after office shooting spree
Friday, 6 November 2009
Police in the US have arrested a gunman who opened fire on employees in an
office complex in Florida today, reportedly killing two and injuring six.
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Student stuns Iran by criticising 'supreme leader' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Friday, 6 November 2009
An Iranian maths student has become an unlikely hero to some of his countrymen
for daring to criticise the country's most powerful man to his face.
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Afghan bomb kills two US troops
Friday, 6 November 2009
Two more US troops have been killed in Afghanistan.
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Sex with the neighbours 'good for crabs'
Friday, 6 November 2009
In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection for females is
apparently having sex with the neighbours, according to an Australian study.
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Brazilian man shows up at his own funeral
Friday, 6 November 2009
A Brazilian thought to have died in a car crash shocked his mourning family by
showing up alive at his funeral.
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Muslim anger at Beyonce 'sex party'
Friday, 6 November 2009
As Egypt gears up for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North
Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex
party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace and
stability".
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Crash victim bricklayer turns up at own funeral
Friday, 6 November 2009
A bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash in Brazil stunned his grieving
realtives by showing up alive at his funeral.
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Father guilty of murdering infant aged seven weeks
Friday, 6 November 2009
A father has been found guilty of murdering his seven-week-old baby.
Jaycee Lee Dugard had tried to conceal her real identity from police
Friday, 6 November 2009
The 45-page report on police bungling of the Jaycee Dugard case reveals the
now 29-year-old's first interactions with law enforcement after her
captivity.
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Big Bird, Kermit, Oscar and pals celebrate Sesame Street’s 40 years
Friday, 6 November 2009
The letter of the day will be “H” as in “hug” or “hungry” or even “happy
birthday.” The number of the day will be “40,” the exact length of time, in
years, that it has been on air. The programme reaching this milestone is, of
course, Sesame Street.
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