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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Victims of 'Dark Knight' shooting get aid

AURORA, Colo., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Victims of the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colo., are to receive another $350,000 each from a fund created with donations, officials say. The money will go to the 58 people who were injured and the families of the 12 people killed during a midnight premiere of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Russian, Syrian officials to meet

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russian officials are to meet with a Syrian delegation about an agreement on Russian money and oil supplies to Syria, officials said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is to meet with the Syrian delegation, headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Qadri... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Myanmar: No need for human rights inquiry

RAKHINE, Myanmar, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- There is no need for an investigation into violence between Burmese Buddhist and Muslim ethnic groups, Myanmar's Human Rights Commission says. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation said it will ask the United Nations Security Council to look into the government's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Guard shot at Family Research Council HQ

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A security guard at the Washington headquarters of the right-wing Family Research Council was wounded by a gunman, police said Wednesday. Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the shooting occurred in the lobby just before 11 a.m., The Washington Post reported. She... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Father: Texas gunman was 'crazy as hell'

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The man who opened fire in a College Station, Texas, neighborhood, killing two people and wounding four others, had severe mental problems, his parents said. Thomas Alton Caffall III, 35, who was killed by a responding police officer, was having... Sign in to see full entry.

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