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Washington, December 15: US President Barack Obama wiped tears from his face, choked on his words and spoke of his grief as authorities scrambled to find answers to what prompted a heavily armed young man to storm a Connecticut elementary school and gun down 28 people, including 20 children, in cold blood. Over 100 people have died in campus shootings across the US in the last two decades largely

Santaana (California), December 15: A Southern California judge is being publicly admonished for saying a rape victim "didn't put up a fight" during her assault and that if someone doesn't want sexual intercourse, the body "will not permit that to happen". The California commission on judicial performance voted 10-0 to impose a public admonishment on Thursday, saying superior court judge Derek

Newtown (Connecticut), December 15: A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school where his mother was a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in corners and closets and trembled helplessly to the sound of shots reverberating through the building. The 20-year-old killer, carrying two handguns, committed suicide at the school

Washington, December 13: Despite Malaysia's high-profile anti-corruption crusade, half of the corporate executives surveyed by a global corruption watchdog believe that competitors have obtained business in the country through bribery. Transparency International said Malaysia scored worst in the 2012 Bribe Payers Survey. It asked nearly 3,000 executives from 30 countries whether they had lost a

London, December 12: Britain's Ministry of Defence says a Sikh soldier has become the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace while wearing his traditional turban. Fifty family members were on hand today as Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar as he took part in the changing of the guard at the London home of Queen Elizabeth II. Bhullar, a 25-year-old soldier with the Scots Guards

Oslo, December 4: The Indian couple facing criminal charges of "gross or repeated maltreatment" of their child were convicted on Tuesday. The father was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment while the mother was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. The prosecution termed the case as "very serious" and justified their arrest ahead of the court verdict. "They are facing child abuse case and are

Mogadishu, December 2: Fierce fighting between heavily armed rival clans in war-torn Somalia has killed at least 26 people in a dispute over grazing land and water, officials said Sunday. “There are many casualties, the initial reports are of 26 people killed,” said Mohamed Abdi Shire, a senior commander of the Ahlu Sunna militia in central Somalia, which controls the region. Clashes broke out

Paris, December 1: Steel giant ArcelorMittal and the French government have reached an agreement on the persisting deadlock over the company's plans to shut down two furnaces in Florange and the government's nationalisation plan of the site. French Prime Minister Bernard Ayrault announced on Friday night that the government had shelved its nationalisation plan. In return, ArcelorMittal chief

New York, November 27: An Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager, charged with participating in one of the "most lucrative" insider trading schemes ever, has been released on a five million dollar bail after he appeared in Manhattan federal court here. Mathew Martoma, 38, appeared in a brief court hearing yesterday before US magistrate Judge James Cott and was informed of his rights as a

London, November 27: A 64-year-old Belgian man wants to have his marriage annulled after he discovered that his Indonesian wife of 19 years had been born a man and had later undergone a sex change. The man, named Jan, married Monica in 1993 despite legal difficulties raised by the Belgian immigration authorities, the Telegraph reported. But it was only recently that he discovered that his 48-year