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Army base gunman still alive but motive for killings remain a mystery

AFTER mistaken reports in the aftermath of the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas that the gunmen responsible for the killings was shot dead, it has emerged that suspect Nadil Malik Hasan is alive and being treated at the base hospital.

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Uncertainty as Abbas says he will not run again

MIDEAST peace prospects have been plunged into unknown territory as no prospective leaders emerged publicly yesterday in the aftermath of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement that he doesn’t want another term.

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Hopes climate talks will yield deal

UN climate negotiators said yesterday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it is still possible to conclude a strong, 192-nation deal to define future work in fighting global warming.

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Sect polygamist found guilty

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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Soldiers killed

TWO more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan.

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Boyle to film climber’s story

SLUMDOG Millionaire director Danny Boyle is to film the true story of an American climber who hacked off part of his arm with a knife after it became trapped under a rock, according to reports.

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Language heard in womb defines baby’s cry

A BABY’S very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.

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Gunman kills one, injures five in Florida

A GUNMAN opened fire yesterday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others.

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Psychics used to probe death

A POLICE force has admitted following up leads supplied by “mystics” after a man’s death.

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Murder accused fugitive had plastic surgery, police say

A THICKER jaw, lower eyebrows and a protruding bottom lip — images of the facelifted fugitive who allegedly killed Briton Lindsay Hawker were released by Japanese police yesterday.

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Murder accused fugitive had plastic surgery, police say

A THICKER jaw, lower eyebrows and a protruding bottom lip — images of the facelifted fugitive who allegedly killed Briton Lindsay Hawker were released by Japanese police yesterday.

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‘Stolen baby’ back home

A BABY girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman.

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Student faces down Iranian leader

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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Beauty arrest

MISS England Rachel Christie has relinquished her crown after being arrested on suspicion of a nightclub assault.

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