Gunman dead after Colorado school shooting

14 Dec BBC

A student at a Colorado school shot and wounded two students, one seriously, before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. The gunman brought a shotgun to the school and was looking for a specific teacher when confronted by a classmate,

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Typhoon Haiyan deaths in Philippines breach 6,000

14 Dec XTV

The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan that struck the central Philippines on November 8 has passed 6,000 with nearly 1,800 people missing, officials said on Friday. Twenty-seven bodies, all unidentified, were among the latest to be recovered under debris in typhoon-stricken coastal areas including the hardest hit city of Tacloban,

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Pakistani court stops airing of foreign films

14 Dec TOI

A Pakistani court has stopped the screening of foreign films, serials and television shows, especially Indian content, on the country's TV channels, triggering panic and outrage among exhibitors and viewers.

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