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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
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Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims

AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

FORT HOOD, Texas - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

  • This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES
    Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company AP - 44 minutes ago

    ORLANDO, Fla. - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.

  • British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, Left, walks with an unidentified official at the venue of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. Rifts among the world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, are reported to be threatening attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)
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  • File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)
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  • Pakistani villagers carry a coffin wrapped with a national flag of a paramilitary soldier who was killed during a gun-battle with militants in Hangu district, during his funeral prayers on the outskirts of Bannu, a town on the edge of Waziristan region, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)
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  • Phil Mickelson tees off at the 5th tee during the third round of the 2009 HSBC Champions golf tournament at Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The American lefty shot a 67 on Saturday and grabbed lead with 14-under 202. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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  • A demonstrator holds up a sign during a "House Call" rally against proposed healthcare reform legislation at the Capitol in Washington November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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  • Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
    Motive probed in Fort Hood shooting rampage Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 9:55 PM ET

    KILLEEN, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.

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    ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.

  • A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV
    Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 11:26 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.

  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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  • French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (left) arrives with Domonique Strauss-Khan of the International Monetary Fund pictured at the Fairmont Hotel in Saint Andrews. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)
    Britain rallies G20 on climate change AFP - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    ST ANDREWS, United Kingdom (AFP) - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.

  • An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry has said.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
    NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security forces: Kabul AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    KABUL (AFP) - Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

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    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran is to turn down proposals from the major powers about its supply of nuclear fuel, a leading parliamentarian said on Saturday, in a serious setback for efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions.

  • Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes away tears during a candlelight vigil at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage. US President Barack Obama has led the nation in mourning as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
    US mourns as Muslim doctor slays 13 at army base AFP - 21 minutes ago

    FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning on Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.

  • The US flag flies above the Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)
    Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote AFP - 16 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care.

  • British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- pictured delivering a speech on Afghanistan at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London -- has called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions among other measures to make banks more accountable to society.(AFP/File/Oli Scarff)
    Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax AFP - 47 minutes ago

    ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here Saturday to consider a tax on financial transactions to make banks more accountable to society.

  • President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM) India Karl Slym is pictured during a press conference in Ahmedabad, in October. General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, according to the Press Trust of India.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)
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