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Law enforcement canvass an area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. 'Why? Why?': 26 dead in elementary school massacre
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 0947 GMT (1747 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- The bodies of children and educators lay where they fell in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school -- in classrooms... (photo: AP / Jessica Hill) CNN
Crime   US   Wikipedia: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting   Education   Photos
File - Japan's largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe arrives for a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 after the lower house of parliament was dissolved. Japan likely to return opposition to power
TOKYO -- The Japanese voters who Sunday will elect a new government are loyal to no party and frustrated with each of the recent leaders to hold power. They are political pessimists facing a choice... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. 20 Schoolchildren, 8 Others Dead in Connecticut Massacre
Newtown, Conn. Twenty schoolchildren were slaughtered by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire at a suburban elementary school in Connecticut on Friday, ultimately killing at least 27 people... (photo: AP / Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks) Jakarta Globe
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Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans as one holds up the Quran, Islam's hold book, during a demonstration after the Friday prayer, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 Divided Egypt votes on new constitution
Egyptians vote Saturday on a new constitution supported by the ruling Islamists but bitterly contested by a secular-leaning opposition that failed to scupper the referendum with mass protests. Polls... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) Khaleej Times
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A Syrian woman chants slogans against President Basar Assad during a weekly demonstration in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.   Syrian Scud Missiles Land Near Turkish Border, NATO Official Says
Posted: December 14, 2012 Several Scud missiles that were fired at rebels by the Syrian government landed “fairly close” to the Turkish border, according to NATO’s top military commander. The comments... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo) The Inquisitr
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A family stands near their tent after seeking refuge in Kanyaruchinya camp. People from the Kibumba - Rutchuru axe who fled the combats between FARDC and advancing M23 rebels, set camp in Kanyaruchinya 4km north of Goma, the 1st of August 2012. DR Congo fighting 'sees refugee numbers rise'
Humanitarian workers have warned of a sharp rise in refugees in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of recent fighting. The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti) BBC News
Africa   Congo   Photos   Refugee   Wikipedia: 2012 East D.R. Congo conflict
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