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Fort Hood (Texas), Nov 8 (DPA) Chaplains were tending to the spiritual needs of a flock shocked by a mass shooting at the US Army's Fort Hood, preparing to offer words of comfort at Sunday services.

THE CLAIM:A person can pay off a sleep debt by sleeping late on weekendsTHE FACTS:Chronic sleep deprivation is a given for most people.

New York, Nov 7 (IANS) Karan Singh, president, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), was conferred with an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters by the State University of New York here Saturday.

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) plot to launch new terror attacks in India with the help of two Pakistan-born Chicago men has taken a new turn with FBI agents recovering two inflammatory Al Qaeda videos from the house of one of them.

Mexico City, Nov 7 (EFE) Ten people have been arrested for killing a police chief in northern Mexico, officials said.

Washington, Nov. 7 (ANI): A female civilian officer is being hailed as a heroine for shooting down the Fort Hood gunman who allegedly killed 13 American soldiers and injured 30 others at America's biggest military base.

Washington, Nov. 7 (ANI): The US Army psychiatrist, who allegedly killed 13 soldiers and injured 30 others at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, gave his belongings to a neighbour, saying that he would be gone to Iraq or Afghanistan for six months.

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) As FBI agents joined the probe into the shootings at the largest US military base, neighbours of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of the crime, said he cleaned out his apartment before the shootings.

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Fearing a backlash after a Muslim US Army psychiatrist allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas, a coalition of 26 South Asian organisations has appealed for communal harmony.

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) India has been kept informed about the case of two Pakistan-born Chicago men charged with planning a terrorist attack in India with the help of Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to a US official.

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Two people were killed and six injured by a gunman who opened fire in a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, local media reported.

Investigators today began piecing together how and why they think an Army psychiatrist facing deployment to Afghanistan gunned down dozens of people yesterday at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, in one of the worst mass shootings ever on an American military base.

San Francisco, Nov 7 (DPA) E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long-running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a $2-billion sale of the internet telephony pioneer, the company announced Friday.

Washington, Nov 7 (DPA) At least one person was killed and five others injured in a shooting Friday at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida in the US.

A gunman opened fire inside a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, the mayor and the local police chief said.

Two people were killed and six injured by a gunman who opened fire in a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida on Friday, local media reported.

Washington, Nov 6 (DPA) US President Barack Obama ordered the flags of all federal government buildings to be flown at half-staff Friday in remembrance of the victims of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.

Havana, Nov 6 (EFE) Cuba must carry out democratic reforms in the country as a step to normalise relations with the European Union (EU), an official of the 27-member bloc said.

Washington, Nov 6 (DPA) A top US Army official confirmed Friday that the suspect in the killing of at least 13 people at a Texas army base likely shouted 'Allah-u-Akbar' (God is great) before opening fire.