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# massacre - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Irish author’s book to help Newtown survivors overcome grief
70 copies of Colum McCann’s ‘Let The Great World Spin’ have been given to staff and students at Newtown, Connecticut.
# massacre - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Two bloody days in Iraq: 125 people killed and 270 wounded
The violence began with clashes at a protest site in northern Iraq after security forces moved in.
# massacre - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Gabby Giffords asks American public to sign petition for gun laws
The former congresswoman, who nearly died in a 2011 shooting, makes a strong plea.
# massacre - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Obama slams Republicans for gun reform ‘stunts’
The US president gave his second big speech on gun control in a week in a Connecticut town close to where the Sandy Hook massacre took place.
# massacre - Monday 1 April, 2013
Prosecutors to seek death penalty in US cinema shooting
“In all the information that is available to me, it is my intention that for James Eagan Holmes in this case, justice is death,” the prosecuting lawyer said today.
# massacre - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Sandy Hook children to pay tribute to classmates by singing at the Super Bowl
The choir will perform ‘America the Beautiful’.
# massacre - Friday 11 January, 2013
Courtroom drama at Colorado cinema massacre trial
A shout of ‘rot in hell’ was heard as the judge delayed the official laying of charges against James Holmes.
# massacre - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Colorado court shown chilling images from suspect’s iPhone
James Holmes’ lawyers declined to make their case today so a ruling on whether he can stand trial is awaited.
# massacre - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Court hears frantic 911 calls from US cinema massacre
More than 40 emergency calls were made in a 10-minute period on that fateful day in July 2012.
# massacre - Monday 7 January, 2013
Court to hear details of Colorado theatre massacre
A week-long preliminary hearing will determine whether James Holmes, 25, will stand trial for the fatal shootings of 12 people last July.
# massacre - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Four shot dead in hostage situation in Aurora, Colorado
The gunman killed three people at the house in Aurora before he was shot dead by police.
# massacre - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Sandy Hook massacre survivors back to class today
The children will not return to Sandy Hook, but will instead attend a disused school in a nearby town.
# massacre - Friday 21 December, 2012
Bells sounded in Newtown to mark a week since shootings
26 bells were sounded – one for each of the victims of last week’s shooting – after a moment of silence.
# massacre - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Four days after massacre, children return to school in Newtown
Sandy Hook elementary remains closed, though, and children have been invited to attend alternative schools next month.
# massacre - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
After Newtown massacre, Obama backs ban on assault weapons
The US president has thrown his support behind a Democratic senator’s attempts to reintroduce a ban on certain types of guns, a ban which expired eight years ago.
# massacre - Monday 17 December, 2012
Obama tells Newtown: “We will have to change”
The US president attended a vigil last night for the victims of the Newtown massacre and gave his strongest hint yet that he may seek to reform America’s gun laws.
# massacre - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Obama due to attend interfaith vigil for Newtown victims
The President will visit the scene of Friday’s school massacre to sympathise with the families of the 27 victims.
Named: The 27 victims of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings
The names and ages of the victims have been released, as officials say each victim was struck more than once.
# massacre - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Connecticut school shooter ‘forced his way in’
Candlelit vigils and prayer services for the victims have been held in Newtown Connecticut and in Washington.
Sympathy over US school shooting stretches globe
World leaders have expressed their condolences over the killing and raised questions about America’s lax gun laws.
# massacre - Monday 12 November, 2012
Afghanistan massacre: survivors find hope for justice in video testimony
US Staff Sgt Robert Bales is accused of slipping away from his remote camp in Afghanistan last March and massacring 16 civilians – including nine children.
# massacre - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Court hears American soldier put gun in mouth of young Afghan girl
Another young boy remembers being woken up to screams that an American had “killed our men”.
# massacre - Friday 12 October, 2012
Trap hails ‘physically superior’ Germans after defeat
Giovanni Trapattoni thinks Germany may have scored more had he not played three men in midfield.
# massacre - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Spain arrests man ‘plotting Columbine-style massacre’
The 21-year-old had was arrested by police just as he received more than 140 kilograms of explosives that he had bought online.
# massacre - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
Nigerian troops swarm after 40 killed in student massacre
Last week in Mubi, Nigeria’s military conducted a high-profile raid targeting an extremist group, killing a senior figure and arresting 156 suspected members.
# massacre - Thursday 13 September, 2012
No apology but Taoiseach to ‘reflect’ on meeting with Kingsmills families
Enda Kenny met with families of the ten victims as well as one survivor of the 1976 massacre by the IRA in South Armagh today.
# massacre - Monday 3 September, 2012
Venezuelan authorities find ‘no evidence’ of Amazon tribe massacre
Authorities have been urged to continue their investigations, after reports that illegal gold miners massacred up to 80 members of an indigenous tribe by setting fire to a communal hut.
# massacre - Monday 27 August, 2012
Syria: UN chief ‘shocked’ at massacre reports
Meanwhile, French president Hollande says he is ready to recognise a provisional Syrian government.
# massacre - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Syria: Dozens of bodies filmed as opposing sides blame each other for massacre
Footage posted online but not independently verified purports to show rows of bodies lined up at a graveyard and sprawled on Syrian streets.
# massacre - Monday 13 August, 2012
Oslo attack ‘could have been prevented’
Investigation into official response to double terror attack last summer also found that the attacker could have been arrested much sooner.
Norway to publish report on response to 22 July attacks
Report on how so many people were killed that day is expected to be highly critical of the official response to the attacks.
# massacre - Thursday 2 August, 2012
Srebrenica grave exhumed at former UN base
Several Bosnian Muslims are believed to have been buried at the site 17 years ago.
# massacre - Sunday 29 July, 2012
Ashley Moser, injured mother of 6-year-old Colorado victim, suffers miscarriage
The 25-year-old was critically wounded in the Aurora cinema shooting earlier this month.
# massacre - Friday 27 July, 2012
Colorado suspect ‘was seeing university psychiatrist’ before massacre
A court in Colorado has seen disputes over whether medical privilege covers contact between James Holmes and his doctor.
Colorado suspected gunman ‘can’t remember’ shooting spree
Alleged killer James Holmes is repeatedly asking guards why he is in prison – claiming that he has no memory of the shooting which took place in a packed Colorado cinema last week.
# massacre - Sunday 22 July, 2012
One year on: Norway remembers victims of Oslo, Utoya attacks
The country’s Prime Minister said the killer had failed in his declared goal of destroying Norway’s commitment to being an inclusive society.
# massacre - Monday 16 July, 2012
Civil war declared in Syria as fighting escalates
Meanwhile, the UN is pressing China and Russia to back tougher action against Bashar Assad.
# massacre - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
Anniversary of a massacre: what happened in Srebrenica?
Timeline in pictures and video: on the third day of Ratko Mladic’s trial and the anniversary of the massacre, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at the events of July 1995 – the UN and Europe’s darkest hour.
# massacre - Friday 8 June, 2012
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UN: ‘Out of control’ Syria on the brink of civil war
UN envoy Kofi Annan believes the time has come for regional and international pressure on Bashar Assad.
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