Virginia Tech Murder Weapon Not the First Sold by Gun Shop
April 18, 2007 -- VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING
Murder Weapon Not the First Sold by Gun Shop
Roanoke Firearms, the store where Seung-Hui Cho bought the murder weapon he would use in his Virginia Tech rampage, has a history of selling guns which have ended up being involved in murders. (ABC News)
Congressman From Virginia Tech's District Pushed Concealed Weapon Expansion
Two months before the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history took place at Virginia Tech, the congressman for the university's district introduced a bill to expand the use of concealed weapons permits nationwide. (ABC News)
Teacher Warned Authorities About Va. Tech Shooter
Anyone looking for clues into the deranged mind of Virginia Tech English major — and mass murderer — Seung-hui Cho need look no further than the dark and twisted creative writing that police were told about years ago. (ABC News)
Killer's Note: 'You Caused Me to Do This'
Seung-Hui Cho, the student who killed 32 people and then himself yesterday, left a long and "disturbing" note in his dorm room at Virginia Tech, say law enforcement sources. (ABC News)
The World Reacts to Virginia Tech Massacre and Asks Why
The tragedy at Virginia Tech University was front-page news around the globe. ABC News reporters pulled together this summary of reactions and coverage from their bureaus. (ABC News)
IRAQ NEWS
Carnage in Iraq as 157 Confirmed Dead
At least 160 people, including women and children, were killed today in a spate of bombings in Baghdad, making it the single bloodiest day since US troops increased their numbers in the city. (UK Times)
2 Explosions in Baghdad Kill 15
Two explosions rocked Baghdad at midday Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 19, police said. (AP)
In a Major Step, Saudi Arabia Agrees to Write Off 80 Percent of Iraqi Debt
Saudi Arabia has agreed to forgive 80 percent of the more than $15 billion that Iraq owes the kingdom, Iraqi and Saudi officials said yesterday, a major step given Saudi reluctance to provide financial assistance to the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad. (Washington Post)
MISSING US OFFICIAL IN PHILIPPINES FOUND
Official Says Body Matching That of Missing Peace Corps Volunteer Found In Philippines
Philippine authorities on Wednesday found a body they believe to be that of a missing American Peace Corps volunteer in a northern mountain town where she disappeared during a hike more than a week ago, an army general said. (AP)
SUDAN
Sudan Smuggles Weapons 'Disguised As UN' David Byers
The Sudanese Government is smuggling weapons and ammunition into its war-ravaged region of Darfur - in which at least 200,000 people have been slaughtered - by disguising their military jets as United Nations planes, a leaked report has today revealed. (UK Times)
U.S. Threatens to Tighten Sanctions on Sudan
President George W. Bush said Wednesday that the United States would tighten economic sanctions on Sudan and impose new punishments if it failed to take concrete action to stop the bloodshed in Darfur. (AP)
EGYPT
Egyptian Nuclear Engineer Is Charged With Spying for Israel
An Egyptian nuclear engineer who worked for the country's Atomic Energy Agency has been arrested and charged with spying for Israel, the government authorities said Tuesday. (NY Times)
NIGERIA
Nigerian Fundamentalist Group Kills 12 Police Officers in North
A raid by a fundamentalist religious group killed 12 police officers in this northern Nigerian city Tuesday morning, adding to the high tensions of an election season in which scores have been reported killed. (Washington Post)
AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Convoy Kills Afghan Boy
A U.S.-led coalition convoy hit a boy in Kabul and killed him, while Afghan and coalition forces arrested five suspected al-Qaida on Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan. (AP)
U.S.
Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Partial-Birth Abortions
The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure today, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. (AP)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Moktada al-Sadr's Gambit
Just when it looked as if the Iraqi government had sunk as low as it could go, it sank still further, following a brazen power play by Moktada al-Sadr. (NY Times)
In the Reach of Madmen
By Richard Cohen
Maybe it helps to say that someone like Cho Seung Hui is evil, but in the end the word is empty of meaning. (Washington Post)
Early Al-Qaeda rumblings in the Maghreb?
By James Badcock
Same place, but different game? This was the question in the heads of leaders in Morocco and Algeria last week. First, there was the suicide or killing of several Islamists in Casablanca on April 10. This was followed a day later by simultaneous car bombings in Algiers that killed 33 people and posed a direct challenge to the Algerian government. (Daily Star)
What Turkey Teaches about Democracy
By M K Bhadrakumar
Last Saturday night, Orange Blossom, the rising star of European dance music, gave an open-air concert in Istanbul, the city of heart's desires. The French band, which played a mix of European electro-beat, West African polyrhythm, haunting Arabic and Middle Eastern melodies and all-stops-out rock, underscored that it knew no borders. (Asia Times)
Bringing Iran Around on Nuclear Energy
Iran has been issuing seemingly contradictory statements about its nuclear program. But they include hints that the current international campaign to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table may be taking effect - that a diplomatic solution, guaranteeing Iran's access to nuclear energy for peaceful uses but barring its development of nuclear weapons, is still achievable. (The Boston Globe)
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