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    at 6:34 on November 7, 2009, EDT.

    Texas military post, surrounding community mourn victims of deadly shooting

    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 Texas military base.

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    at 5:09 on November 7, 2009, EDT.

    Obama to meet leaders of Myanmar, other Southeast Asian nations in Singapore

    MANILA, Philippines - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.

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    at 6:04 on November 7, 2009, EDT.

    Tiny Alaska island village struck by suspected swine flu, isolated without regular flights

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

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    at 4:45 on November 7, 2009, EDT.

    Intelligence officials say 11 militants killed in overnight battles in Taliban strongholds

    PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Pakistani soldiers killed at least 11 militants during overnight gunbattles in three Taliban strongholds, intelligence officials said Saturday.

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    at 19:57 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    US military base shooting suspect gave away belongings, said goodbyes, before rampage

    FORT HOOD, Texas - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment and called another to thank him for his friendship - common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.

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    at 17:33 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Details emerge about background of Army psychiatrist suspected in rampage at Fort Hood, Texas

    WASHINGTON - There are many unknowns about the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive.

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    at 17:00 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Fort Hood shooting raises questions about motives, Army procedures

    WASHINGTON - In a country where mass killings have sadly become routine, Americans are particularly traumatized by the alleged crimes of an Army psychiatrist who had apparently asked for a discharge before going on a pre-deployment shooting spree on a Texas military base.

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    at 12:19 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Defence attorneys discount competency evaluation of man charged in Smart kidnapping

    SALT LAKE CITY - Defence attorneys for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart say a psychiatrist's report deeming him competent for trial is advocacy, not an objective evaluation of facts.

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    at 8:15 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Troubling portrait emerges of Army psychiatrist suspected in rampage at Fort Hood, Texas

    WASHINGTON - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counselling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

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    at 22:47 on November 6, 2009, EDT.

    Orlando engineer suspected of shooting 6 at company that fired him says ?they left me to rot?

    ORLANDO, Fla. - A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.

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