Mass Deadly Shooting At U.S. Military BaseA shooting at a U.S. Army base in the western state of Texas has left at least seven people killed and 20 were wounded in the attack.One shooter is in custody and at least one other remains at large. A spokeswoman for Fort Hood, Sergeant Rebekah Lampan, says it's not yet known whether the shooters were soldiers or civilians or what their motives may have been. Fort Hood is a large U.S. military base, and is home to about 65,000 soldiers. compiled from agency reports sponsored by  Ban, General Assembly call for Olympic Truce ahead of Vancouver GamesThe United Nations is calling for the traditional age-old truce during the XXI Winter Olympics which open in Vancouver, Canada, this Friday, urging warring parties to lay down their arms as the Games? ancient Greek founders did some 2,700 years ago. Pacific island nations at UN meeting call on world to fulfil aid commitmentsFourteen island developing nations in the Pacific Ocean wrapped up a United Nations-backed meeting today with a call to the global community to honour its commitments to help them weather the fallout from global economic crises and recent natural disasters. Copyright (c) RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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