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Her last hours chronicled before Batman shooting Jessica Ghawi had escaped a mall shooting in Toronto weeks ago when an "odd feeling" led her outside, and then blogged about how fortunate she was.

21 July 2012

Texas executes mentally handicapped man despite UN protest Texas executed a convict Wednesday, despite proof of a mental disorder developed in his childhood, prison authorities from the southern US state said.

20 July 2012

Hungary shown 'new evidence on No 1 Nazi suspect' The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre confirmed Sunday that Laszlo Csatary, accused of complicity in the killings of 15,700 Jews, had been tracked down to the Hungarian capital.

16 July 2012

Pregnant woman among 5 dead in Syria's Homs: NGO Shelling and fighting in the central Syrian province of Homs killed at least five people on Saturday, including a pregnant woman and two rebels.

15 July 2012

Assad troops accused of new massacre in Syria Syrian troops with tanks and helicopters slaughtered more than 150 people in a central village, rights activists said on Friday, prompting the opposition to call for urgent UN intervention.

13 July 2012

Israel gives West Bank Hamas chief 54 life terms An Israeli military court on Sunday sentenced a former military leader of Hamas to multiple life sentences after convicting him of ordering the killing of dozens of Israelis.

02 July 2012