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A still image taken from video courtesy of KATU-TV shows first responders at a shooting scene at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Oregon, December 11, 2012. REUTERS/KATU-TV/Handout

A still image taken from video courtesy of KATU-TV shows first responders at a shooting scene at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Oregon, December 11, 2012. REUTERS/KATU-TV/Handout

Cindy Yuille, one of two victims of Tuesday's shooting at the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall, is seen in this undated handout picture released by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office December 12, 2012. A masked gunman, identified by police as Jacob Tyler Roberts, opened fire Tuesday in a...

Oregon mall shooting appeared to be lone, random rampage TERESA CARSON, REUTERS FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 07:31 PM EST | UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012 09:42 PM EST Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, identified as police as the suspect in Tuesday's shooting at the Clackamas...

Lisha Barboza stands with her father Ben while he holds a picture of his wife, nurse Jacintha Saldanha, as they leave the Houses of Parliament in London December 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)

Three Suns and Rainbows Prompt Chinese Fears of Apocalypse by Peter Barefoot on Thursday, December 13, 2012 From NetEase: “3 Suns” Illusion Appears in Shanghai December 10 morning, parts of Shanghai and Jiangsu province witnessed a rare “3 suns” visual illusion, drawing the interest of...

Foreign Embassies Hold Charity Sale, Receive Counterfeit Money by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Scene of the foreign embassies’ charity sale (source: internet) From NetEase: Foreign Embassies Holding Charity Fundraiser for Chinese Handicapped Children Received 5,000...

Software pioneer John McAfee deported to Miami MIAMI | Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:51pm EST (Reuters) - A plane carrying computer software pioneer John McAfee landed in Miami on Wednesday after Guatemala deported the former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who is wanted for questioning in Belize about the...

Quotebox: U.S. software guru John McAfee in his own words Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:35pm EST (Reuters) - A new chapter in the colorful life of John McAfee opened in Miami on Wednesday after Guatemala deported the former Silicon Valley pioneer wanted for questioning in Belize over the death of a...

McAfee arrives in U.S. from Guatemala By Kevin Gray MIAMI | Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:04pm EST (Reuters) - Computer software pioneer John McAfee, who is wanted for questioning in Belize over the murder of a fellow American, arrived in Miami on Wednesday evening after he was deported by Guatemala...

Factbox: Parties contesting Japan's December 16 election Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:17pm EST Japan holds an election for parliament's lower house on December 16, with opinion polls suggesting that the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will return to power after three years in opposition...

Hong Kong restaurant offers 'End of the World' meal for December 21 Wednesday, 12 December, 2012, 12:00am Jennifer Cheng Aqua Restaurant Group's flagship in Peking Road will serve a six-course "End of the World" meal on December 21 for HK$2,112.12 per person. With the end of the Mayan...

Chengdu official reveals details of disgraced cadre Li Chuncheng's graft Disgraced ministerial-level official accused of making wife head of Chengdu Red Cross after it received funds following 2008 earthquake Thursday, 13 December, 2012, 12:00am Fiona Tam Li Chuncheng A senior district...

China dismisses top provincial official after corruption probe BEIJING | Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:50am EST (Reuters) - China has dismissed a top official in the southwestern province of Sichuan after putting him under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations", the official Xinhua news...

Japan's LDP, partner on track for two-thirds majority in polls By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO | Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:09am EST (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its smaller ally could win a two-thirds majority in a December 16 election for parliament's lower house...

In Japan, a sprightly 94-year-old fights election battle By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO | Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:28am EST (Reuters) - When Ryokichi Kawashima burst into a Tokyo city office to register as a candidate in Japan's parliamentary election, the woman behind the counter first froze, then...

Putin criticizes U.S. bill to punish Russian rights abusers MOSCOW | Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:12am EST (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized U.S. legislation designed to punish Russian violators of human rights, calling it a "purely political, unfriendly act." Putin...

Nurse in British royal prank was found hanged: inquest LONDON | Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:13am EST (Reuters) - A British nurse who committed suicide after being taken in by a prank call to a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate hanged herself from a wardrobe in her apartment...

Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO | Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:44am EST (Reuters) - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered for the first time what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in...

Assad's forces fire Scuds in Syria escalation: U.S. official WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS | Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:32am EST (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have fired Scud missiles at rebels trying to overthrow Syria's government, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, a...