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US: Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], October 13 (ANI): A Florida jury has recommended a life in-prison sentence to Nikolas Cruz for the February 2018 massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday without the possibility of parole.
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US President calls for tougher gun laws on Parkland shooting anniversary
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Sunday (local time) called for tougher gun laws on the third anniversary of the Parkland shooting, wherein 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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'Several injured' in Illinois shooting, suspect in custody
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Illinois [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): 'Several' people sustained injuries after a gunman opened fire at a manufacturing plant in Aurora city in Illinois on Friday (local time).
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8 killed in Texas school shooting
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): At least eight people were shot dead in Santa Fe High School in an early morning shootout in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe on Friday.
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1 injured, suspect in custody in Florida school shooting
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Ocala (Florida) [U.S.A.], Apr. 21 (ANI): A student was injured in a shooting at a Florida high school here on Friday, shortly before students were to stage a walkout as part of a national protest against gun violence.
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Trump writes heartfelt letter to family of Parkland victim
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has written a letter to the family of Meadow Pollack, one of the victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that claimed 17 lives.
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'Want to create a million young Barack Obamas'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 26 (ANI): Former US President Barack Obama on Sunday reiterated that he wanted to create "a million young Barack Obamas" to take on the baton of "human progress", in what was seen as an effort to develop the "next generation."
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Pope Francis calls on youth to stand and speak out
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], Mar 26 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday called on the youth across the world to continue standing up and speaking out, a day after thousands of people, mostly students protested against gun violence in the "March for Our Lives" rally in Washington D.C. and elsewhere in the US.
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Mumbaikars join 'March for our Lives' rally
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): In a gesture of solidarity with the United States where people took out a march against gun violence, 'March for our Lives', the Mumbaikars too took out a march on Sunday.
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March for Our Lives: Protest gains vigour as students pour in large number
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Mar 25 (ANI): Thousands of people, primarily students flooded the Pennsylvania Avenue in the American capital for the "March for Our Lives" on March 24 to support tougher gun controls, in the wake of last month's shooting at a Florida school, which claimed 17 lives. Read More
Anti-gun control group criticises 'March for Our Lives' rally
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Mar. 25 (ANI): National Rifle Association, a lobbyist group which opposes restrictions on gun sales and ownership in the US, has criticised the anti-gun protest, 'March for Our Lives' rally and said it was a movement supported by billionaires to strip the right to protec
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Movie stars, singers, TV celebs lend support to 'March for Our Lives' rall
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 25 (ANI): The March for Our Lives rally in Washington D.C. and elsewhere in the US, organised by the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida was galvanised by the presence of prominent Hollywood stars, who also lent their support to the anti-
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