World News Briefs -- December 16, 2012



'The Worst I've Ever Seen:' Doctor's Grief As He Reveals Tiny Victims Of Sandy Hook Gunman Were Hit By Up To ELEVEN Bullets Each -- Daily Mail

* Connecticut chief medical examiner said each victim had up to 11 bullets
* Said victims had gunshot wounds in their heads, torsos, and extremities
* Seasoned medical professional H. Wayne Carver II called it 'worst I've seen'
* Carver will personally conduct autopsies of shooter Lanza and his mother
* All children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School were under age of 8
* Among dead are Charlotte Bacon, Olivia Engel and Madeleine Hsu, all 6
* Chase Kowalski, Grace McDonnell and Josephine Gay, all 7, also died
* Teacher Victoria Soto, 27, threw herself in front of class to protect them
* Head Dawn Hochsprung killed execution-style after confronting shooter

A seasoned member of the medical community who has spent 30 years performing autopsies said that the damage done to the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre are ‘probably the worst I’ve seen.’

Connecticut Chief state medical examiner H. Wayne Carver II said in a press conference Saturday afternoon in Newtown that in his three decades in practice, the shooting is the ‘worst I know of any of my colleagues having seen.’

Dr Carver said that each of the 26 victims was shot between there and 11 times, with two of the victims being shot at incredibly close range. The bullets had pierced everywhere, he said – heads, extremities, and torsos.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syrian jet fires rocket at Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus.

Syrians sounding alarm over growing food shortages.

Iran warns Turkey over NATO's missile system.

Iran says oil revenues down by half: paper.

Bomb kills Kurdish security recruits in Iraq.

Kuwait Emir warns critics as protest-hit parliament opens.

ASIA

Japan's conservatives win landslide victory. Japan's LDP surges back to power, eyes two-thirds majority with ally. LDP victory puts Abe in driver's seat to pick up where he left off.

Japan election: LDP's Shinzo Abe vows tough China line.

Crime, Osprey add to Okinawan anger over US bases.

Militants battle Pakistani police after attacking airport.

Far-left candidate quits South Korea poll, boosts opposition.

Rocket still centerpiece as NKoreans mourn Kim.

China signals tolerance of slower growth after meeting.

Typhoon Bopha: Philippines storm toll passes 1,000.

AFRICA

Egyptians hand Islamists narrow win in constitution vote.

Egyptian rights groups ask for referendum 'restage'. Rights groups say first round of Egyptian Constitution vote marred as Islamists claim majority.

Islamists tighten their brutal hold on northern Mali.

Nigerian governor, ex-security head die in air crash.

Zuma asks South Africa's ANC to keep him as leader.

Analysis: Sudan peace talks in a 'Catch-22'.

EUROPE

Cyprus’s woes ‘more serious than Greece,’ Juncker warns.

Thousands protest against Putin, but opposition momentum has slowed.

Italy awaits Monti's decision on political future.

Germans still divided two decades after unification: survey.

Boris Johnson says Britain leaving the EU is 'not the end of the world'.

Jews face down new extremism from Hungary's far-right.

AMERICAS

Portraits of Conn. shooting victims show lives at their very start, ended in hail of gunfire.

Connecticut shooting: Barack Obama heads to Newtown to join mourning.

P&O cruises stops visiting Argentina in Falklands face-off.

Ghana told to free Argentine ship Libertad by UN court.

John Kerry to be nominated to be Secretary of State, sources say.

Family, friends of former US Marine detained in Mexico call for his release.

Brazil expands mines to drive future, but cost is a treasured link to its past.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

The al-Qaeda heroes: how jihadists are becoming stars of the revolution.

Libya: Al Qaeda builds another castle in the sand.

Yemeni's Guantanamo death ruled suicide: US military.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

This is why Yahoo! is getting stronger.

Do we really need 1,500 more Starbucks?

Economic implications of Japan's election.

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