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Nov 6 2009, Sukhmani

A US army major has opened fire on fellow soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, with death toll now standing at 12, with 30 injured.

Base commander Lt Gen Bob Cone has now said that the gunman was not killed, as earlier stated, but is in...

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