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Even in the volatile Gaza Strip, hostage taking had at least one firm rule. Journalists were released quickly, usually with tea and apologies. Those customs seem to have been thrown out with the case of respected BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, 44, grabbed by gunmen in Gaza on March 12. So far, it is not clear why the broadcast journalist was kidnapped. No demands have been forthcoming, only a harrowing and probably false communiqué from a group calling itself the Tawheed and Jihad Brigades, claiming that Johnston had been executed--revenge, it intimated, for the fate of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli...
Details about the shootings emerged throughout the day. Two people were shot and killed around 7:15 a.m. in West Ambler Johnston Hall, one of the university’s dormitories. More than two hours later, 31 people were killed at Norris Hall, an academic building. The dead included the gunman, who committed suicide...
...freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend. The Richmond Times-Dispatch said Hilscher came to Virginia Tech from rural Rappahannock County, was majoring in animal and poultry sciences and lived next door to Ryan Clark on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall - in rooms 4040 and 4042. Hilscher was known around her hometown as an animal lover. "She worked at a veterinarian's office and cared about them her whole life," said Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend...
...Details about the shootings emerged throughout the day. Two people were shot and killed around 7:15 a.m. in West Ambler Johnston Hall, one of the university’s dormitories. More than two hours later, 31 people were killed at Norris Hall, an academic building. The dead included the gunman, who committed suicide...
...Will Johnston ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Adams House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays...