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Some 25 firefighters were called in after a tank of liquid chocolate poured out into a street.
The man opened fire inside a cathedral in the city of Campinas killing four before shooting himself.
The Indian girl accused her father of "cheating" because he broke his promise to build her a toilet.
In the late days of the Soviet Union, humour was a means for people to escape the bleak reality of every day life with its economic stagnation, food shortages and long queues.
Eyewitnesses to the shooting in a Strasbourg Christmas market share their stories.
A busy mall can make 19-year-old Jack anxious but when Santa is there he's comfortable and calm.