23/08/2011 | Argentina

Two men charged of cover-up in French tourists crime case

Two men were charged of cover-up in the case that investigates the crime of the two French tourists in Salta province, the judicial spokesman Marcelo Báez reported.

14/09/2012 | Argentina

Sarmiento, two Mitre train line services suspended

The service on two of the three branches of the Mitre train line and the Sarmiento line were suspended this morning after a security guard was attacked and threatened with a gun, the rail company said today in a communiqué. the services will be resumed at 4 am Saturday.

25/03/2011 | Argentina

Investigation opened following death of Met police officer

The Federal Police announced that they are holding an investigation over the death of a Metropolitan Police officer, whose body was found inside her flat in the neighbourhood of Balvanera with a shot wound to the chest.

17/05/2011 | Argentina

Suspect in flare gun death identified in police lineup

Ivan Fontán, the main suspect in the death of 32-year old Miguel Ramírez after he was hit in the neck by an emergency flare during a La Renga concert, was identified by a witness in a police lineup, authorities confirmed.

10/08/2011 | Argentina

Salta police confirm confiscated gun used in double-murder

Police investigating the double-murder case of the French tourists in Salta, confirmed today that the gun confiscated last Saturday from the six people arrested in connection with the crime, was the weapon used to kill the young French women, a Salta court spokesperson said.

08/04/2013 | World

Obama makes 'last-ditch' push in Connecticut on gun control

President Barack Obama, his voice rising with emotion, urged Americans to pile pressure on a reluctant Congress to approve new gun control legislation that is at risk of falling victim to Washington gridlock.

17/04/2013 | World

Obama: 'shameful' politics to blame for defeat of gun measure

Joined by relatives of the victims of gun violence, President Barack Obama angrily blamed politics for the failure of gun control legislation and urged voters to send a message at the ballot box that they want stronger gun laws.

26/01/2013 | World

Thousands march against gun violence in Washington

Thousands of marchers rallied in Washington in favour of gun control today, including residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where a mass elementary school shooting reignited the US gun violence debate.

30/01/2013 | World

At least three shot at Arizona business complex

At least three people were shot today at a business complex in Phoenix, and one was in an extremely critical condition, police said.

30/01/2013 | World

Giffords seeks 'bold' action as US Congress takes up gun control

06/08/2012 | World

Obama urges 'soul searching' on ways to reduce gun violence

US President Barack Obama said that mass killings like the weekend shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin were happening with "too much regularity" and should prompt soul searching by all Americans on ways to reduce gun violence.

21/12/2012 | World

Obama urges US citizens to keep fighting for tighter gun controls

President Barack Obama urged Americans today to keep up the pressure on lawmakers to tighten gun regulations as a result of the mass shooting of 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut, a week ago.

10/01/2013 | World

Biden draws NRA ire in drive against gun violence

Vice President Joe Biden butted heads with the powerful National Rifle Association today in his drive to reduce US gun violence, drawing complaints from the lobby group that the White House is trying to limit constitutionally protected gun rights.

24/02/2011 | World

Gun battles rage in Libya as Gaddafi fights on

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi hit back at rebels holding towns near the Libyan capital but there was no sign they had broken the momentum of opposition gains that have been closing in around Tripoli.

13/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi troops take oil town, France pushes no-fly zone

Muammar Gaddafi's troops battled rebel fighters for control of the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega, as France promised to push harder for a UN-backed no-fly zone over the country.

04/01/2012 | World

Bonnie and Clyde's guns up for auction in Missouri

A Tommy gun and a shotgun seized in a police shootout with gangsters Bonnie and Clyde in 1933 are headed for the auction block.

17/01/2013 | Entertainment

Tarantino: 'Everyone has the right to own a gun'

US film director Quentin Tarantino admitted he was against the use of automatic weapons, but defended a citizen’s right to own a gun, in an interview published in German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau.