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NEWS in brief
Batman shooter 'mentally ill'
AFP, Centennial
The man suspected of gunning down 12 people at a screening of the new Batman movie last month is mentally ill, his defense lawyer said Thursday, seeking more time to assess his health.
James Holmes faces two
counts offirst degree murder for James Holmes each person killed in the July 20 massacre in Aurora, Colorado — one for each victim's deliberate killing and one more for killing through "depraved indifference" to life.
Holmes, 24, until recently a neuroscience student, allegedly burst into a midnight viewing of "The Dark Knight Rises" and opened fire.
Ten of the 58 people who were wounded in the attack remain hospitalized and four are in a critical condition, leaving open the possibility that the huge charge sheet could yet grow longer.
Philippine flood toll climb to 60
AFP, Apalit
Thousands more Philippine flood survivors yesterday crammed into evacuation centres as waist-high water covered vast farming regions and the death toll from a week of misery rose to 60.
The flooding that submerged 80 percent of Manila early in the week had largely subsided, allowing people to return to their homes, but vital ricegrowing areas to the north remained submerged as more rain fell there.
Nearly two weeks of monsoon rains across the Philippines' main island of Luzon peaked with a 48-hour deluge earlier this week that battered Manila
Japan votes to double sales tax
AFP, Tokyo
Japanese lawmakers yesterday voted to double sales tax to 10 percent in a move the government hopes will help close the country's huge budgetary hole.
The House of Councillors approved the government bill with a majority of 188 to 49 in the final hurdle for a proposal that has been debated for years and riven the ruling party of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
The legislation, which will also revamp the country's teetering social security system, has been the main focus of Noda’s 11-month premiership and is thought by international bodies and most commentators as a sensible step on the road to overhauling