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The United States says that Russia rejected a new proposal to free two detained Americans, Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan. "We have made a number of proposals, including a substantial one, in recent weeks," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. "That proposal was rejected by Russia," he says. SOUNDBITE
The governor of the US state of Maine confirms that the alleged gunman who killed 18 people in a bloody rampage earlier in the week has been found dead. SOUNDBITE
Armed police patrol outside a medical centre following mass shootings in the US state of Maine. A massive manhunt was under way Thursday for a gunman who a local official said killed at least 22 people and wounded "many" more in the deadliest such incident this year. IMAGES
Police officers stand at the site of a shooting in central Auckland. A gunman opened fire at a building site in central Auckland on Thursday in an "alarming incident" that left two people and the shooter dead, New Zealand police said. IMAGES
Anti-government demonstrators rally in Belgrade as Serbia's opposition calls for the resignation of top officials following a string of back-to-back mass shootings earlier this month. Several opposition parties had called the protest after back-to-back shootings whose victims included nine students and a security guard at an elementary school in the capital. IMAGES
People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, where 10 people died in a mass shooting Saturday as they celebrated the Lunar New Year near Los Angeles. IMAGES