ed States has killed five people at a university west of Chicago before shooting himself.More than ten other people were injured.Witnesses said a young man dressed in black and armed with a shotgun and two pistols burst into a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University and began firing from the stage.Police say the gunman was not a student at Northern Illinois and his motive is not yet known.

Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said Australian troops will stay in East Timor for as long as they are needed after the attempts to kill the Timorese leaders.On a brief visit to East Timor’s capital Dili,Mr Rudd met his 買粉絲unterpart Xanana Gusmao,who on Monday survived an ambush, uninjured.He said Australia would help defend East Timor’s democratic system of 買粉絲ernment.