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Ewen MacAskill
Wednesday April 18, 2007
The Guardian

A survivor of the Holocaust died trying to save his students from the Virginia Tech gunman, it emerged yesterday.
Liviu Librescu, 76, who survived the Nazi killings, later escaped from…

Bobbie Johnson and Lee Glendinning
Wednesday April 18, 2007
The Guardian

Within hours of news of the Blacksburg shootings, a picture of the terror inflicted by 23-year-old Korean student Cho Seung-hui was being built online through videos,…

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Jonathan Watts in Goyang
Friday April 20, 2007
The Guardian

The brooding silence of Cho Seung-hui was so impenetrable it disturbed his family even when he was growing up in South Korea, relatives of the Virginia killer told the Guardian…

Killer's family

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington and Ed Pilkington in New York
Saturday April 21, 2007
The Guardian

The family of Cho Seung-hui, who shot 32 people dead before turning his gun on himself, made their first public comments…

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Saturday April 21, 2007
The Guardian

Americans united in a collective day of mourning for the victims of the campus massacre yesterday, with church services and vigils from Capitol Hill to…

Paul Harris in Blacksburg
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

America began to bury its dead yesterday from the Virginia Tech massacre that cost 33 lives - the worst mass-shooting in the country's modern history.
Three funerals of students…

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Leader
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

Julia Pryde is not a household name. She was a 23-year-old graduate biology student who wanted to encourage recycling at the cafeteria at Virginia Tech University. Her face is not as universally known…

Virginia Tech's vigilant professor of English is a true leader

Philip French
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday April 29 2007

In the article…

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem ----April 19...... In a remarkable act of sacrifice and bravery, a 75-year-old Israel professor and Holocaust survivor was murdered in the massacre at Virginia Tech on Holocaust Memorial Day, Monday…

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The memorials for Professor Kevin Granata were put in front of the Burrus Hall

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Part of the memorials were displayed in the Squire Student Center. Numerous universities expressed their sadness and concerns to Virginia Tech.

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Pictures of the victims in April 16 were posted in the Squire Student Center.

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People came to the Squire Student Center with flowers and balloons to mourn for the victims on April 19.

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem ----April 21...... "Daddy, tell me the story again," said the 6-year-old girl. "Tell me how he saved the big children."

It had been hours earlier in this pristine, palm tree lined Ra'anana…

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Photo: INA / Andy Princz

The body of Liviu Librescu, wrapped in a white and black prayer shawl according to Jewish tradition, shown prior to his April 20 funeral in Israel. Librescu will be buried at the Kfar Nachman cemetery of the central Israel…

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Photo: INA / Andy Princz

Liviu Librescu's sons Arie and Joe at their father's funeral, which was held in Israel on Friday, April 20. The funeral was attended by some 500 friends, family members, foreign diplomats and others who came to the…

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Photo: INA / Andy Princz

Liviu Librescu's wife Marilena is comforted by their son Arie, while son Joe stands to the left, at Librescu's April 20 funeral in Israel. Librescu's body was buried at the Kfar Nachman cemetery of the central…

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View of the drillfield, intermediate memorial construction, and Burruss Hall from the War Memorial. Photo taken July 6, 2007.

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