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                                   German police officers watch the place where a gunman killed an elderly women in Tiefenthal, Germany, Friday, July 10, 2015. The gunman also killed a man on a bicycle in nearby Leutershausen.see more photo A 47-year-old German gunman shot and killed two people and injured another in a rampage Friday in the southern state of Bavaria before being overpowered by two gas station mechanics, authorities said. Officials said the victims appeared to have been chosen randomly by the suspect, who spoke "incoherently" after his arrest. "At the moment there are no indications of any immediate relationships between the culprit and the victims," said Bavaria's interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, calling it an "ugly, incomprehensible crime." Police were alerted at 10 a.m. that a middle-age...

                               Pensioners wait outside the main gate of the national bank of Greece to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) in central Athens, Friday, July 10, 2015. Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will seek backing for a harsh new austerity package from his party Friday to keep his country in the euro .  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought his left-wing party's backing on Friday for a new budget austerity package that is harsher than what he urged Greeks to reject in a vote just last week, but would provide the country will longer-term financial support. Government ministers signed off on the sweeping new measures, which include pension cuts and tax increases that are likely to inflict further pain on a people that have just emerged from a six-year economic depression. If approved, Greece wou...

                           French pilot Didier Esteyne is about to land while crossing the Channel with his European planemaker Airbus E-Fan prototyp, at the Calais Airport, northern France, Friday, July 10, 2015. Airbus flew its electric plane across the English Channel for the first time Friday, hours after a French pilot made a similar voyage in his electric plane — journeys seen as a symbolically important step toward making electronic flight viable in the long term.  Airbus flew its electric plane across the English Channel for the first time Friday — hours after an independent French pilot made a similar voyage, beating the aeronautics giant in this symbolically important step toward making electronic flight viable in the long term. Several companies in different countries are developing electric planes, in hopes of offering a fuel-free...

ADVERTISEMENT                         An elderly woman grieves next dead bodies at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in the town of Mymensingh, 115 kilometers (70 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 10, 2015. The victims died on a stampede when hundreds of people stormed the home of a businessman for a charity handout during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, police said. A stampede in central Bangladesh left 22 women and a child dead early Friday when hundreds of people stormed the home of a businessman for a charity handout during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, police said. Another 30 were injured and rushed to a hospital in Mymensingh, a town 115 kilometers (70 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka, said police officer Kamrul Islam. The crowd gathered outside the tobacco businessman's home around 4 a.m. and stormed in when...

                          Bodies are covered on a Tunisian beach, in Sousse. The British government on Thursday, July 9, 2015 told all U.K. tourists to leave Tunisia because a terrorist attack is "highly likely" and the North African country's government has not done enough to enhance security.   Tunisia's prime minister insisted Friday that his country has done "everything in our power" to protect foreign tourists, as the British government urged travelers to flee because of the threat of more attacks. Britain on Thursday called for all U.K. tourists to leave Tunisia because a terrorist attack is "highly likely," saying the North African country hasn't done enough to enhance security. There were 30 British tourists among the 38 victims killed by an Islamic extremist at a Tunisian beach resort last month. The decision is a new wound for Tunisia's st...