A US congresswoman has been shot in the head and five other people have been killed by a gunman in Arizona.
Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was shot at close range during a public meeting in Tucson.
She is in a critical condition, but the doctor treating her said he was "very optimistic about her recovery".
The dead included a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge. President Barack Obama said the shooting was a "tragedy for our entire country".
The Associated Press news agency reported that one of Ms Giffords' political aides was also killed in the shooting.
At least nine other people were wounded in the attack - four of them were described as being in a critical condition.
A suspect named in local media as 22-year-old Arizona resident Jared Loughner was arrested after the incident. - bbc
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