Susan Rice said if the regime was seen to violate Kofi Annan's plan, the divisions on the council might narrow given that all members fully support his mission. She dismissed suggestions that Western and">and Arab support for the opposition was

interfering with

Mr Annan's efforts, saying it was the weaker party and">and needed help given the regime's use of excessive force.

Police in California say the gunman accused of killing seven people at a school in and">Oakland has said that he was seeking revenge for being

teased

and

disrespected

. The Oakland police chief said One Goh, a former student at the college, was targeting one particular female administrator. Peter Bowes reports.

According to the police chief in Oakland, Howard Jordan, the man was having some behavioural problems and was asked to leave several months ago. Mr Jordan described the suspect as a chaotic, calculated and determined gentleman whose intention was to kill people. The police chief said he believed Mr Goh was upset that when he attended the school other students mistreated and disrespected him. They are said to have made fun of his ability to speak English. He's currently being held without

bail

on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and carjacking.

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The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has called on the world's developed nations to increase the agency's resources for responding to financial crises like those affecting several eurozone nations. She was speaking at the annual general meeting of the Associated Press in Washington. Here's our economics correspondent Andrew Walker.