The eastern U. S. state of Virginia is observing a day of mourning Friday to honor the 32 victims of a suicidal gunman's rampage at Virginia Tech university earlier this week.

美国东部的维吉尼亚州星期五定为悼念日，怀念这个星期早些时候在维吉尼亚理工大学被一名自杀枪手残杀的32死难者。

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A gunman opened fire in a Virginia Tech dormitory and classroom building yesterday, killing at least 32 people in the deadliest mass shooting in U. S.

一名枪人昨儿在弗理工宿舍和教学楼发飚，杀了至少32人，早就了米国新的最惨枪击记录。

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Rabbits and foxes have disappeared, while raccoon, opossum and bobcat populations have dropped as much as 99%, researchers at Virginia Tech University, Davidson College and the U.S. Geological Survey reported in 2012.

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The largest single school shooting in U.S. history, which occurred at Virginia Tech in 2007, was perpetrated by Seung-Hui Cho.

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Virginia Tech has been, statistically, one of the safest campuses in the U.S. The school of over 27, 000 students reported just 45 crimes in 2005 to the Office of Post Secondary Education, a rate of 1.6 per thousand.

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