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US prays for victims in Arizona shooting
Updated: 2011-01-10 10:39
(Agencies)
The US Capitol dome is shown in the background as flags fly at half staff in honor of the victims of the shooting in Arizona that injured US Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), at the Washington Monument in Washington Jan 9, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
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Balloons are displayed as part of a prayer vigil in response to Saturday's shooting of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) among others at a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona Jan 9, 2011. Giffords battled for her life on Sunday after an assailant shot her in the head and killed six others in a rampage that has launched a debate about extreme political rhetoric in America. [Photo/Agencies]
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