A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began on July 4 knocked out the websites of several US government agencies - including some responsible for fighting cyber crime, it emerged today.

An Indonesian mother bemoaned the availability of guns in the United States after learning her son was among those killed in a school massacre, while South Koreans expressed shame and shock that one of their own was the gunman.

President Roh Moo-hyun held a special meeting with aides today to discuss the US campus shooting, as the public expressed shame over a South Korean citizen being identified as the gunman.