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Judge Robert Bork died at the age of 85 on Wednesday in his home in Virginia. His son Robert H. Bork Jr. confirmed the news to MSN News.Details of the causes of his death have not been released yet, but in the recent years Bork had been suffering from heart ailments.

Vice President, Joe Biden, will be at a briefing at the White House on Wednesday to discuss possible changes in the nation's gun control legislation, a subject that has become the focus of national debate after the unfortunate shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The Irish government said it is in the process of amending the nation's uncompromising abortion laws after the death of Savita Halappanavar, who died of septicaemia after repeatedly being denied an abortion.