Indonesian Health Minister Endang dies from lung cancer
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih passed away as a result of lung cancer on Wednesday morning, just days after stepping down due to her illness, the ... Read more...
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11 Egyptians killed by assailants during protest in Cairo
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by BNO News
CAIRO, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) -- At least eleven people were killed on Wednesday after sit-in supporters of former Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail were attacked outside Egypt's Defense Ministry, officials said ... Read more...
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Suicide bombers attack Kabul shortly after Obama’s visit
May 3rd, 2012 - 4:11 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three suicide bombers attacked the Afghan capital of Kabul on early Wednesday morning, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials said. It happened shortly ... Read more...
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Tour bus accident northwest of Tokyo kills 7, injures 39
April 30th, 2012 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO News
TOKYO, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- A tour bus carrying dozens of tourists heading for Disneyland near the Japanese capital of Tokyo crashed into a wall along an expressway on early Sunday morning, ... Read more...
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EU foreign policy chief meets with Burma’s Suu Kyi
April 29th, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by BNO News
YANGON, MYANMAR (BNO NEWS) -- European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Saturday visited Burma, which is officially known as Myanmar, where she met with Burmese opposition leader Aung San ... Read more...
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Three women killed during NATO operation in eastern Afghanistan
April 28th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by BNO News
SAYDABAD DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least three women were killed Thursday during a clash between NATO-led forces and militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Friday. It was not immediately ... Read more...
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Former Ukraine PM Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike
April 25th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by BNO News
KIEV, UKRAINE (BNO NEWS) -- Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko began a hunger strike late last week to protest her treatment in prison, including an alleged assault, her ... Read more...
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Six missing after landslide hits village in southeastern China
April 24th, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by BNO News
LONGDEYANG, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- A landslide triggered by days of heavy rain hit a remote village in southeastern China on late Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least six people missing, state-run media ... Read more...
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UK police arrest five terror suspects near London
April 24th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by BNO News
LUTON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Five men were arrested in a town near the British capital of London on early Tuesday morning on suspicion they were preparing acts of terrorism, police said. ... Read more...
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South says North Korea ready to carry out nuclear test
April 24th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by BNO News
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- North Korea has finished preparations for a third nuclear test and is able to carry it out once it decides to do so, a spokesman for ... Read more...
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UN chief condemns Sudan’s continued bombings against S. Sudan
April 24th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by BNO News
BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the continued airstrikes on South Sudan by Sudanese warplanes. It came hours after Sudan bombed a market ... Read more...
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Forest fire in western Mexico burns over 8,000 acres
April 24th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by BNO News
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Fast-moving wildfires in Mexico's western state of Jalisco have burned over 8,000 acres (3,237 hectares) in less than three days, officials said on early Tuesday. There have ... Read more...
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Trayvon Martin shooter released on $150,000 bond
April 24th, 2012 - 4:20 am ICT by BNO News
SANFORD, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who has been charged with murder in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in February, was released on ... Read more...
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Four U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
April 21st, 2012 - 5:08 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Four American service members were killed on late Thursday evening when a helicopter belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) crashed in southern Afghanistan, officials ... Read more...
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China: 11 workers confirmed dead in Changzhi mine accident
April 17th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by BNO News
TAIYUAN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- Eleven workers were found dead on Monday after a coal mine was flooded in northern China late last week, the government confirmed on Tuesday. There were no ... Read more...
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Deaths of U.S. Coast Guard members at Alaska base likely homicides
April 14th, 2012 - 3:40 am ICT by BNO News
KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA (BNO NEWS) -- The shooting deaths of two U.S. Coast Guard members at a communications station on Kodiak Island off Alaska are likely the result of a double homicide ... Read more...
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WMO’s hurricane committee retires Irene as Atlantic hurricane name
April 14th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- The hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which manages the list of potential names for tropical cyclones to be used every six years for both ... Read more...
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Danish warship rescues 12 hostages from Somali pirates
April 13th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by BNO News
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (BNO NEWS) -- A Danish Navy vessel on Wednesday rescued twelve people who were being held hostage on a pirate mother ship, officials said on late Thursday. They had been ... Read more...
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Minivan runs over group of pedestrians in Japan, killing 7
April 13th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by BNO News
KYOTO, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- Seven people were killed on early Thursday afternoon when a minivan ran over a group of pedestrians in the Japanese city of Kyoto, police said. The driver ... Read more...
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Indonesia: Five killed, several injured in Wednesday’s earthquakes
April 12th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two major earthquakes which struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon caused at least five fatalities and several injuries, disaster officials ... Read more...
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Two strong earthquakes shake Mexican desert in Baja California
April 12th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by BNO News
GUERRERO NEGRO, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Two strong earthquakes just minutes apart shook a desert region in the Mexican state of Baja California on early Thursday morning, seismologists said, but there were ... Read more...
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Strong earthquake strikes off Mexico’s Pacific coast, no casualties
April 12th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by BNO News
LAZARO CARDENAS, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Mexico on late Wednesday afternoon, causing tall buildings to sway as far away as Mexico City, seismologists ... Read more...
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5.9-magnitude earthquake hits off Oregon coast, no damage
April 12th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by BNO News
COOS BAY, OREGON (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon on early Wednesday afternoon, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties and no ... Read more...
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Huge earthquakes strike off Indonesia, prompt tsunami warnings (Update 2)
April 11th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two major earthquakes struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon, seismologists said, prompting tsunami watches and warnings for countries across the ... Read more...
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Huge quake off Indonesia prompts tsunami warnings
April 11th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- A major earthquake struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra on early Wednesday afternoon, seismologists said, prompting tsunami warnings for multiple countries.The 8.7-magnitude earthquake at 2:38 ... Read more...
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Indonesia rescues 120 asylum seekers who refuse to disembark
April 10th, 2012 - 4:30 am ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesian authorities on Sunday rescued 120 asylum seekers from the Middle East, but officials are still trying to convince them to disembark from the vessel, local media ... Read more...
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NATO oil tanker crashes into van in Afghanistan, killing 7
April 7th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by BNO News
KANDAHAR CITY, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed on early Friday morning when a NATO oil tanker truck crashed into a passenger van in southern Afghanistan, officials said ... Read more...
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Eleven rescued after Hong Kong cargo ship sinks off Japan
April 6th, 2012 - 1:34 am ICT by BNO News
OSAKA, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- The Japanese Coast Guard on Thursday rescued eleven crew members of a Hong Kong cargo ship which went missing off the coast of southern Japan earlier this ... Read more...
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Hungarian President Schmitt resigns following plagiarism scandal
April 3rd, 2012 - 2:07 am ICT by BNO News
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BNO NEWS) -- Hungarian President Pál Schmitt on Monday told parliament he is resigning from office with immediate effect, just days after being stripped of his doctorate over a plagiarism ... Read more...
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Passenger bus overturns in southeast Kenya, killing 12
April 2nd, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by BNO News
MAZERAS, Kenya (BNO NEWS) -- Twelve people were killed on late Sunday afternoon when a passenger bus overturned and fell into a ditch near Kenya's second-largest city of Mombasa, police said on ... Read more...
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UTair passenger plane crashes in Siberia, killing 31
April 2nd, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by BNO News
TYUMEN, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- A passenger plane operated by UTair Aviation crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in Siberia on early Monday morning, killing at least 31 of the people ... Read more...
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Lottery fever hits as ‘Mega Millions’ jackpot reaches $540 million
March 30th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing increased to $540 million on Thursday, an increase of $40 million compared to a day earlier as millions across the ... Read more...
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Dozens killed after militants ambush NATO convoy in western Afghanistan
March 30th, 2012 - 11:03 am ICT by BNO News
FARAH CITY, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- As many as 35 people were killed on late Wednesday when a large group of insurgents attacked a NATO supply convoy in western Afghanistan, sparking a ... Read more...
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Elderly woman’s body found in suitcase at Russia playground
March 29th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by BNO News
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Police in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg have launched a murder investigation after the body of an elderly woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase ... Read more...
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Texas executes man who beat baby boy to death
March 29th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by BNO News
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- A Texas man was executed on late Wednesday for using a flashlight to fatally beat a 10-month-old boy whom he was babysitting in Dallas in April 2001, ... Read more...
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