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11 wounded in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY (BNO NEWS) — Eleven people were injured, including three members of an armed group and three children, after Israeli troops fired artillery shells into the eastern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Ma’an News Agency reported.

The Al-Quds Brigades,…

11 wounded in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY (BNO NEWS) — Eleven people were injured, including three members of an armed group and three children, after Israeli troops fired artillery shells into the eastern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Ma’an News Agency reported.

The Al-Quds Brigades,…

Over 500 officials punished for corruption in southern China in 2010

HAINAN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — A total of 515 Chinese officials were punished or referred to prosecution in 2010 in the southern Hainan province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

Hainan authorities, the southern China island provin…

How do you spell the name of Libya’s dictator?

No news story regarding Libya can pass without the correct spelling of the name of the country’s dictator — excuse me, Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, as his official honorific puts it — being questioned extensively. As Greg Pollowitz of National Review recently wondered on [...]

Rahm Emanuel elected as Chicago mayor

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) — Rahm Emanuel, a former presidential adviser, on Tuesday was elected as Chicago mayor after obtaining 55.2 percent of the votes, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Emanuel will become the 46th mayor of Chicago and the first J…

Thousands protest high food prices and corruption in India

NEW DELHI (BNO NEWS) — Thousands of people took to the streets of New Delhi on Wednesday to protest against rising food prices, rampant corruption and unemployment.

Demonstrators, mostly trade unionists, marched through the centre of New Delhi toward…

Libyan Justice Minister Al-Jleil says Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie bombing

LONDON (BNO NEWS) — Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud Al Jeleil on Wednesday told a Swedish newspaper that Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi ordered the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people.

Al-Jleil told Stockholm-based newspaper Expr…

LIBYAN JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS GADDAFI ORDERED LOCKERBIE BOMBING

LONDON (BNO NEWS) — Libyan Justice Minister tells Swedish newspaper that Gaddafi ordered the Lockerbie bombing.
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Amnesty International calls on Indonesia to protect the Ahmadiyya minority group

JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the Indonesian government to repeat its commitment to protecting the right to freedom of religion in the face of calls from radical groups to outlaw a religious minority community.

Severa…

First of two UK evacuation flights leaves for Libya

LONDON (BNO NEWS) — A British charter flight on Wednesday afternoon left for the Libyan capital of Tripoli to evacuate hundreds of British nationals, the UK Foreign Office said.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said the first of two charter flights left…