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Six more arrested in Sri Lanka cricket team attack

LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Pakistani police said Tuesday they arrested six more suspects, including the mastermind involved in the attack, for the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, The News reported.

Lahore police claimed six …

Japan: radiactive water flow into Pacific unconfirmed

TAMPA, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) — Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Tuesday said radioactive water overflow into the Pacific Ocean from seaside underground trenches had not been confirmed.

On Sunday, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said …

Israel warns against recognition of Palestinian state

JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) — Israel threatened the United Nations Security Council and several European Union countries to respond with a series of “unilateral steps” if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain international recognition for…

Boeing receives $31 million contract from U.S. Air Force for C-130 modernization

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) — The Boeing Company on Tuesday announced that it was awarded a $31 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force for the modernization of C-130 aircraft.

The agreement was made for two more Boeing’s C-130 Avion…

Philippine man arrested for selling U.S. spy plane on eBay

TAMPA, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) — A foreign national from the Philippines was charged for smuggling an unmanned spy plane into the U.S. and offering it for sale on Internet auction and shopping website eBay, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s …

Child kidnappings rampant in Nepal, Human Rights Watch says

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Criminal gangs and other armed groups are kidnapping children in Nepal’s Tarai belt region for ransom and sometimes killing them, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

At least 28 children were abducted in the Terai region in 2010, …

11 people hurt in bus crash and shooting incident in Chicago

ENGLEWOOD, CHICAGO (BNO NEWS) — Eleven people on Tuesday were hurt, two of them seriously, after two gunmen opened fire in Chicago provoking a car to crash into a bus, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The shooting incident took place at about 9:30 a.m. …

Greek police clash with residents in landfill protest

ATHENS (BNO NEWS) — Greek riot police on Tuesday clashed with hundreds of residents protesting against the construction of a landfill in Athens, the Kathimerini newspaper reported.

Riot police were deployed near Keratea, southeast of Athens, to over…

Half the world’s least developed countries can escape poverty in 10 years – UN

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — A United Nations (UN) report on Tuesday said half the world’s 48 least developed countries (LDCs) could escape poverty within 10 years if they benefit from appropriate measures.

Withprioritized and better targeted developm…

Actor George Clooney among witnesses called to testify in Berlusconi’s prostitution case

MILAN, ITALY (BNO NEWS) — U.S. actor George Clooney on Tuesday was named as one of the 132 witnesses called to testify by Italian prosecutors for the upcoming trial of Premier Silvio Berlusconi.

According to the ANSA news agency, the list includes pr…