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Strong quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami threat

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off northeastern Japan on Tuesday afternoon, seismologists said, but no tsunami warnings were issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The 6.4-magnitude earthquake at 7.54 p.m. …

Strong 6.4-magnitude quake rocks northeastern Japan – JMA

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off northeastern Japan on Tuesday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.
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JAPAN DOWNGRADES MAGNITUDE OF QUAKE OFF JAPAN TO 6.1

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — Japanese seismologists have downgraded the magnitude of the earthquake off eastern Japan to 6.1, Japan’s Meteorological Agency reports.
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Insurgent attack kills NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said, raising the year’s coalition death toll to 101.

ISAF said the service member wa…

Disasters killed 304,000 people in 2010, highest number since 1976

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — Insurance company Swiss Reinsurance Co. on Tuesday estimated that worldwide economic losses from natural and man-made disasters were more than $218 billion in 2010 while approximately 304,000 people died in those event…

RealNetworks CEO Kimball suddenly resigns

SEATTLE (BNO NEWS) — The president and chief executive officer of RealNetworks, the company best known for developing RealPlayer, suddenly resigned on Monday as the organization is in the midst of restructuring.

Robert Kimball has been in the CEO rol…

UN’s Ban says world faces ‘epochal’ change similar to that of 1989

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — The world is facing an important shift in global history which is “no less transformative” than the “epochal” year of 1989, when numerous governments fell across Eastern Europe, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said o…

Australian officials consult on measures to stop the financing of terrorism through Iran

SYDNEY (BNO NEWS) — Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd and Justice Minister Brendan O’Connor on Tuesday began consultation on measures to stop money laundering and terrorism financing through Iran.

“Australia and the international communi…

Death toll over 100 in Yemeni weapons factory explosion

SANAA, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) –The death toll has risen to over 100 following the explosion at a Yemeni weapons factory on Monday that also injured at least 52 people in the southern region of the country, local media reported.

Medical and security officia…

NASA tests chicken fat as eco-friendly jet fuel

HAMPTON, VIRGINIA (BNO NEWS) — NASA on Monday announced that a group of scientists from its Langley Research Center traveled cross-country this month for an experiment with eco-friendly jet fuel made out of chicken fat.

The Langley team drove 2,600 m…