Archive | April, 2011

Libya says NATO airstrike killed Gaddafi’s son, grandchildren

30. April 2011

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TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) — A NATO airstrike in a residential area of Tripoli on Saturday killed the youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, officials said, adding that three of his grandchildren were also killed.

The NATO-led airstrike happened at a…

Hotel fire in northeast China kills 10, injures 35

30. April 2011

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BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — Ten people were killed on early Sunday morning when a fire broke out at a hotel in northeastern China, state-run media reported.

The fire broke out at around 3.30 a.m. local time in a stairwell of a Home Inns hotel in Tonghua Cit…

At least 10 dead, dozens injured in northeast China hotel fire

30. April 2011

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BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — At least 10 people were killed and 35 others were injured when a fire broke out at a hotel in northeastern China, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported in a news flash on Sunday. Other details were not immediately released.

NATO airstrike kills Gaddafi’s son, grandchildren

30. April 2011

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TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) — A NATO airstrike killed the youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday evening, the BBC reported, adding that three of his grandchildren were also killed.

The BBC cited a government spokesman as saying that Saif al…

NATO airstrike kills Gaddafi’s son, grandchildren

30. April 2011

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TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) — A NATO airstrike killed the youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday evening, the BBC reported, adding that three of his grandchildren were also killed.

The BBC cited a government spokesman as saying that Saif al…

YOUNGEST SON, THREE GRANDCHILDREN OF LIBYAN LEADER GADDAFI KILLED IN NATO AIRSTRIKE

30. April 2011

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TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) — The youngest son and three grandchildren of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have been killed in a NATO airstrike, Al Jazeera reports, citing a government spokesman.
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Suicide bombing kills seven people in northern Iraq

30. April 2011

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MOSUL, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) — At least seven people were killed and 15 others were wounded on Saturday in a suicide bombing attack in Iraq’s eastern city of Mosul, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.

“A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt stra…

At least 250 Syrians flee to Turkey

30. April 2011

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BNO NEWS) — About 250 people fled from conflict-ridden Syria to Turkey, government officials said Saturday.

CNN reported that most of the people, who hustled to the southern Turkish Yaylidagi district in Hatay province, are ethnic T…

Iranian President Ahmadinejad ‘missing’ amid possible power struggle

30. April 2011

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TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly neglected his official duties amid reports that an internal power struggle could be underway, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Earlier this month, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamene…

Seven people burnt to death in eastern India

30. April 2011

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NEW DELHI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) — At least seven people were burnt to death by a mob in India’s eastern state of Orissa, Press Trust of India reported Saturday.

A senior police official R K Sharma said seven people, including a woman, were charred beyon…