Archive | May, 2011

Blast at southwestern China bus terminal kills 1

28. May 2011

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BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — An explosion at a bus company in southwestern China on Saturday morning killed one person and injured two others, state-run media reported, two days after a rare suicide bombing in the country.

The blast happened at around 10 a.m…

Bomb blast in northwest Pakistan kills 8, injures 12

28. May 2011

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BAJAUR AGENCY, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least eight people were killed on early Saturday morning when a bomb exploded at a market in northwest Pakistan, not far from the border with Afghanistan, officials said.

The blast happened at the busy Pasht ba…

UPDATE1 — Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan’s south kill two NATO soldiers

28. May 2011

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KABUL (BNO NEWS) — Two separate insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan on Saturday left two coalition service members killed, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

ISAF said one of its service members was killed in sout…

Insurgent attack in Afghanistan’s south kills coalition soldier

28. May 2011

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KABUL (BNO NEWS) — An insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday left one coalition service member killed, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

ISAF said one of its service members was killed in southern Afghani…

Insurgent attack in Afghanistan’s south kills coalition soldier

28. May 2011

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KABUL (BNO NEWS) — An insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday left one coalition service member killed, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

ISAF said one of its service members was killed in southern Afghani…

WeinerGate: Congressman Posts Lewd Photo to Twitter

28. May 2011

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Interesting. This evening around 11pm, a lewd photograph of an erection in underwear was posted to Congressman Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) official Twitter feed using his official yfrog account. The Tweet was directed towards the Twitter account of some woman’s account on Twitter. The Congressman claims that his Facebook account was hacked. But the photo was [...]

Former Marine Shot 22 Times by SWAT Under Suspicious Circumstances

28. May 2011

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I say “suspicious” for five reasons: 1) The police only gave four seconds prior to ramming through the man’s door and killing him. No reasonable person could even voluntarily answer the door within that period of time. 2) The accounts provided by police are conflicting. Initially, officers said he shot at them, prompting them to [...]

Miley Cyrus Rips Rick Santorum for His Conservative Position

27. May 2011

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Oh, good. I was waiting for the unstable teen counterculture contingent to weigh-in on the  presidential election. Now my week is complete. The teen pop sensation took to Twitter to ding Rick Santorum in a roundabout way Thursday. Cyrus isn’t a fan of Urban Outfitters after stories emerged alleging that the store has copied jewelry [...]

Small plane crash in Alaska kills 5

27. May 2011

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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (BNO NEWS) — All five passengers a board a small plane died after the aircraft crashed on railroad tracks in the southern region of the state of Alaska, local authorities said Friday.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) …

UN’s Ban voices concern about potential aid flotillas to Gaza

27. May 2011

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UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed concern about potential flotillas to Gaza and asked countries around the Mediterranean Sea to discourage their use to deliver assistance to the territory.

“T…