Archive | May, 2011
Death toll in Hangu, Pakistan blast rises to 36
HANGU, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — The death toll in Thursday’s blast against District Police Officer (DPO) station in Hangu, Pakistan rose to 36, officials said Friday.
A suicide bomber used an explosive-filled vehicle to target Hangu’s DPO office in Paki…
Iran uses young boy to execute serial killer
27. May 2011
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iran used a young boy on Thursday to carry out the execution of a convicted serial killer, reports said on Friday. Ten other people were also executed in various parts of the country.
One of the eleven people executed on Thursday …
Death toll in Côte d’Ivoire post-electoral violence over 1,000 – UN
26. May 2011
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — Post-electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire that began last December has killed more than 1,000 people in the western part of the country before it came to an end last month, the United Nations (UN) said on Thursday.
Accordi…
About 2,000 hectares burned in worst fire in Spain’s Ibiza
26. May 2011
IBIZA, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) — Spanish authorities on Thursday informed that about 2,000 hectares have burned in Ibiza, the worst wildfire in the island’s history, El Pais newspaper reported.
Defense Minister Carme Chacon said the situation “looked bad” a…
BAE Systems announces $187 million sale of regional aircraft leasing company
26. May 2011
FARNBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM (BNO NEWS) — BAE Systems on Thursday announced the sale of its regional aircraft leasing company for $187 million to Fortress Investment Group LLC.
UK-based BAE Systems is Europe’s largest multinational defense, security a…
Actress Lindsay Lohan begins 35-day home detention
26. May 2011
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) — Actress Lindsay Lohan on Thursday began her 35-day home detention for violating her probation by taking a necklace at a Venice jewelry store, police said.
The 24-year-old ‘Mean Girls’ actress pled no contest to a misdemeanor …
Tenth Somali pirate pleads guilty in pirate attack that left 4 Americans killed
26. May 2011
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (BNO NEWS) — A tenth Somali pirate pled guilty in the United States on Thursday for his role in the hijacking of the American yacht the S/V Quest, which resulted in the deaths of four U.S. citizens.
Mahdi Jama Mohamed, who is believ…
China and Venezuela sign agreement for satellite construction
26. May 2011
CARCAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) — China and Venezuela on Thursday signed an agreement for the construction of the South American country’s second satellite, the state-run AVN news agency reported.
China will provide support to the construction of the se…
UN Security Council urges Somali leaders to agree on elections
26. May 2011
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday called on Somalia’s feuding political figures to agree on a schedule for the elections by August when the transitional period expires.
Augustine Mahiga, the top U.N. envoy i…
Foreign scientists to study Indonesia’s Lapindo Sidoarjo mudflow
26. May 2011
SURABAYA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — A team of foreign scientists will be traveling to Indonesia’s East Java province in order to observe the Lapindo mudflow that began five years ago in Sidoarjo, local media reported Thursday.
The team of scientists fro…
27. May 2011
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