Archive | May, 2011
Strong earthquake hits off Indonesia’s Sumatra, no tsunami alert
JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off Southwestern Sumatra in Indonesia on early Monday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami alert was issued.
The 6.3-magnitude earthqua…
Human Rights Watch urges Nigeria’s new president to take concrete steps to address problems
29. May 2011
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) — Human Rights Watch on Sunday urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to take immediate and concrete steps to address problems such as violence, corruption, and impunity.
Jonathan took the oath to assume office as the co…
Clashes erupt in Serbia protest against Mladic arrest
29. May 2011
BELGRADE (BNO NEWS) — Clashes erupted on Sunday between Serbian police and ultra-nationalist protesters who demonstrated against the arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, CNN reported.
Thousands of demonstrators, including members o…
NATO apologizes for airstrike which killed Afghan women, children
29. May 2011
KABUL (BNO NEWS) — The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on early Monday morning apologized for an airstrike which killed as many as fourteen Afghan civilians, most of them young children.
The incident happened in the Salam Baza…
Abkhazia’s leader dies in Russia after surgery
29. May 2011
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh died in Moscow following a lung surgery, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday.
Bagapsh, 62, was put on a ventilator earlier this week after his lungs failed, following surgery on his right lung in a Mosc…
Abkhazia’s leader dies in Russia after surgery
29. May 2011
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh died in Moscow following a lung surgery, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday.
Bagapsh, 62, was put on a ventilator earlier this week after his lungs failed, following surgery on his right lung in a Mosc…
84 arrested, 132 injured during Barcelona celebrations
29. May 2011
BARCELONA (BNO NEWS) — At least 84 people were arrested and 132 were injured during overnight celebrations for Barcelona’s Champions League victory, El Mundo newspaper reported on Sunday.
An estimated 50,000 fans gathered in the heart of the Catalan …
Yemen opposition accuses Saleh of allowing al-Qaida militants to seize town
29. May 2011
SANAA, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) — Yemen’s opposition on Sunday accused President Ali Abduallah Saleh of allowing al-Qaida militants to seize Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province.
According to the Yemen Post, the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) said…
Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as president
29. May 2011
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) — Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in on Sunday as Nigerian president in a ceremony in Abuja, the country’s capital.
Next news reported that Jonathan took the oath to assume office as the country’s third democratically-elected pr…
Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as president
29. May 2011
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) — Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in on Sunday as Nigerian president in a ceremony in Abuja, the country’s capital.
Next news reported that Jonathan took the oath to assume office as the country’s third democratically-elected pr…
29. May 2011
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