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Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as president

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…

Lockheed Martin hit by ‘significant and tenacious’ cyber attack

BETHESA, MARYLAND (BNO NEWS) — Hackers targeted Lockheed Martin Corp., a major U.S. defense contractor which holds highly sensitive information, in a ‘significant and tenacious’ attack earlier this month, the company said on Sunday.

Both the U.S. gov…

Iran releases list of wanted US officials

TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) — The Iranian Parliament released a list of 26 US officials wanted by Tehran for various crimes, including rights violations and acts of terror, Press TV reported on Sunday.

The officials on the list include former FBI chief Thomas…

NATO airstrike kills 12 Afghan children, two women

KABUL (BNO NEWS) — Twelve children and two women were killed on Saturday evening when NATO-led forces carried out an airstrike in southern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday.

The airstrike by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Fo…

Hundreds join Tiananmen democracy march in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (BNO NEWS) — Hundreds of pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong demanded justice on Sunday for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, Radio Television Hong Kong reported.

Protesters wearing black and white as a sign o…

Sri Lanka floods displace over 16,000, kill 8

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BNO NEWS) — At least 8 people have died and more than 16,000 have been affected by floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) reported on Sunday.

According to the latest figures released by the DMC, 1…

NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour prepares to leave space station, return to Earth

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (BNO NEWS) — The six crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday said farewell to the three Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and will now prepare to return to Earth.

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China executes man who killed two toddlers with rat poison

BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — China on Sunday said it has executed a man who previously admitted to killing two toddlers at a kindergarten with rat poison, state-run media reported.

Li Shengguang, 68, was arrested in June 2009 after 21 toddlers at the Muge To…

Iran hangs two child rapists in public

KERMANSHAH, IRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iran on early Sunday morning hung two men who were previously convicted of raping young children, state-run media reported.

The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the men, who were identified onl…

The Cyrus Family Democratic Tradition

A bit of background on Miley Cyrus’ slamming of former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) over his support of traditional marriage. It turns out her grandfather was a Democratic politician: See, before she was a teen star on her own show, before her daddy had an “Achy Breaky Heart,” her grandfather, the late Ron Cyrus, was [...]