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EU extends nuclear research program until 2013

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — The European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced that its Council agreed to a general approach for extending the framework program for 2012-2013 nuclear research.

The current European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) framework prog…

Iran conducts second phase of missile tests

TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired fourteen missiles on Tuesday on its second day of exercises, officials said.

IRGC’s exercise operation, which was named Payambar-e Azam (The Great Messenger) 6, consis…

U.S. drone strikes kill 26 suspected militants in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — U.S. drone strikes on Monday killed at least 26 suspected militants in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region, local media reported Tuesday.

Four air strikes were launched at a double cabin van in the Kung Ghalai area of Be…

Report: Obama Records Campaign Video in the White House

The evidence is compelling. Check out the two pictures, one from the campaign ad and one from his weekly address, which was verifiably filmed in the White House. Same chair. Same walls. Same table. Even the same lamp. Either it was filmed in the White House, or the Obama campaign went to great extent recreating the [...]

State Department Now Helping Lady Gaga Book Jobs

Not just any job, either. Secretary Hillary Clinton brags that the State Department used taxpayer resources to help the controversial singer attend a gay pride concert. In fact, Clinton says the taxpayer-funded embassy was “instrumental” in the arrangement. Clinton specifically pointed to a letter that David Thorne, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, sent to Lady [...]

Former Russian spy sentenced 25 years for helping U.S.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — A former Russian spy who helped U.S. authorities was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison by a Russian military court, local media reported.

Alexander Poteyev, who was secretly working for the U.S. Central Intelligenc…

UN tribunal begins trial on Cambodian leaders of Khmer Rouge regime

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — A United Nations-backed tribunal on Monday began the trial on the four most senior surviving leaders of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.

A five-judge panel at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambod…

Indonesia finds new gas, oil, and coal reserves in Sumatra

JAMBI, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — New gas, oil, and coal reserves were discovered in Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, which could have significant impact in the region’s development, officials said Monday.

The reserves were found in the the village of Muar…

FDA warns of sprouts linked to minor salmonella outbreak in U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday warned consumers about alfalfa and spicy sprouts linked to 20 reported cases of Salmonella in the country.

The 20 reported cases, including one hospitalization, of Sa…

UN Security Council sets up peacekeeping force for Sudan’s Abyei

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday established a peacekeeping force for the area around Sudan’s Abyei which has been the scene of fighting between north and south forces.

The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei …