Articles Archive for July 2010
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HARBIN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — Flooding at an underground coal mine in northeast China left 24 workers trapped on early Saturday afternoon, according to state-run media on Sunday.
The accident happened around 1.30 p.m. local time at the Hengxinyuan Mine …
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ISLAMABAD (BNO NEWS) — The United States on Sunday announced it will accelerate flood relief assistance to Pakistan as the death toll from the disaster surged past 800.
The flooding in the past week or so, caused by record-breaking rainfall, has left…
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MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) — Mexican police on Saturday rescued two journalists that were kidnapped by a drug cartel earlier in the week, officials said.
During a press conference, Genaro Garcia Luna, minister of Public Security, said Alejandro Hernandez…
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MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Russian police on Saturday arrested two opposition leaders and dozens of activists during a protest demanding freedom of assembly in Moscow.
According to Ria Novosti, police arrested opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a former deput…
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) – The worst monsoon floods in the Pakistan’s story left at least 800 dead, and affected one million in northwest Pakistan, with most of the stricken areas cut off, limiting access and relief efforts, officials said on Sa…
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UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The United Nations added two new sites to the World Heritage List, the Central Highlands of Srilanka and the Papahânaumokuâkea islands and atolls in the United States have both been inscribed on the World Heritage List, …
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GAZA (BNO NEWS) – Israeli air strikes on the Gaza strip killed a Hamas commander on Friday and wounded eleven others after warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza, including the greater Gaza City, marking the first attack since Israel’…
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LONDON (BNO NEWS) – The coalition government of the United Kingdom is trying to push through more radical changes and quicker reform than attempted by either Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair’s government in their first terms, the Cabinet Office mini…
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BOGATÁ, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) – Colombia’s biggest left-wing rebel group, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombi (FARC), called for talks with the country’s new president in an effort to find a common ground, BBC reported.
Alfonso Cano, l…
