Articles Archive for June 2011
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NEW YORK (Channel 6 News) – On Monday, the International Crime Court (ICC), at last issued arrest warrants for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, one of his sons and his intelligence chief. The charges being brought up against them are crimes against humanity during the early stages of the uprising in Libya that was the eventual cause [...]
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UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations humanitarian agency warned on Thursday that the number of drought refugees from the Horn of Africa is growing “at alarming rates,” after 20,000 people arrived in the last two weeks alone at an already ove…
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SANAA (BNO NEWS) — At least 30 protesters were injured on Thursday when regime supporters and security forces attacked a peaceful demonstration in Yemen’s western province of Hodeida.
The Yemen Post reported that medical sources said that some of the…
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SANTIAGO (BNO NEWS) — Tens of thousands of students and teachers on Thursday marched in the Chilean capital urging the government of President Sebastián Piñera to reform the country’s public education system, el Financiero newspaper reported.
Accor…
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (BNO NEWS) — The U.S. Air Force on Thursday said that according to evidence, the pilot was unable to eject before the F-16 aircraft came down Tuesday evening in the state of Nevada.
According to Nellis Air Force Base officials, Capt…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd. on Thursday pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $48 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air transportation industry, the U.S. Justice Department said.
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BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) — Thailand’s army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday dismissed rumors of a possible coup after the July 3 election, Thai News Agency MCOT reported.
Prayuth urged politicians not to try to drag the military into politics and denied…
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NIMROZ, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least 26 people were killed during the detonation of two roadside bombs, including one that struck a passenger bus in the southwestern region of Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
The larger explosion took place…
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GORONTALO, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Thousands have been affected and at least one child has died during the heavy flooding in Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, officials said Thursday.
Four of the seven districts in Boalemo, Gorontalo Province, which is …

