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[21 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 71 views]

KABUL (BNO NEWS) — Three Australian service member, along with an American, were killed when their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.

The coalition helicopter went down on Monday morning in Afghanistan’s Kandahar pr…

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[21 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 69 views]

LONDON (BNO NEWS) — A British Marine who was injured in an explosion earlier this month has died, becoming the 300th British fatality in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion began in late 2001.

The Marine – from 40 Commando Royal Marines, part of …

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 75 views]

BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — Dozens of miners were trapped after an explosion at a coal mine in central China on early Monday, officials said. At least six people were able to escape to safety.

The explosion at the Xingdong No. 2 mine in the Weidong Distric…

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 81 views]

BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — At least 58 miners have been trapped after an explosion at a coal mine in central China’s Henan Province.
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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 96 views]

CHICAGO (BNO NEWS) — Nineteen people were injured after a fire broke out in the Chicago subway near Chicago Station on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

Emergency services responded at 4.58 p.m. local time to a report of smoke in the subway. When f…

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 82 views]

KABUL (BNO NEWS) — A coalition surveillance drone crashed in western Afghanistan on Friday, NATO said on Sunday.

The small Uninhabited Air Vehicle, better known as a drone, crashed in the Shindand district of Herat province around noon local time on …

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 85 views]

CHICAGO (BNO NEWS) — At least twelve people were injured after a fire broke out in the Chicago subway near Chicago Station on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The fire broke out at around 5 p.m. local time when railroad ties caught fire, creating …

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 84 views]

CHICAGO (BNO NEWS) — Three people were injured after a fire broke out in the Chicago subway on Sunday, authorities said.

The fire broke out at around 5 p.m. local time, and was extinguished nearly an hour later. A spokesman for the Chicago Fire Depar…

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[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 75 views]

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) — Colombia’s former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos of the ruling National Unity party received the most votes on Sunday’s presidential election, authorities said.

With more than 98 percent of the votes counted, Santos…