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[7 May 2012 | No Comment | 264 views]

TSUKUBA, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) — A powerful tornado tore a path of destruction through a city in eastern Japan on Sunday afternoon, killing a teenager and injuring more than 50 others in what is the country’s worst tornado in years, officials said on Monda…

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[6 May 2012 | No Comment | 192 views]

ATAQ, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) — Senior al-Qaeda operative Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, who was wanted in connection for his alleged role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, was killed Sunday in a U.S. drone strike in southeast Yemen, officials said.

Severa…

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[4 May 2012 | No Comment | 122 views]

KHAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning at a police check post in northern Pakistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring some 40 others, police said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.

The at…

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[3 May 2012 | No Comment | 95 views]

MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Two car bomb attacks hit a police post in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on late Thursday evening, killing at least twelve people and injuring more than 25 others, local media reported.

The first attack happe…

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[3 May 2012 | No Comment | 179 views]

MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Two car bomb attacks hit a police post in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on late Thursday evening, killing at least twelve people and injuring more than 25 others, local media reported.

The first attack happe…

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[3 May 2012 | No Comment | 261 views]

CANDELARIA, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) — A passenger train slammed into a van in the northern Philippines on early Thursday morning, killing three people and injuring several others, police said.

The Manila-bound train operated by Philippine National Rai…

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[3 May 2012 | No Comment | 318 views]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday unexpectedly released two more editions of its English-language online magazine that serves as a guide to potential and future jihadis. The magazine was presumed dead a…

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[3 May 2012 | No Comment | 294 views]

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND (BNO NEWS) — A pipe bomb was found on the grounds of a church in the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast on Wednesday, less than a week after two powerful car bombs were discovered elsewhere, police said.

Army Technical Offi…

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[3 May 2012 | No Comment | 561 views]

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream”, one of the world’s most recognizable images, was sold for a record $119,922,500 at an art auction in New York City on Wednesday, significantly more than the $80 million initially expected …