Monthly Archives: July 2011
Strong earthquake jolts northeast Japan, no damage
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on early Monday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties…. Read more
Hundreds marry as New York legalizes same-sex marriages
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Hundreds of same-sex couples married throughout New York on Sunday as the Marriage Equality Act became law, making New York the nation’s third-most populous state… Read more
Afghan President Karzai condemns the hanging of an 8-year-old boy
KABUL (BNO NEWS) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on late Sunday strongly condemned the hanging of an 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan on Friday, his office said. The eight-year-old boy,… Read more
Kurdish militants kill 3 soldiers in southeastern Turkey
ANKARA (BNO NEWS) — Three Turkish soldiers were killed in an ambush laid by militants of the outlawed group of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey. The ambush took… Read more
Iran blames U.S., Israel for assassination of Iranian scientist Daryoush Rezaie
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iranian officials on Sunday blamed the United States and Israel for the assassination of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed yesterday. Iran’s parliament speaker… Read more
Tens of thousands protest housing crisis in Israel
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (BNO NEWS) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Saturday night marched in central Tel Aviv against surging real-estate prices and the housing shortage in Israel, Haaretz… Read more
Ex-rebel Tamil party sweeps local polls in Sri Lanka’s north
COLOMBO (BNO NEWS) — People in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north casted an overwhelming majority of their votes to the candidates of the major Tamil party at the local government elections… Read more
No autopsy on Amy Winehouse before Monday morning
LONDON (BNO NEWS) — An autopsy to determine what killed singer Amy Winehouse will not be scheduled before Monday morning, Scotland Yard said on Sunday. The circumstances around her death… Read more
Russian children rights commissioner calls for legislation to protect children from pedophiles
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Pavel Astakhov, Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner to President Dmitri Medvedev, has called for urgent measures to protect children from pedophiles, according to a report on Sunday…. Read more
Ambush injures two UNAMID peacekeepers in Sudan’s West Darfur
DARFUR, SUDAN (BNO NEWS) — Two peacekeepers were injured on Friday when gunmen opened fire at their vehicle in Sudan’s West Darfur, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)… Read more
