Monthly Archives: January 2012
Passenger bus overturns in northern Afghanistan, killing 4
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Four people were killed on early Wednesday morning when a passenger bus overturned in northern Afghanistan, officials said. Dozens more were injured. The accident happened… Read more
Israeli hacker publishes credit card details of Saudis
TEL AVIV (BNO NEWS) — An Israeli hacker has published the credit card details of hundreds of Saudi nationals after a similar move by anti-Israel hackers last week, local media… Read more
Nike to pay $1 million to Indonesian factory workers for unpaid hours
JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A group of Indonesian Nike factory workers have won a settlement against the sportswear company in which they will be awarded $ 1 million for unpaid… Read more
UN calls for justice after journalists killed by gunmen in the Philippines and Syria
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Officials at the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday condemned the recent murders of journalists in the Philippines and Syria and called for the perpetrators to… Read more
Hundreds of Ethiopians protest against racism in Israel
TEL AVIV (BNO NEWS) — Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants on Tuesday took to the streets of the Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi to protest discrimination against their community members, the… Read more
Powerful earthquake off Indonesia triggers brief tsunami alert
JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said, prompting a brief tsunami alert but causing no damage. The… Read more
13 dead, 20 missing after mudslide in southeast Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (BNO NEWS) — The death toll as a result of a mudslide in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has reached at least 13, officials… Read more
Indonesia issues tsunami warning following 7.6 quake off Sumatra
JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said, prompting a tsunami warning for local coastlines. The earthquake… Read more
Indonesia issues tsunami warning following 7.6 quake off Sumatra
JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) — A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said, prompting a tsunami warning for local coastlines. The earthquake… Read more
Man gets suspended sentence for UK’s largest child porn collection
LONDON (BNO NEWS) — A 57-year-old man who possessed one of the largest collections of child pornography ever found in the United Kingdom was sentenced to a suspended jail term… Read more
