Monthly Archives: February 2012
EU approves Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (BNO NEWS) — Internet giant Google, Inc. on Monday received approval from the European Union (EU) to acquire telecommunications company Motorola. The European Commission cleared under the EU… Read more
Former Taliban defense minister Akhund died in Pakistani jail
KABUL/KARACHI (BNO NEWS) — Former Taliban defense minister Obaidullah Akhund died of heart disease in a Pakistani prison in March 2010, a Taliban spokesman confirmed on Monday. Little had been… Read more
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport reopens after man makes bomb threat
HAARLEMMERMEER, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — Dutch military police on Monday arrested a man who had locked himself in a toilet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport and claimed to be carrying a… Read more
Presidential aide dies in DR Congo plane crash
KINSHASA, DR CONGO (BNO NEWS) — A close aide to Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila was among five people killed on Sunday when a small plane crashed in… Read more
Syrian military official ‘killed in Damascus’
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — A Syrian military official was killed by an “armed terrorist group” outside his house in Damascus on Saturday, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)… Read more
At least 12 wounded in Lebanon clashes
BEIRUT (BNO NEWS) — At least 12 people, including several Lebanese soldiers, were wounded this weekend in renewed clashes in northern Lebanon, local media reported on Sunday. Clashes erupted on… Read more
Army colonel charged over mass rapes in Guinea
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — A Guinean court has filed charges against an army colonel accused of being responsible for mass rapes that occurred during a pro-democracy protest in the… Read more
Bomb blasts kill 28, injure hundreds in Syrian city of Aleppo
ALEPPO, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — At least 28 people were killed on early Friday morning when two suicide bombers targeted two security facilities in Syria’s second city of Aleppo, state-run… Read more
At least 11 killed after Somali smuggler boat capsizes
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BNO NEWS) — At least eleven people have been confirmed dead while 34 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Somalia earlier this week,… Read more
UPDATE 1 — Singer Whitney Houston dies at Beverly Hills hotel
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) — Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston, one of the world’s best-selling music artists, was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel room on… Read more
