Tag Archives: years
10 years for Dutch man who impregnated 11-year-old daughter
GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — A 53-year-old man from the Netherlands who repeatedly raped his daughter and eventually impregnated her when she was just 11 years old has been sentenced… Read more
UK police: Madeleine McCann may ‘still be alive’ 5 years after kidnapping
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — British police have uncovered new evidence which suggests missing girl Madeleine McCann may have been abducted and is currently living with her abductor, five years… Read more
U.S. court sentences Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — A federal court in New York on Thursday sentenced Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison, prosecutors said. He arrived in the… Read more
Malév Hungarian Airlines shuts down after 66 years
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BNO NEWS) — Hungary’s state-run Malev airline company on Friday announced it would immediately cease its operations as Europe’s economic crisis claims its second airline. With debts totaling… Read more
Former Irish priest sentenced to 3 years for child porn collection
DUBLIN, IRELAND (BNO NEWS) — A former priest and convicted child abuser was sentenced to three years in jail in Ireland on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, court officials told… Read more
Van der Sloot sentenced to 28 years in Peru murder case
LIMA, PERU (BNO NEWS) — Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Friday for the murder of a young woman he met at a… Read more
Japan proposes law to limit life of nuclear reactors to 40 years
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — The Japanese government on Friday announced it plans to introduce a new law which will limit the service life of nuclear reactors to 40 years, an… Read more
Egyptian blogger sentenced to two years for insulting army
CAIRO (BNO NEWS) — An Egyptian blogger was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for insulting the army on his blog, the Al-Ahram daily newspaper reported. Coptic blogger… Read more
Belarusian rights activist sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for tax evasion
MINSK (BNO NEWS) — A prominent Belarusian human rights activist was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of tax evasion, officials said. Ales Belyatsky, the… Read more
Former Israeli President Katsav to serve 7 years for rape
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a court decision to convict former President Moshe Katsav of rape and other sexual offenses, and to sentence him to… Read more
