Island Crisis

Tropical Storm Fiona aims directly for Bermuda

BNO NEWS — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:52:28 +0000

MIAMI (BNO NEWS) — A tropical storm warning is in effect as Tropical Storm Fiona is expected to pass directly over the British overseas territory of Bermuda on early Saturday, forecasters said on late Thursday. As of 11 p.m. EDT (0300 GMT Friday), Fiona is located about 630 kilometers (390 miles) south-southwest of Bermuda and [...]

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At least 25 drug hitmen killed in gun battle with Mexican Army

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:46:27 +0000

MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) – Mexican authorities on Thursday confirmed that at least 25 drug hitmen were killed after an intense gunfight with the Mexican Army in the country’s drug-plagued north. Officials said the shooting took place on a highway approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) from General Trevino County in Nuevo Leon state. The violent [...]

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Parliamentary candidate wounded in grenade attack in central Afghanistan

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:25:28 +0000

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) – An Afghan parliamentary candidate and one civilian on Wednesday were wounded after a grenade attack in central Afghanistan, NATO said on Thursday. Moulana Abdul Rahman, an Afghan parliamentary candidate, was injured when a grenade exploded near his office in the governor’s compound in Gahzni, at around 1:30 p.m. local time. [...]

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Spitzer telescope reveals that asteroids vary widely in composition, origin

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:22:27 +0000

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – Recent information gathered by the Spitzer Space Telescope revealed that the asteroids near Earth are a mixed wide array of compositions, the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) informed on Thursday. The NASA’s telescope examined about 100 known asteroids demonstrate that the near-Earth objects’ diversity is greater than previously thought. This [...]

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China and Russia to expand nuclear cooperation

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:25:43 +0000

BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) – China and Russia on Thursday agreed to expand nuclear cooperation in seven areas of mutual interest. Both nations agreed to cooperate in building floating power plants, exploring uranium mines, eliminating old plants and developing markets abroad. They will also work together on molten-core catcher technologies to improve nuclear safety. The [...]

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China and Ukraine to raise bilateral relations to a new level

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:10:27 +0000

BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) – Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich on Thursday agreed on raising bilateral relations to a new level, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The two leaders also promised to work to increase two-way trade to billion by 2012. In the first half of the year, trade [...]

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Civilian casualties allegations against NATO-led operation in south Afghanistan

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:07:27 +0000

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — An allegation has been brought against the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) claiming a military operation Wednesday caused civilian casualties in the southern region of Afghanistan, NATO said Thursday. Insurgents attacked an Afghan National Army convoy in the vicinity of Wazir village in the Zharay district of the Kandahar province [...]

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Oil sheen seen after Mariner Energy oil platform explodes off Louisiana

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:04:26 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (BNO NEWS) — An oil sheen was spotted near a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, off of Louisiana, on Thursday afternoon, officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard first received a report of an explosion at the Vermilion Oil Rig 380, about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay, at 9.19 a.m. [...]

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Australian court rules transsexuals are not men but women

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:01:33 +0000

PERTH, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) – An Australian court ruled on Thursday during an appeal on gender legislation that transsexual men are in fact women. The landmark appeal was won by Attorney General Christian Porter. As a result two female-to-male transsexuals will be stripped of the right to be legally recognized as men, the West Australian [...]

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Afghan President says NATO-led air strike kills 10 campaign workers

BNO NEWS — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:58:30 +0000

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Ten Afghan campaign workers were killed during a NATO-led air strike that was targeting a militant in the northeastern region of the country, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday. The Afghan civilians working for the election campaign were traveling on three vehicles to the Kiwan area in Rustaq district [...]

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