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New Year’s Shooters come in all sizes

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Sheriff’s Deputies investigate suspicious vehicle in Denver that leads to arrest for crack cocaine

STAFF REPORTS DENVER, NC – A suspicious vehicle in a fast food restaurant parking lot led to the… [more]

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Euro 2012: Dutch gov’t threatens to boycott matches in Ukraine

May 1, 2012

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — Dutch government officials and the royal family will not attend football matches in Ukraine during Euro 2012 if the conditions of imprisoned opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko do not improv…

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UK police arrest seven on suspicion of funding terrorism

May 1, 2012

LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — British police on early Tuesday morning arrested seven people on suspicion of financing terrorism in Somalia by smuggling the drug khat to the United States and Canada, officials said.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS…

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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton expresses concern for Tymoshenko

May 1, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday expressed her concern for the treatment of imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was allegedly assaulted by guards last m…

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Three women found buried in northern Mexico

May 1, 2012

SALTILLO, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — The burnt bodies of three women were discovered in a shallow grave in northern Mexico on Tuesday morning, prosecutors said. It is unknown if they are victims of Mexico’s drug war, which has claimed thousands of lives.

Lo…

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Three women found buried in northern Mexico

May 1, 2012

SALTILLO, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — The burnt bodies of three women were discovered in a shallow grave in northern Mexico on Tuesday morning, prosecutors said. It is unknown if they are victims of Mexico’s drug war, which has claimed thousands of lives.

Lo…

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Bus fire in western Indonesia kills 13, injures 22

May 1, 2012

KELOK SEMBILAN, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — A passenger bus caught fire in western Indonesia on early Tuesday morning, killing at least thirteen passengers and injuring nearly two dozen others, police said. The bus driver survived the blaze.

The accident …

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Bus fire in western Indonesia kills 13, injures 22

May 1, 2012

KELOK SEMBILAN, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — A passenger bus caught fire in western Indonesia on early Tuesday morning, killing at least thirteen passengers and injuring nearly two dozen others, police said. The bus driver survived the blaze.

The accident …

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Seychelles to prosecute four Somali pirates captured by Denmark

May 1, 2012

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (BNO NEWS) — Authorities in the tiny African nation of Seychelles have agreed to prosecute four Somali pirates who were captured by the Danish Navy last month after they seized an Iranian ship, Denmark’s foreign ministry said on Tu…

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Seychelles to prosecute four Somali pirates captured by Denmark

May 1, 2012

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (BNO NEWS) — Authorities in the tiny African nation of Seychelles have agreed to prosecute four Somali pirates who were captured by the Danish Navy last month after they seized an Iranian ship, Denmark’s foreign ministry said on Tu…

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Military helicopter crashes in northern Colombia, killing 13

May 1, 2012

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) — A Colombian Air Force helicopter crashed in the northern region of the country on late Monday afternoon, killing all thirteen people on board, defense officials said on Tuesday. The cause was not immediately known.

The a…

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Former Libyan prime minister Ghanem drowned, Vienna police say

April 30, 2012

VIENNA, AUSTRIA (BNO NEWS) — Former Libyan prime minister Shokri Ghanem, whose lifeless body was found in a river in the Austrian capital of Vienna over the weekend, died by drowning and there are no indications of foul play, police said on Monday.

G…

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U.S. finds remains of soldier missing from Vietnam War plane crash

April 30, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The remains of a U.S. service member who went missing in a plane crash on the south-central coast of Vietnam during the Vietnam War in 1969 have been identified, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Monday. His rem…

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UN expects unemployment crisis to continue and worsen

April 30, 2012

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — A report released by the United Nations (UN) on Monday warns that the difficult global unemployment crisis is not expected to recover anytime soon.

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) published the report, titled “Wo…

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UN expects unemployment crisis to continue and worsen

April 30, 2012

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — A report released by the United Nations (UN) on Monday warns that the difficult global unemployment crisis is not expected to recover anytime soon.

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) published the report, titled “Wo…

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Pakistan summons U.S. diplomat following latest drone strike

April 30, 2012

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — The Pakistani government on Monday summoned an American diplomat to protest a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan during the weekend, further deteriorating an already fragile relationship between the two countries.

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Pakistan summons U.S. diplomat following latest drone strike

April 30, 2012

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — The Pakistani government on Monday summoned an American diplomat to protest a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan during the weekend, further deteriorating an already fragile relationship between the two countries.

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Suicide bomber hits police convoy in eastern Nigeria, killing 10

April 30, 2012

JALINGO, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) — At least ten people were killed on early Monday morning when a suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying a senior police officer in eastern Nigeria, officials said. Nearly two dozen others were injured, some seriously.

The…

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Suicide bomber hits police convoy in eastern Nigeria, killing 10

April 30, 2012

JALINGO, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) — At least ten people were killed on early Monday morning when a suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying a senior police officer in eastern Nigeria, officials said. Nearly two dozen others were injured, some seriously.

The…

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Insurgents kill NATO service member in Afghan’s south

April 30, 2012

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Insurgents attacked coalition service members in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing one of them, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. Few other details were released about the incident….

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Insurgents kill NATO service member in Afghan’s south

April 30, 2012

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Insurgents attacked coalition service members in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing one of them, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. Few other details were released about the incident….

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