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COLOMBO (BNO NEWS) — Sri Lanka election officials estimated that voter turnout for the local government polls that concluded on Thursday was approximately 55 percent, the Colombo Page reported.
More than 9.4 million people were elegible to cast thei…
TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) fire trucks and choppers on Thursday worked to cool down nuclear reactors by dumping and shooting water into the reactors while search and rescue teams expand their working areas seven days after t…
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) — The hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which issues the list of potential names for tropical cyclones to be used every six years for both the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins, has decided to…
MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A series of U.S. drone strikes on Thursday killed at least 40 people and wounded 15 others in Pakistan’s North Waziristan, local media reported.
Initial reports indicate that the U.S. unmanned aircraft launched six mi…
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday said the alliance is ready to protect Libyan civilians against government-led attacks, but only if there is a ‘demonstrable need’.
Rasmussen made the comments on his offic…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Initial claims for unemployment insurance in the U.S. dropped to 385,000 in the week ending March 12, a decrease of 16,000 compared to the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department (DOL) said on Thursday.
The DOL report a…
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday said the alliance is ready to protect Libyan civilians against government-led attacks.
Rasmussen made the comments on his official Twitter account, urging the United Natio…
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says it will “send a clear signal that violence pays” if Gaddafi “prevails”.
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BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance “stands ready to protect the civilian population against attacks from the regime.”
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BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked an Indonesian-flagged bulk carrier with 20 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force – Somalia (EUNAVFOR) confirmed on Thursday.
EU Naval Force spokesman Paddy O’Kennedy said the …
