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BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) — Hundreds of Iraqi citizens on Friday took part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital of Baghdad, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. Tight security was in place.
The demands of the demonstrators varied from one g…
SAN DIEGO (BNO NEWS) — Power was restored to all 1.4 million customers of San Diego Gas & Electric on Friday following a massive blackout that affected southern California, Arizona, and parts of Mexico.
San Diego Gas & Electric announced in a…
LAHORE (BNO NEWS) — An ongoing dengue fever outbreak in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab has killed at least eleven people so far and affected thousands of people, officials said on Friday.
According to statistics released by the Health Departme…
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations (UN) on Friday called on Nigeria to urgently address ethnic and religious violence which has left hundreds of people killed in recent weeks alone.
Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner …
LASHKARGAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least seven people were killed on Friday morning when a suicide bomber targeted a police station in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
The attack happened when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-filled v…
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) — At least six people were killed on Friday and one person remains missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides in three villages in northern Thailand, officials said.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation…
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — The governments of Indonesia and South Korea on Friday signed a defense agreement to strengthen its cooperation, local media reported.
Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro hosted his South Korean counterpart…
CHANGSHA, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — At least eight people were killed on late Friday afternoon when a ferry boat carrying scores of students sank on a river in central China, state-run media reported.
The ferry boat departed from Tangtianshi in China’s cent…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The U.S. cities of New York and Washington, D.C. have increased their security amid a ‘specific and credible’ terror threat surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials said on late Thursday …
SAN FRANCISCO (BNO NEWS) — Internet search giant Google Inc. on Thursday announced it has acquired restaurant review guide Zagat in an effort to provide more local content in the United States. Details of the deal were not disclosed.
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