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Coordinated terrorist attacks across Baghdad kill 74, injure more than 300
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:44 am ICT by BNO News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- At least 74 people were killed and more than 300 others were injured on Tuesday when a series of blasts struck targets across the Iraqi capital of ...
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One of Chili Miners, Edison Pena to Run in NY Marathon
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:37 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the thirty-three miners which were rescued after 69 days in a mine shaft in Chile is scheduled to run in the New York Marathon that is ...
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Struggling Mom Sells Handwritten Obama Letter
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:30 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A mother in Michigan who is struggling financially has sold a handwritten letter from none other than the President of the United States, Barack Obama, in order to ...
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World’s Largest Wine Glass Unveiled in Lebanon
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:02 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Guinness Book of World Records has made a trip to Lebanon, this time to confirm that a plexi-glass wine vessel is the largest one in ...
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French Coastguards Wish to Ban People Swimming the Channel
November 3rd, 2010 - 2:27 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) People have been challenging nature and swimming the English Channel since the nineteenth century, but now the French Coastguards wish to have a ban put on those activities ...
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Large 80 ft Crater Opens up Beneath German Village
November 3rd, 2010 - 2:14 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A large crater has appeared beneath a residential road in Schmalkalden, Germany, a town located about seventy-five miles north east of Frankfurt. The eighty foot deep crater opened ...
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UFO Sightings are a ballot issue in Denver
November 3rd, 2010 - 1:20 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Denver, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Voters in Denver will be voting for more than who to represent them at the Senate and Congress. Voters will also be voting to force officials in ...
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Boeing helps prepare space shuttle Discovery’s final payload
November 3rd, 2010 - 1:19 am ICT by BNO News
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- Boeing on Tuesday announced that a group of their engineers and technicians are supporting Space Shuttle Discovery's final mission, in part by processing the shuttle's ...
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Woman Attacks 2 in Dallas With High Heeled Shoe
November 3rd, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A woman brandishing a high heel shoe, and a partner allegedly attacked another woman in the Old East Dallas area, possibly disfiguring her face, before moving on to ...
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Report: Bomb intercepted at German Chancellor Merkel’s office
November 3rd, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by BNO News
BERLIN, GERMANY (BNO NEWS) -- A suspicious package addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel was found in the chancellory's mailroom in Berlin on Tuesday and has turned out to be an explosive ...
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UFO Sightings on the Ballot in Denver
November 3rd, 2010 - 12:52 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) While the citizens of Denver, Colorado go out to vote today, they face a decision of galactic proportions, whether or not to form the “The Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission”, ...
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10-year-old Romanian girl gives birth in Spain
November 3rd, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by BNO News
MADRID, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) -- A 10-year-old girl from Romania gave birth at a hospital in southern Spain, local media reported on Tuesday.Doctors from a hospital in Jerez decided to place the ...
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‘Touchdown Jesus’ To Be Replaced by ‘Come Unto Me’ Statue
November 2nd, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The ‘King of Kings’ statue which stood for years at Solid Rock Church in Ohio was often called ‘Touchdown Jesus’ due to the arms of Jesus ...
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U.S. warns against travel to Haiti amid threat posed by Tropical Storm Tomas
November 2nd, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. government on Tuesday warned American citizens to avoid traveling to Haiti because of the threat posed by Tropical Storm Tomas, which is expected to hit ...
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Large crater opens up beneath German village
November 2nd, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Schmalkalden, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Residents of a German town woke up to the shock of their lives when they realized that a large crater has divided the town’s road and for ...
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French want to ban people from swimming in the Channel
November 2nd, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Paris, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) French authorities have announced their plans to ban people from swimming in the English Channel. The French coastguards claim that swimming in the channel has now become ...
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Men Grow Mustaches for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
November 2nd, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Movember Foundation was created by the Cancer Society of New Zealand Mental Health Foundation. November has been named “Prostate Cancer Awareness Month” and just as the ladies ...
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Increased volcanic activity seen at Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- With Indonesia facing twin disasters from Mount Merapi's eruptions and the Mentawai islands tsunami, Mount Anak Krakatau's activity is increasing and sea temperatures nearby are rising due ...
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More bombs targeting embassies in Greece explode, cause no casualties
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by BNO News
ATHENS (BNO NEWS) -- Several more bombs exploded on Tuesday at the Swiss and Russian embassies in the Greek capital of Athens, without causing further casualties, police said. It happened soon after ...
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Chilean miner Edison Pena to run the New York marathon
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is often said what does not kill you make you strong but in the case of the 33 miners, it made them famous. They are ...
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Indonesia and Australia discuss asylum center proposal and drug smugglers’ death sentence
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday met with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Merdeka State Palace in Jakarta, discussing the Australian proposal for an ...
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Dutch government says situation in Iraq does not require expulsion stop
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by BNO News
THE HAGUE (BNO NEWS) -- The Dutch government on Tuesday said that the situation in Iraq is not so unsafe that failed asylum seekers cannot be deported back to Iraq.Dutch Minister for ...
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67-year-old woman dies in go-kart crash
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Stanton, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 67-year-old woman was killed when a go-kart that she was test-driving veered onto the path of a car that smashed into her. Police are investigating the ...
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Proposition 19 To Take Effect Or Receive A Setback?
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez Nov 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Despite all the support and campaign, recent survey shows that Proposition 19 which would legalize marijuana has lost popularity in past month. Proposition 19's fate will ...
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Parents urged to boycott Barbie Doll which has an inbuilt Camera
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A clinical psychologist in Australia has highlighted the risk posed by a new Barbie doll that has an in-built camera. The camera which is hidden in the ...
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British woman found guilty of stabbing MP Stephen Timms
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- A 21-year-old British woman who stabbed a Member of Parliament earlier this year for voting in favor of the Iraq war was found guilty of attempted murder on ...
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Stealth Ford Police Interceptor: Menacing Looks That Make Jaws Drop
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri Nov 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Most of the times the cars the cops use to chase the criminals and speed brakers look rather mundane and people hardly feel fascinated by those ...
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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupts again
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:33 am ICT by BNO News
JOGJAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesia's Mount Merapi on Monday erupted again, spewing out thick black smoke as residents continue to evacuate the area, local media reported.People began to panic in search ...
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Rwandan businessman sentenced to 30 years in prison for 1994 massacre
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:21 am ICT by BNO News
ARUSHA, TANZANIA (BNO NEWS) -- A Rwandan businessman on Monday was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for his involvement in the 1994 genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ...
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Saudi Clerics Endorse a Ban on Female Cashiers
November 2nd, 2010 - 1:35 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The top clerics in Saudi Arabia are challenging the government’s policies to expand the jobs available to women, citing that they should not be allowed to work as ...
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Ola Mae Agee: 87 Year Old Granny Jailed for Drug-Dealing
November 2nd, 2010 - 1:06 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The woman being called “America’s Oldest Crack Dealer” is going to spend her 88th birthday in jail, after being sentenced to eighteen months in prison for selling crack ...
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Unknown Man Pulls Shark’s Tail to Save Woman in Australia
November 2nd, 2010 - 12:09 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Thanks to the quick thinking of an unidentified swimmer, a female diving guide was saved from certain death, after being bitten on the thighs and buttocks by a ...
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215,000 People Attend the Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear
November 1st, 2010 - 11:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, D.C, Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear took place on Saturday at Washington D.C with some estimated 215,000 people attending it. The rally, which is seen as ...
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British Hero ‘The Elephant Man’ Rescue Seen on Film
November 1st, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) New footage has been released of the unsung British hero of World War II known as the ‘Elephant Man’, with photos which are being seen for the first ...
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WWII Elephant man rescue can be now seen on film
November 1st, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cambridge, Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The “Elephant Man” has been known for several decades but for the first time, an amateur video has emerged on how he used elephants to rescue several ...
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