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Human Rights and obligations

Saturday, 9 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Let us be clear from the start. The authorities in Malta have sometimes got it wrong in dealing with asylum seekers, both in terms of military practice and in te...

Inevitable: Portugal To dip into fund

Friday, 8 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The writing has been on the wall for quite some time now and we have seen the usual knee-jerk reaction of a cash bailout....

Atrocities: It Will only get worse

Friday, 8 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The decision by the Gaddafi regime to expel 26 journalists can only be taken as a stark warning of things to come....

Proper Equipment: Essential tools for the job

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Armed Forces yesterday unveiled one of two Beech King Air aircraft, tailor-made to the requirements of the Air Wing....

Human Tragedy: A rock in a hard place

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

At the time of writing yesterday afternoon, 20 people had been confirmed dead and a total of 130 were feared dead in the waters around Malta – sub-Saharan Africans...

Finances: A Brewing storm

Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

While the world’s attention is fixed on goings on in the Ivory Coast, Libya, Yemen and Syria, another storm is brewing....

Festivals: Spring Is in the air

Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Two festivals were held last weekend, one to celebrate everything about fruit, and another to celebrate everything about milk and dairy products....

Voting From abroad: It’s time to update the system

Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Every time there is a general election, or in this case a referendum on a national issue, the archaic system of voting in Malta comes under the microscope....

Libya Crisis: US eases off, Gaddafi holds on

Monday, 4 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly US missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, the American combat role is ending...

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