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Violent protests near Libyan parliament over new Cabinet

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 18:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Around 200 mostly armed protesters have occupied an area near Libya's parliament building, blocking nearby roads and beating up journalists in protest of the country's new...

Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 17:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel acknowledged Thursday that it killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988 seaborne raid on Tunisia.   Two of those...

Dissent hits Greek coalition before austerity vote

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 15:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Greece's troubled coalition government suffered another blow Thursday, when two members of the Socialist party quit, the latest sign of growing dissent among the ruling parties ahead of a key vote...

Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers as fighting rages

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 15:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Syrian rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on military checkpoints in northern Idlib province on Thursday, just hours after a wave of bombings hit Damascus and its outskirts, activists...

Watch: New York struggles back after killer storm

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Two days after Superstorm Sandy rampaged across the Northeast, killing at least 72 people, New York struggled Wednesday to find its way. Swaths of the city were still without power, and all of it was...

US region hit by Sandy slowly resumes daily life

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The cleanup of miles of New Jersey shorefront ripped apart by Superstorm Sandy has just begun, but New York City resumed its normal frenetic pace by getting back its vital subways.   The...

Obama, Romney dive back into presidential campaign

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 09:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Barack Obama put politics aside and Republican challenger Mitt Romney tempered his criticism of the president for three days as superstorm Sandy battered the U.S. East Coast, but both will dive back...

Libyan parliament approves new Cabinet

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 23:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Libya's parliament on Wednesday approved the country's new Cabinet in a vote of confidence, the parliament spokesman said, but armed protesters cut the main road leading to the parliament,...

South African whites earn 6 times more than blacks

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 18:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

White South Africans earn six times more than black South Africans nearly two decades after the end of apartheid and much remains to be done to reduce the disparities between rich and poor, the...

Greece outlines new austerity as debt load rises

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 16:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Greece's government on Wednesday outlined the new austerity measures it intends to take over the next two years, as it revised its 2013 budget figures which predict the debt load will increase...

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