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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...

Despite volume, no plan to limit Sistine tourists

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 14:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Five centuries after Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes were inaugurated at the Sistine Chapel, at least 10,000 people visit the site each day, raising concerns about temperature, dust and humidity...

Changes in Asia set to shape US policy

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 09:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Changes could be in store for US-Asian relations, but that has little to do with the presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney over China is...

Chinese think tank urges end to one-child policy

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A Chinese government think tank is urging the country's leaders to start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away...

Protesters delay vote on new Libyan Cabinet

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 07:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Libya's new prime minister on Tuesday put forward a Cabinet for parliamentary approval, but protesters stormed the building during the session, forcing a postponement of the vote on the new...

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