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Italy: 5 convicted for Costa Concordia shipwreck

Saturday, 20 July 2013, 19:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Five employees of an Italian cruise company were convicted Saturday of manslaughter in the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people, receiving sentences of less than three years that lawyers...

Kerry wins step to resuming Mideast peace talks

Saturday, 20 July 2013, 07:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

After a rush of last-minute talks with Palestinian officials, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sealed a step toward relaunching the long-halted Mideast peace process, announcing Friday that Israel...

Milan court convicts 3 Berlusconi ex-aides

Friday, 19 July 2013, 18:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A Milan court on Friday convicted three of ex-premier SilvioBerlusconi's former aides of procuring prostitutes for the media mogul's infamous "bunga bunga"...

EU moves closer to action on Hezbollah

Friday, 19 July 2013, 15:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The European Union is moving closer to declaring the military wing of the Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist organization and could make a decision as soon as Monday if the last few countries with...

Merkel in warning over another Greek debt haircut

Friday, 19 July 2013, 11:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that a second debt writedown for Greece could undo much of the recent work done to stabilize the euro area.   Merkel's comments Friday came a...

Photos released of Boston bombing suspect capture

Friday, 19 July 2013, 08:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A police photographer, furious with a Rolling Stone magazine cover photo he said glamorizes the surviving Boston Marathon suspect, released gritty images from the night Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured...

Mandela 'steadily improving' on 95th birthday

Thursday, 18 July 2013, 18:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday with acts of charity on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president's health was improving after fears that he was...

Tina Turner marries long-time beau in Switzerland

Thursday, 18 July 2013, 16:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Legendary rock singer Tina Turner has married her longtime German beau, Erwin Bach, in a Swiss civil ceremony.   The mayor of Kuesnacht, the wealthy Zurich-area community where Turner lives,...

Gun salute, London light show to mark royal birth

Thursday, 18 July 2013, 15:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The British capital plans to mark the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child with a 62-gun salute from the Tower of London and a light show along the River...

King Richard III to get $1.5 million burial

Thursday, 18 July 2013, 13:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

He was buried in an unmarked grave, but finally King Richard III is to get a tomb fit for a king.   British officials say they will spend 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) interring...

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