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Israeli warplanes strike Syria in escalation

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 14:22 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be...

To join EU, Croatia may give up its wine

Sunday, 5 May 2013, 10:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco?   Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated...

Italy's PM yanks portfolio from deputy minister

Saturday, 4 May 2013, 18:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    Italy's premier has removed the equal opportunities brief from a deputy minister after she criticized gay rights groups.   Enrico Letta said in a statement Saturday...

Israeli strike on Syria targeted weapons shipment

Saturday, 4 May 2013, 14:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

An Israeli airstrike against Syria was targeting a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday.   It...

Northeast Asia on the Brink

Saturday, 4 May 2013, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

China’s refusal to attend this year’s summit with Japan and South Korea as scheduled comes at a trying moment for all three countries. Although Asia is the world’s most dynamic...

Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

Saturday, 4 May 2013, 07:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday.   Worcester funeral...

First black Italian minister seeks cultural change

Friday, 3 May 2013, 19:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    Italy's first black Cabinet minister, targeted by racist slurs following her appointment last week, said Friday that Italians aren't racist but that some are merely ignorant...

Cameron's Conservatives suffer in UK local votes

Friday, 3 May 2013, 13:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    David Cameron's Conservative Party has taken a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party, heaping pressure on the...

Vaccination’s lifetime of blessings

Friday, 3 May 2013, 08:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A world in which our children and their children grow up free from the threat of polio and other preventable diseases is a dream that everyone shares. But, unlike most dreams, this one is achievable....

A Fateful Mistake

Friday, 3 May 2013, 08:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Controversy is essential to the advancement of science. So the debunking of methodological flaws and a coding error in a paper by the economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff is just part of...

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