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Libya: Libyan Aftershocks threaten stability

Thursday, 26 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Last year’s Libyan conflict that ended in the gruesome death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi has all but vanished from news headlines...

Hamrun Incident: Not just homophobic

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The weekend papers have told the story of a 16-year-old girl described as lesbian who was with her friends in a Ħamrun square when they were first insulted by two brothers from a nearby balcony then attacked and injured....

EU Expansion: Croatia says ‘yes’ to membership

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Croatians voted on Sunday in favour of joining the European Union despite a poor turnout for the referendum – a sign of how much the debt-stricken 27-nation bloc has lost its appeal within countries aspiring to join....

Political Crisis: True colours

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past few days the Nationalist Party, tongue-in-cheek, has criticised the change in the Labour Party’s colour schemes...

State Of the Union speech: Jobs, re-election time for Obama

Monday, 23 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Vilified by the Republicans who want his job, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation tomorrow determined to frame the election-year debate on his terms...

Vote Of no-confidence: Time to decide and move on

Monday, 23 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The debate on the no-confidence motion presented by the Opposition will start tonight, and will be concluded on Thursday when the vote is taken...

Soul Searching

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Love him or hate him, reviled or revered, one thing is certain: MP Franco Debono and the stances he has so staunchly taken have led the general public to ask a lot of questions about the way in which the country is bei...

US Elections: Presidential races flummox conservatives

Saturday, 21 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Republican Party’s steadily rightward drift, exemplified by the tea party movement’s muscle, keeps hitting a paradox every four years that frustrates social conservatives: Presidential primaries....

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