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Unrest In Syria : Possible sign of cracks

Monday, 25 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Syrian security forces last Saturday fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad...

Financial Services: Malta’s growing role

Monday, 25 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Malta’s role as a financial services centre has often been touted as a pillar of the local economy and this sector has been supported with particular attention to ensure that it flourishes exponentially...

University Takes a quantum leap forward

Sunday, 24 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

With this week’s establishment of the university trust fund, the University of Malta has taken a quantum leap forward. True, it has by no means reinvented the wheel and it has rather...

Nice Gesture from Balotelli

Saturday, 23 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has nothing to be ashamed of this time.On many occasions in his short career, Balotelli has been the t...

Two Weights, two measures

Saturday, 23 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The crux of the decision by the United Nations to adopt Resolution 1973 against Libya was the fact that Colonel Gaddafi was “waging war on his own people”....

Mass Migration: Wolves among the sheep

Thursday, 21 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As southern Europe continues to plea for assistance in the face of a threat of mass migration from North African shores...

Libya: Where Is our sense of charity now?

Thursday, 21 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When the massive tsunami struck South East Asia, Malta, like the rest of the world, embarked on a massive aid collection programme for the victims who had lost family, homes, parents, siblings, spouses and more....

Data Access: Big Brother is watching

Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A report issued by the European Union has revealed that Maltese security forces’ requests to access private telecommunications data have spiked drastically in the last two years....

Libya: Have We missed the bus, again?

Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Swept up in a completely futile controversy whether Malta should, or should not, imitate the Italians and push would-be asylum seekers back into the sea (not that Italy is doing so, anyway)...

Slayings: The Biggest problem of Free Libya

Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

As the conflict in Libya continues and forces loyal to Gaddafi continue to pound the Western bastion of Misurata and the Eastern crossroads city of Ajdabiya, it would seem that the rebels have their hands full....

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