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Satellite clue ends wild theories, hope for MH370

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 17:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Over an extraordinary 17 days and nights, until the moment Malaysia's prime minister stepped to a lectern to deliver investigators' sobering new findings, the fate of vanished Flight 370 hung...

Chinese relatives of passengers protest at embassy

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 10:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Furious that Malaysia has declared their loved ones lost in a plane crash without physical evidence, Chinese relatives of the missing marched Tuesday to the Malaysian Embassy, where they threw plastic...

Race is on to find Malaysia airliner's black boxes

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 06:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Time is running out to find the crucial keys that could solve the mystery of how and why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down.   After the excruciating 17-day wait for confirmation that...

Cameron: No G-8 summit in Russia

Monday, 24 March 2014, 18:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

British Prime Minister David Cameron says it is "absolutely clear" there will be no G-8 summit in Russia given Moscow's actions toward Ukraine.   Preparations for the...

Obama to try to rally world to isolate Russia

Monday, 24 March 2014, 14:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama delved into a day of delicate diplomacy Monday as he sought to rally the international community around efforts to isolate Russia following its incursion into...

Egypt sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death

Monday, 24 March 2014, 09:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A court in Egypt convicted 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and sentenced them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police in one of the largest mass...

'Homeland' actor James Rebhorn dies at 65

Monday, 24 March 2014, 08:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

James Rebhorn, the prolific character actor whose credits included "Homeland," ''Scent of a Woman" and "My Cousin Vinny," has died. He was...

Spain’s human rights dilemma

Monday, 24 March 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Spanish MPs want to legislate restraints that would prevent a few of the country’s judges from exercising what has seemed like a roving license to prosecute in Spanish courts human-rights...

Chinese plane spots object in Indian Ocean

Monday, 24 March 2014, 06:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A Chinese plane crew spotted a white, square-shaped object in an area identified by satellite imagery as containing possible debris from the missing Malaysian airliner, China's media said Monday,...

German customs seizes cocaine addressed to Vatican

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 18:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The drug haul was unremarkable, but the destination raised eyebrows.   German customs officials intercepted a shipment of cocaine destined for the Vatican in January, weekly Bild am Sonntag...

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