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Paris suburb building blast death toll reaches 7

Monday, 1 September 2014, 11:08 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The death toll in the partial collapse of a four-story apartment building has risen to seven in a northeastern Paris suburb after emergency crews pulled the body of an elderly woman from the...

Ukraine: rebels fire on border guard vessel

Monday, 1 September 2014, 06:22 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called on Ukraine to immediately start talks on a political solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine.   Hours later, Ukraine said a border guard...

Partial building collapse in Paris suburb kills 2

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 18:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A four-story apartment building in a northeastern Paris suburb partially collapsed after an explosion Sunday, killing a child and an elderly person, authorities said. Six more people were thought to...

Putin to Ukraine: begin immediate talks on east

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 15:21 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called on Ukraine to immediately start talks on a political solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine.   Putin's comment, made to national TV...

EU threatens Russia with more sanctions

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 07:17 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia's increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right...

Rebuilding Gaza will take 20 years, group says

Saturday, 30 August 2014, 22:13 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

An international organization involved in assessing post-conflict reconstruction says it will take 20 years under current levels of restrictions to rebuild the Gaza Strip's battered and neglected...

EU leaders meet on top jobs, Ukraine

Saturday, 30 August 2014, 13:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

European Union leaders will pick the 28-nation bloc's foreign policy chief for the next five years at a summit Saturday, with Italy's top diplomat Federica Mogherini widely seen as...

Ministers 'come out'

Saturday, 30 August 2014, 13:29 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Minister for Commerrce, Industry and Tourism in Colombia, Cecilia Alvares Correa, has admitted that she and the Minister for Education, Gina Parody, are lovers and live together.   They...

Russian-backed rebels aim to push west along coast

Saturday, 30 August 2014, 06:58 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Their tanks bearing the flag of their would-be state, Russian-backed separatists held control Friday over this coastal town on the new front in the Ukraine conflict and announced their intention to...

Palestinian leader says Hamas caused prolonged war

Friday, 29 August 2014, 20:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Hamas on Friday for extending fighting with Israel in the Gaza Strip, casting doubt on the future of the Palestinian unity government that the Islamic...

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