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Annual tomato battle leaves Spanish town red

Thursday, 28 August 2014, 09:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist...

Uruguayans can now sign up to grow pot at home

Thursday, 28 August 2014, 06:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

People in Uruguay who want to grow their own marijuana at home were able to register to do so Wednesday as the government launched the latest phase in its first-of-its-kind legalization...

US official warns Ebola outbreak will get worse

Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 21:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get...

Mayor: Rebels enter key southeast Ukrainian town

Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 15:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday after three days of heavy shelling, the town's mayor said, capturing new territory far from most of their battles...

Government-held Ukraine town hit by rebel shells

Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 10:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A town in east Ukraine came under shellfire by pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday, amid fears that they are launching a counter-offensive on government-held parts of the region.   In response...

Ebola has 'upper hand' says US health official

Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 06:36 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Ebola still has the "upper hand" in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, a top American health official said during a...

Hollande names new French Cabinet

Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 20:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

French President Francois Hollande has named a new cabinet under Prime Minister Manual Valls, dropping ministers who rebelled against cuts.   The first government of Mr Valls, who was...

Report finds 1,400 children exploited in UK town

Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 18:52 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A new report concluded Tuesday that some 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one northern England town— a damming account of the collective failure by authorities to prevent children as...

Putin sits down with Ukrainian president for talks

Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 15:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine's separatist...

Israel destroys 2 Gaza high-rises in escalation

Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 11:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Israel bombed two Gaza City high-rises with dozens of homes and shops Tuesday, collapsing one building and severely damaging the other in a further escalation in seven weeks of cross-border fighting...

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