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Thriller writer Tom Clancy dies

Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 16:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, Cold War thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his...

UK's Cameron: Conservatives party of opportunity

Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 15:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that Britain is on the road to financial recovery, and his Conservative Party will unleash economic energy to make it "a land of opportunity for...

Weapons experts begin Syria mission amid clashes

Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 13:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Malta Independent

International inspectors in charge of overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons left their hotel in Damascus on Wednesday to begin their work as deadly clashes raged on the edge of...

Netanyahu: Israel won't let Iran get nuclear arms

Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 06:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to Iran's attempts to ease relations with the West, calling the Iranian leader "a wolf in sheep's clothing" and...

Pope urges reform, wants Church with modern spirit

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 16:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis opened a landmark meeting Tuesday on reforming the Catholic Church, saying he wants a missionary church with a modern spirit that gives hope to the poor, the young and the elderly like...

Congress plunges US government into shutdown

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 14:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Congress plunged the U.S. government into a partial shutdown Tuesday for the first time in nearly two decades, as a conservative attempt to derail President Barack Obama's health care overhaul...

Labour leader defends late father in newspaper

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A war of words between Britain's Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and the conservative Daily Mail newspaper has moved beyond politics into more personal territory with a blistering attack on...

Global study: World not ready for aging population

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 11:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study being issued Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder...

Pope convenes cardinals for church reform talks

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 09:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis convenes his parallel cabinet on Tuesday for a first round of talks on reforming the Catholic Church, bringing eight cardinals from around the globe together in a novel initiative to get...

Housing versus habitat

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 07:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Peter Drucker, the influential management guru, famously said, “What does not get measured, does not get done.” He might have added that what gets measured poorly gets done...

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