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Police quiz Adams on IRA murder

Thursday, 1 May 2014, 08:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Northern Ireland republican leader Gerry Adams has spent the night in police custody after being arrested in connection with the 1972 murder of a mother of 10, Jean McConville.   Speaking...

US governor calls for review in botched execution

Thursday, 1 May 2014, 06:34 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The governor of Oklahoma called for an independent review of how the state conducts executions after a botched procedure that was expected to intensify the debate over how the United States handles...

British actor Bob Hoskins dies at 71

Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 15:21 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama "Mona Lisa" to animated fantasy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has died aged 71.   A family...

Berlusconi to work with Alzheimer's patients

Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 14:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Administrators at the center where Silvio Berlusconi will perform community service for a tax fraud conviction say the three-time former Italian premier will be assigned to work with Alzheimer's...

Australia dismisses possible plane wreckage claim

Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 05:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of...

With Mideast talks over, Palestinians seek unity

Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 21:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Tuesday was to have been the day to seal a deal on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Instead, it became another missed deadline in two decades of negotiating failures. The gaps between Israeli and...

Protesters storm, seize new building in Ukraine

Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 16:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Demonstrators seeking more power for Ukraine's regions stormed the government building in Luhansk with baseball bats Tuesday, seizing control of a key site in one of the largest cities in...

Tornadoes kill 11 in US South

Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 11:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles to 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi on Monday, part of a storm...

South Korean president apologises for ferry response

Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 06:51 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

South Korea's president apologized Tuesday for the government's inept initial response to a deadly ferry sinking as divers fought strong currents in their search for more than 100 passengers...

Work begins to prep Italian shipwreck for removal

Monday, 28 April 2014, 19:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The last major stage of work has begun to ready the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner for removal to land for scrapping.   On Monday, a first tank — the biggest and heaviest of...

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