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Australian gaffe: No one's 'suppository of wisdom'

Monday, 12 August 2013, 16:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

In a gaffe that has attracted plenty of media attention in the heat of Australia's election campaign, opposition leader Tony Abbott told a gathering of conservative party faithful on Monday that...

Sinkhole causes resort villa to partially collapse

Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A sinkhole caused a section of a central Florida resort villa to partially collapse early Monday, while another section of the villa was sinking, authorities said.   About 30 percent of the...

Watch: Norwegian PM goes undercover as taxi driver

Monday, 12 August 2013, 08:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg dressed up as a taxi driver and took passengers around Oslo in an unusual election campaign stunt.   A video that his Labor Party posted on social...

Typhoon batters Philippines; 23 fishermen missing

Monday, 12 August 2013, 06:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A powerful typhoon struck the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rains across mountains, cities and food-growing plains and leaving at least 23 fishermen...

Israel approves nearly 1,200 more settlement homes

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 19:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Israel approved building nearly 1,200 more settlement homes Sunday and prepared the release of more than two dozen long-held Palestinian prisoners — highlighting an apparent...

No KO punch in first Australian election debate

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 14:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott held their first televised debate of the week-old election campaign Sunday night without either candidate emerging a clear...

Search continues after Indonesia volcano erupts

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 09:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Officials were searching Sunday for the bodies of two children as small explosions could be heard from a volcano that erupted a day earlier, killing six people on a small island in eastern...

Hope amid the Middle East’s turmoil

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 07:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Syria is a living nightmare. Egypt hovers on the brink. But, as the opening of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority shows, there are signs of hope. And, though it may seem...

The responsibility to protect migrants

Sunday, 11 August 2013, 07:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Migrants face countless perils. Vicious mafias smuggle them across borders with reckless disregard for their lives. Rapacious recruiters fleece them of their earnings. Abusive employers exploit their...

Marina Berlusconi touted as father's heir apparent

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 17:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Italy may get its own political dynasty out of the ashes of Silvio Berlusconi's political career.   The nation has been buzzing with speculation that Marina Berlusconi will step in as...

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