UK service marks 60 years since queen's coronation
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 16:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Britain's royal family gathered at Westminster Abbey Tuesday for a ceremony of pomp and prayer to mark the 60th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth, now 87,...
Turkish government offers apology as protests continue
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 15:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Turkey's deputy prime minister offered an apology for a violent crackdown on an environmental protest, in a bid to appease days of anti-government rallies across Turkey as hundreds of riot police...
Man shot dead during protest in Turkey
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 10:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Officials say a 22-year-old man was shot dead during an anti-government protest in a city near the border with Syria. The Hatay province governor's office says Tuesday the man was shot...
Diet and growth
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 08:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
There is no greater hindrance to a country’s long-term economic development than childhood undernourishment. When a growing body does not get enough essential vitamins and nutrients, the harmful...
Situation in flood-hit German city 'dramatic'
Monday, 3 June 2013, 21:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Situation in flood-hit German city 'dramatic' MATTHIAS SCHRADER,Associated Press PASSAU, Germany (AP) — Swollen rivers gushed into the...
Defence denies erotic dinners at Berlusconi villa
Monday, 3 June 2013, 18:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's defense denied Monday that there were any erotic escapades at dinners at the media mogul's villa near Milan and accused the court of bias against the...
Bradley Manning trial begins 3 years after arrest
Monday, 3 June 2013, 14:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning goes on trial Monday more than three years after he was arrested in Iraq and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Manning...
Violence flares on 4th day of Turkish protests
Monday, 3 June 2013, 10:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Violence has flared in Istanbul between a group of demonstrators and police on the fourth day of protests set off by a brutal police crackdown of a peaceful environmental protest. The...
Fire kills 61 at poultry plant in northeast China
Monday, 3 June 2013, 08:09
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A large fire broke out at a poultry farm and processing plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside large concrete buildings and killing at least 61 people, reports and officials...
Erdogan rejects 'dictator' claims
Sunday, 2 June 2013, 15:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that is an authoritarian leader, dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even as hundreds moved back into the landmark square that was the...