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Turkey's leader remains defiant

Sunday, 9 June 2013, 15:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Turkey's prime minister remained defiant on Sunday after 10 days of anti-government protests, traveling to two cities where unrest has occurred and condemning the demonstrators as "a handful...

Swedish Princess Madeleine weds New York banker

Sunday, 9 June 2013, 08:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Swedish Princess Madeleine fell in love in the Big Apple. Now she has said "yes" to New York banker Christopher O'Neill in a lavish and emotional wedding ceremony in...

Floods in central Europe continue to create havoc

Saturday, 8 June 2013, 15:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

More than 80,000 emergency personnel including firefighters and soldiers were on duty Saturday, working aggressively to contain the most dramatic floods in Germany in a decade. Thousands of residents...

Globally, people resigned to little privacy online

Saturday, 8 June 2013, 15:09 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

US government snooping does not surprise global Internet users, who say they already have few expectations of online privacy as governments increasingly monitor people's digital lives and Internet...

South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital

Saturday, 8 June 2013, 08:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The office of South Africa's president says former leader Nelson Mandela has been taken to a hospital because of a lung infection.   A statement from President Jacob Zuma's office...

Budapest prepares for floods as Danube waters rise

Friday, 7 June 2013, 17:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    The crest of the flood-swollen Danube River surged toward the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Friday, while communities along the Elbe in Germany braced for high water as the river...

Woman in "bunga bunga" scandal loved Berlusconi

Friday, 7 June 2013, 12:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The former Italian dental hygienist charged with recruiting prostitutes to attend Silvio Berlusconi's infamous "bunga bunga" parties says she loved the then-premier and never invited...

Prince Philip enters hospital for operation

Friday, 7 June 2013, 08:19 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.   The palace said the operation on 91-year-old Prince...

Bible outpaces ‘Fifty shades of grey’ in secular Norway

Thursday, 6 June 2013, 14:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It may sound like an unlikely No. 1 best-seller for any country, but in Norway — one of the most secular nations in an increasingly godless Europe — the runaway popularity of the Bible has...

Paris Jackson now in all-too-familiar spotlight

Thursday, 6 June 2013, 11:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Michael Jackson's family is saying little about the hospitalization of his 15-year-old daughter while pleading for privacy and saying nothing about the cause of her ailment.   Paris...

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