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Los Angeles serial killer convicted in more deaths

Friday, 20 June 2014, 06:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A man who is on death row for killing 10 women in the Los Angeles area was convicted Thursday of four more murders.   Chester Turner, 47, was convicted of strangling the women in South Los...

Ukraine open to Western involvement in pipeline

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 15:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ukraine on Thursday suggested bringing in European and U.S. companies to help operate the pipeline that carries Russian natural gas across the country to Europe.   The move is part of an...

9 missing after second boat sinks off Malaysia

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 13:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Nine people were missing after a boat carrying 27 Indonesian workers overturned Thursday off Malaysia's west coast, the country's maritime agency said, in the second such accident in two...

Spain's new King Felipe VI swears his oath

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 13:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Spain's new King Felipe VI was proclaimed monarch at a formal ceremony in the country's Parliament on Thursday, a deliberately low-key occasion for austere times and tarnished royal...

Iraq crisis stirs fears Afghanistan could be next

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 06:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The deteriorating situation in Iraq is giving Congress pause about President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016, with fears that hard-fought gains...

Snacks, no banquet, for frugal new Spanish king

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 17:45 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Crown Prince Felipe ascends to the Spanish throne at midnight Wednesday, but there won't be any ritzy official celebrations.   The economic crisis that has left a quarter of Spaniards...

32 missing as boat sinks off Malaysia; 60 survive

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 13:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A wooden boat carrying Indonesians home in a storm sank in choppy seas off Malaysia's west coast early Wednesday, leaving 32 people missing and five dead, Malaysian officials said. At least 60...

Gazprom says flow of gas to Europe uninterrupted

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 10:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An explosion at a key pipeline in Ukraine has not disrupted the flow of gas to Europe, Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Wednesday.   The blast, which occurred Tuesday far from where...

US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 06:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

U.S. special forces seized a "key leader" of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three...

Blast hits Ukraine pipeline, terrorism suspected

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 18:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An explosion hit a pipeline carrying Russian natural gas across Ukraine to Europe on Tuesday, and the government said it suspected it may have been a "terrorist act."   The blast,...

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