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Man charged in Mounties' death obsessed with guns

Saturday, 7 June 2014, 07:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A chilling portrait of a man obsessed with guns and anti-government rhetoric began to emerge as people in this eastern Canadian city struggled to reconcile the knowledge that the person charged with...

Ukraine, US, Russia: 3 men face to face at last

Friday, 6 June 2014, 18:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The American, Russian and incoming Ukrainian presidents spoke face-to-face about ending Ukraine's violence, a diplomatic turning point that played out Friday along the blood-soaked beaches where...

World honours D-Day's fallen, 70 years on

Friday, 6 June 2014, 13:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Men who stormed Normandy's shore 70 years ago joined world leaders Friday in paying tribute to the 150,000 Allied troops who risked and lost their lives in the D-Day landings in Nazi-occupied...

Man suspected of killing Canadian Mounties caught

Friday, 6 June 2014, 13:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early Friday,...

Police: College student disarmed Seattle gunman

Friday, 6 June 2014, 09:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A lone gunman armed with a shotgun and knife opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, fatally wounding one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as...

Vets, visitors flock to Normandy to remember D-Day

Friday, 6 June 2014, 06:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this week, including some of the few...

Hunt on for Canadian suspected in police killings

Friday, 6 June 2014, 06:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Royal Canadian Mounted Police combed the streets and woods of this normally tranquil city Thursday in search of a man suspected of killing three officers in the deadliest attack on their ranks in...

Obama, Cameron lay down new markers for Putin

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 18:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron laid down new markers for Russia Thursday, giving Moscow a month to meet their conditions in Ukraine or face further...

Lockerbie bomber's relatives try to clear his name

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 16:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The family of the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing joined relatives of the attack's victims Thursday in demanding a fresh effort to overturn his murder conviction for the 1988...

Thousands in Nepal hug trees in world record bid

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 11:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

More than 2,000 people, mostly students wearing their school uniforms, gathered in Nepal's capital on Thursday in a bid to set a world record for the largest tree hug.   Parliament...

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