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Malaysia widens search for missing plane

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 18:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malaysian authorities expanded their search for the missing jetliner westward toward India on Thursday, saying it may have flown for several hours after its last contact with the...

Confidence, trepidation ahead of Crimea referendum

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 14:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Men hawk Russian tricolor flags to drivers at traffic lights on the streets of the Crimean capital. Mini-vans emblazoned with election slogans belt out patriotic songs. A World War II bunker has...

Death toll in New York buildings blast goes up to 7

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 10:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Rescuers working amid gusty winds, cold temperatures and billowing smoke pulled four additional bodies Thursday from the rubble of two New York City apartment buildings, raising the death toll to at...

A clear case for golden rice

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 08:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Greenpeace, the global environmental NGO, typically leads protests. Last month, it became the target.   Patrick Moore, a spokesperson for the protesters – and himself an early...

Malaysia: No missing plane debris at spot shown on China images

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 06:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

No signs of the missing Malaysian jetliner have been found at a spot where Chinese satellite images showed what might be plane debris, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said Thursday,...

Welding possible cause of huge San Francisco fire

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 06:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

San Francisco fire investigators on Wednesday were looking into whether welding work was to blame for a huge blaze that tore through an apartment building construction site, threatening nearby...

NATO sends 2 surveillance planes to Ukraine border

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 15:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

NATO deployed two surveillance aircraft Wednesday to monitor Ukraine's air space and Black Sea ship movements as Russia consolidated its military buildup in Crimea.   NATO headquarters...

Malaysia says not sure which way jet was headed

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 06:33 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

More than four days after a Malaysian jetliner went missing on route to Beijing, authorities acknowledged Wednesday they didn't know in which direction the plane and its 239 passengers was heading...

Crimea's parliament pushes for independence

Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 20:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Crimea's Parliament said Tuesday that if the public votes to become part of Russia, the peninsula will declare itself independent and propose becoming a Russian state. That could offer a way of...

Libyan PM loses confidence vote

Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 17:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been ousted this afternoon in a confidence vote in parliament, and will be replaced temporarily by the country’s Defence Minister.   The confidence...

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