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Syria bombs town near Turkish border for 2nd day

Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 14:52 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Syria's air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said.   The aerial...

Obama second term to sustain Asia pivot

Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 10:24 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama's re-election means he can sustain the strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific started during his first term but the attention and resources the region gets may be hostage...

General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend

Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 08:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate...

Israel strikes Syria armour, hiking spillover fears

Monday, 12 November 2012, 18:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

    An Israeli tank struck a Syrian army vehicle Monday after a mortar shell landed on Israeli-held territory, the military said, in the first direct confrontation between the countries...

BBC says its news chief, her deputy stepping aside

Monday, 12 November 2012, 15:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The BBC's news chief and her deputy have been temporarily replaced while the broadcaster deals with the fallout from coverage of a child abuse scandal that forced its director general to resign,...

Condom conundrum: Porn industry ponders latex law

Monday, 12 November 2012, 13:26 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the US Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex...

Underinvesting in resilience

Monday, 12 November 2012, 08:56 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The hurricane on America’s eastern seaboard last week (which I experienced in lower Manhattan) adds to a growing collection of extreme weather events from which lessons should be drawn. Climate...

Israel, Gaza militants trade fire in escalation

Monday, 12 November 2012, 07:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Israeli forces struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing one Palestinian and wounding more than 30 others as militants launched dozens of rockets in some of the heaviest fighting the area...

Wind-whipped rains lift Venice tide to 6th highest

Sunday, 11 November 2012, 17:02 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

    Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150...

Cautious enforcer to be China's next premier

Sunday, 11 November 2012, 10:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

    The man in line to oversee China's massive but rapidly slowing economy for the coming decade speaks English and comes from a generation of politicians schooled during a time of...

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