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No clear result after Turkish PM, protesters meet

Friday, 14 June 2013, 07:51 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A meeting between Turkey's prime minister and representatives of anti-government protesters ended early Friday without a clear resolution on how to end the occupation of a central Istanbul park...

UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian conflict

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 19:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Nearly 93,000 people have been confirmed killed in Syria since an uprising against President Bashar Assad began more than two years ago, the U.N. said Thursday, a sharp rise in the death toll as the...

Queen's portrait in Westminster Abbey defaced

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 15:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly defacing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on display at London's Westminster Abbey, police said.   Fathers 4 Justice, a...

Turkish PM vows to rid 'lawbreakers' from park

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 15:02 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"Lawbreakers" will be removed from Istanbul's Taksim Square, Turkey's prime minister declared Thursday, rejecting the European Parliament's resolution condemning the...

General strike in Greece over state TV closure

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 11:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Unions in Greece are holding a general strike Thursday in protest of the closure of state-run TV and radio which has divided the fragile coalition government.   Several thousand protesters...

A moral theory’s immoral outcome

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 08:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Is it always wrong to take an innocent human life? Many philosophical defenders of the Roman Catholic natural-law tradition argue that there are no exceptions to this prohibition, at least if we are...

Koreas have incentives to talk after failed try

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

South Korea dismantled the meeting table, pulled down the placards and rolled up the red carpet. Its intended guest, North Korea, has stopped answering the phone.   The cancellation of the...

Danish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 19:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets.   Police say employees at the supermarket chain Coop...

South Africa: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 16:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few days," South Africa's president...

UK top court rules against oil tycoon in divorce

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 14:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Britain's top court has handed an oil tycoon a costly setback in a divorce case, ruling he must give his ex-wife assets held by companies he owns.   In a case with significant...

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