The Malta Independent 22 October 2026, Thursday
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That Burning feeling

Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If you have just finished a long, spicy meal, and feel the clutch and burn behind your breastbone, you are in very good company. It is known that quite a number of the Maltese population suffer from intermittent heartburn....

Immigrant Ordered to be released...again

Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

For the second time in one week, the court declared that an asylum seeker should be released from his detainment as an illegal immigrant. The court gave this same ruling last week, but it was revoked following an application by the Attorney General....

Court Gives man involved in prostitution one last chance

Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

A man from St Paul’s Bay found guilty of trafficking two Russian women to force them into prostitution, organising a brothel and making a living off profits made through the prostitution of these women, yesterday was given a last chance to reform and...

American Man’s Maltese wife jailed for helping him skip trial

Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Maltese wife of an American man facing a possible 40 years in prison for drug and weapon charges was sentenced to 21 months in prison for helping her husband skip his federal trial and escape to Malta. David Van Osten, 44 from Mason City, escaped...

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