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1937 'Snow White' billboard offered at auction

Thursday, 17 July 2014, 22:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A large, colorful billboard from the 1937 release of the animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is up for auction.   Heritage Auctions said the rare billboard is expected...

European ruling: Russia court cages violate rights

Thursday, 17 July 2014, 16:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A European court on Thursday ordered Russia to pay damages for putting defendants in metal cages in court, a practice it condemned as "degrading treatment." The enclosures have held...

Israel, Hamas begin brief humanitarian cease-fire

Thursday, 17 July 2014, 11:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Israel and Hamas began observing a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire on Thursday, after fighting raged until moments before the start of the pause and Israel vowed it would retaliate if Hamas breaks...

US, Europe escalate economic sanctions on Russia

Thursday, 17 July 2014, 06:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Both the U.S. and European Union imposed new economic sanctions on Russia Wednesday, with President Barack Obama declaring that Russian leaders must see that their actions supporting...

EU leaders plot strategy over Ukraine, Russia

Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 20:04 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

European Union leaders were expected to decide Wednesday whether to toughen sanctions against Russia because of what they consider its destabilization of neighboring Ukraine.   Many of the...

2 Moscow subway workers detained in deadly crash

Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 14:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Investigators detained two Moscow subway workers Wednesday in the wake of a deadly rush-hour derailment that killed 22 people and injured 136 others.   More than 1,100 people were evacuated...

Israel targets homes of senior Hamas leaders

Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 09:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort.   Health...

Mexico southern border control so far just talk

Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 06:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Mexico is promising to stem the flow of Central American migrants to the United States by tightening control at its notoriouslyporous Guatemalan border.   But messages from the...

Israel's Peres defends airstrikes

Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 20:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that the killing of civilians by air raids on Gaza presents a moral dilemma, but argued there is scant alternative as long as the Islamic militants who rule...

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