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Filipino devotees re-enact crucifixion of Christ

Friday, 18 April 2014, 12:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Devotees in northern Philippine villages had themselves nailed to wooded crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as thousands of local and foreign spectators watched the bloody annual...

Ukrainian militia deny calls to free buildings

Friday, 18 April 2014, 12:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine's east who have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said Friday they will only leave them if the interim government in Kiev...

Sub scours ocean for missing Malaysian jet

Friday, 18 April 2014, 06:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A robotic submarine headed back down into the depths of the Indian Ocean on Friday to scour the seafloor for any trace of the missing Malaysian jet one month after the search began off Australia's...

3 protesters killed in attack on Ukrainian base

Thursday, 17 April 2014, 15:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The turmoil in Ukraine dominated the European landscape Thursday, as three protesters were killed in a clash in southern Ukraine, high-level talks were held in Geneva and Vladimir Putin weighed in on...

Ukraine, US to alternately cajole, threaten Russia

Thursday, 17 April 2014, 11:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest.   The...

Firetruck rams California eatery; 15 injured

Thursday, 17 April 2014, 06:31 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Fifteen people were injured, including at least five firefighters, when two firetrucks collided in a Los Angeles suburb Wednesday, sending one careening across a sidewalk and into a...

North Korea complains over barber's Kim Jong Un poster

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 18:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

North Korean diplomats have asked the British government to take action against a London hair salon's poster poking fun at distinctively coiffured leader Kim Jong Un.   The Foreign...

NATO ups military presence amid Russian threat

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 14:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

NATO is strengthening its military footprint along its eastern border immediately in response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine, the alliance's chief said Wednesday.   Secretary...

4 dead, 280 still missing after ferry sinks off South Korea

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 13:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A ferry carrying 462 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving more than 280 people...

Police say 5 dead in Calgary stabbings

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 05:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A University of Calgary student was charged in the fatal stabbing of five people at a house party Tuesday that the police chief called the worst mass slaying in the western Canadian city's...

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