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Kerry: US won't recognize Crimea vote

Friday, 14 March 2014, 19:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Washington and the international community won't recognize the outcome of Sunday's referendum in Crimea on seceding from Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday after six hours...

Search for lost jet expands amid signs it flew on

Friday, 14 March 2014, 13:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The international search for the missing Malaysian jetliner expanded further into the Indian Ocean on Friday amid signs the aircraft may have flown on for hours after its last contact with air-traffic...

West readying sanctions after Crimea vote

Friday, 14 March 2014, 10:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

With little hope of halting a vote to separate a strategic Ukraine peninsula from the rest of the country, the West is readying to impose harsh sanctions on Russia for what U.S. officials described as...

On 1st anniversary, pope defends 'slum priests'

Friday, 14 March 2014, 06:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On his first anniversary as pontiff Thursday, Pope Francis defended "slum priests" from the accusation their advocacy for the downtrodden reflects a different, leftist church that is remote...

Malaysia widens search for missing plane

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 18:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malaysian authorities expanded their search for the missing jetliner westward toward India on Thursday, saying it may have flown for several hours after its last contact with the...

Confidence, trepidation ahead of Crimea referendum

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 14:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Men hawk Russian tricolor flags to drivers at traffic lights on the streets of the Crimean capital. Mini-vans emblazoned with election slogans belt out patriotic songs. A World War II bunker has...

Death toll in New York buildings blast goes up to 7

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 10:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Rescuers working amid gusty winds, cold temperatures and billowing smoke pulled four additional bodies Thursday from the rubble of two New York City apartment buildings, raising the death toll to at...

A clear case for golden rice

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 08:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Greenpeace, the global environmental NGO, typically leads protests. Last month, it became the target.   Patrick Moore, a spokesperson for the protesters – and himself an early...

Malaysia: No missing plane debris at spot shown on China images

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 06:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

No signs of the missing Malaysian jetliner have been found at a spot where Chinese satellite images showed what might be plane debris, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said Thursday,...

Welding possible cause of huge San Francisco fire

Thursday, 13 March 2014, 06:29 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

San Francisco fire investigators on Wednesday were looking into whether welding work was to blame for a huge blaze that tore through an apartment building construction site, threatening nearby...

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