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Italy names Calabrian port for chemical transfers

Thursday, 16 January 2014, 15:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Italian officials say the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro will be the site for the transfer of a shipment of chemical weapons materials from Syria to a U.S. ship.   Transport Minister...

First lady won't rule out plastic surgery, Botox

Thursday, 16 January 2014, 08:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Michelle Obama, who turns 50 later this week, isn't ruling out using plastic surgery or Botox in the future.   "Women should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel...

Jilted French first lady gets little sympathy

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 21:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

France's president is reported to be sneaking around on a motorcycle to have a secret affair with an actress. Who takes the brunt of the heat? In a very French twist, it's increasingly looking...

Chocolate castle, beetles among gifts to UK queen

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 15:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Crystal vases, brooches, books: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II received dozens of traditional gifts last year, but she also got some unusual items, from a chocolate Windsor Castle to some enameled...

Thieves try to steal Sigmund Freud's ashes

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 12:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Police are hunting burglars who tried to steal the ashes of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud from a London crematorium.   The Metropolitan Police force says a 2,300-year-old Greek urn containing...

Tiger prowling for food kills 7 in northern India

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 10:20 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A tiger prowling for food has killed seven people in northern India in the past two weeks, forcing thousands of terrified villagers to stay inside while hunters try to kill the animal,...

No asylum seekers reach Australian shores in weeks

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 06:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

No asylum seeker has reached Australia by boat in more than three weeks, but the army general charged with ending the sea traffic of would-be refugees from Southeast Asia said Wednesday he...

French president indignant over tabloid report

Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 18:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Under pressure over a magazine report that he is having a secret affair with an actress, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday he is going through "painful moments" but...

AK-47 designer Kalashnikov wrote penitent letter

Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 06:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In a regretful letter penned a few months before his death, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, asked the head of the Russian Orthodox Church if he was to blame for the...

Israel holds memorial ceremony for Ariel Sharon

Monday, 13 January 2014, 09:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Israel says its final farewell to Ariel Sharon   JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press         JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said its last farewell to Ariel Sharon...

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