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Joan Fontaine, Oscar-winner for 'Suspicion,' dies

Monday, 16 December 2013, 08:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who found stardom playing naive wives in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Rebecca" and also was featured in films by Billy...

'Lawrence of Arabia' star Peter O'Toole dead at 81

Monday, 16 December 2013, 06:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Known on the one hand for his starring role in "Lawrence of Arabia," leading tribesmen in daring attacks across the desert wastes, and on the other for his headlong charges into drunken...

Ukrainian opposition presses with massive rally

Sunday, 15 December 2013, 12:33 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

About 200,000 anti-government demonstrators converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital Sunday, a dramatic demonstration that the opposition's morale remains strong after nearly four...

China's moon rover leaves traces on lunar soil

Sunday, 15 December 2013, 07:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

China's first moon rover has touched the lunar surface and left deep traces on its loose soil, state media reported Sunday, several hours after the country successfully carried out the world's...

German party clears way for Merkel's 3rd term

Saturday, 14 December 2013, 15:30 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Members of Germany's main center-left party have voted to go into government with Chancellor Angela Merkel, clearing the way for Merkel to start her third term at the head of a new...

Fake interpreter reportedly faced murder charge

Saturday, 14 December 2013, 06:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

South Africa's government was confronted Friday with a new and chilling allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial: He was reportedly accused of murder...

Hundreds storm police barrier to see Mandela body

Friday, 13 December 2013, 18:42 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Several hundred mourners eager to pay their last respects to Nelson Mandela broke through police barriers and stormed up toward the Union Buildings shortly before the former South African...

North Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor

Friday, 13 December 2013, 07:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

North Korea said Friday that it executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's...

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating

Thursday, 12 December 2013, 14:08 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he hallucinated that angels...

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