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Saudi women's driving kicks off without arrests

Saturday, 26 October 2013, 17:48 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have answered their call on Saturday to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving in the ultraconservative...

Pope says 2016 is earliest he'll go to Argentina

Saturday, 26 October 2013, 15:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis says he doesn't know when he will visit Argentina, but a trip to his homeland won't come off before 2016 at the earliest.   The pontiff, chatting on Saturday with former...

Germany, France want US to agree to curb spying

Saturday, 26 October 2013, 07:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Indignant at reports of U.S. electronic espionage overseas, the leaders of Germany and France said Friday they will insist the Obama administration agree by year's end to limits that could put an...

Tests prove Roma couple are mystery girl's parents

Friday, 25 October 2013, 15:57 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple are the parents of a mysterious girl in Greece known as Maria, authorities said Friday.   Genetic profiles of Sasha Ruseva and her...

Greek police arrest 2 suspected of buying baby

Friday, 25 October 2013, 12:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Greek police said Friday they have arrested a childless couple in Athens on suspicion of buying an 8-month-old Roma girl and trying to register her as their own, amid international uproar over another...

China court upholds Bo Xilai conviction, life term

Friday, 25 October 2013, 07:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A court on Friday upheld ousted politician Bo Xilai's conviction and life sentence for corruption and abuse of power in the final decision of one of China's most politically charged trials in...

Merkel: restore trust after US surveillance flap

Thursday, 24 October 2013, 18:42 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that trust between the U.S. and its partners has to be restored following allegations that American intelligence targeted her cellphone, and...

Woman in Bulgaria questioned in 'Maria' case

Thursday, 24 October 2013, 17:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A Roma woman in Bulgaria said Thursday that police have questioned her about whether she is the mother of a girl found living with an unrelated couple in Greece, and that she is willing to do a DNA...

Report: Portugal reopens Madeleine McCann case

Thursday, 24 October 2013, 15:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Portuguese prosecutors have ordered police to reopen their investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann after a review of the evidence found new leads in the case,...

Survey points to faltering eurozone recovery

Thursday, 24 October 2013, 11:24 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The economic recovery in the eurozone showed few signs of accelerating in October, a closely-watched survey of business managers indicated Thursday.   The monthly composite purchasing...

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