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First 3 gorings Spain's San Fermin bull runs

Friday, 12 July 2013, 13:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An American and two Spaniards were gored Friday during a danger-filled sixth bull run of Spain's San Fermin festival, with one loose bull causing panic in the packed streets of the city of...

Vatican freezes assets of arrested monsignor

Friday, 12 July 2013, 13:35 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Vatican has frozen the assets of a monsignor who was arrested in a €20 million money smuggling plot and warned that other people may be caught up in the investigation.   The...

Portuguese leaders seeking economic consensus

Friday, 12 July 2013, 12:50 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Portugal's main political parties say they are ready to negotiate a joint economic strategy that aims to spare the country a second international bailout.   But the obstacles to an...

World's largest building opens in west China

Friday, 12 July 2013, 11:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Move aside Dubai. China now has what is billed as the world's largest building — a vast, wavy rectangular box of glass and steel that will house shops, offices and a faux ocean beach with a...

Slain UK soldier to be buried

Friday, 12 July 2013, 11:12 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Relatives of a British soldier killed in broad daylight by alleged Islamic extremists say they are deeply grateful for the support they have received from the public ahead of his funeral on...

Pope lets Catholics join Anglican converts

Thursday, 11 July 2013, 22:58 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Pope Francis is letting baptized Catholics join the new church structure created to receive Anglican converts.   The "ordinariate," which functions like a diocese, was initially...

'Dead' candidate elected in south Mexico village

Thursday, 11 July 2013, 22:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It's been said that to get elected to public office all you need is a pulse, but prosecutors Mexico are investigating how a man certified as dead got elected mayor of a village in southern...

Guantanamo genital searches halted

Thursday, 11 July 2013, 21:59 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A U.S. judge Thursday ordered the government to stop genital searches of Guantanamo Bay detainees who want to meet with their lawyers, concluding that the motivation for the searches is not to enhance...

Justin Bieber apologizes for cursing Bill Clinton

Thursday, 11 July 2013, 21:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Justin Bieber has apologized to Bill Clinton for cursing the former U.S. president and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen earlier this...

EU raids telecoms firms in internet probe

Thursday, 11 July 2013, 14:12 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The European Union has announced its inspectors raided several telecommunications companies this week to see if the Internet providers have abused a dominant market position.   The European...

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