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US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 13:38 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

    The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John...

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held...

Managing Syria’s meltdown

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As Russian and American diplomats prepare for a Syrian peace conference, the Middle East is experiencing convulsions not seen since the Arab Spring two years ago. Syria, which at first seemed to be...

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 07:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an...

Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 07:40 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing with...

Cameron: 'Indications' London attack linked to terror group

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 21:25 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A brutal attack in broad daylight near a military barracks in Londonleft one man dead and two suspects hospitalized Wednesday after a shootout with police. British Prime Minister David Cameron...

Monroe's photos for Prague exhibition stolen

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 18:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen.   Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media says the...

Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 15:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32...

Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 12:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt...

North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 08:44 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.   Choe Ryong Hae,...

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