Bloody siege over, de-miners scour plant for traps
Sunday, 20 January 2013, 12:09
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Algerian de-mining teams were scouring a gas refinery on Sunday that was the scene of a bloody four-day standoff, searching for explosive traps left by the Islamist militants who...
Algeria launches 'final assault'; 7 hostages dead
Saturday, 19 January 2013, 16:14
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Algeria's special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" aimed at ending a four-day-old hostage...
Brazil judge orders '50 Shades of Grey' removed
Saturday, 19 January 2013, 08:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A Brazilian judge has ordered the erotic trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" taken off the shelves of bookstores in the city of Macae, or at least wrapped to prevent minors...
Desert standoff - 100 of 132 hostages freed
Friday, 18 January 2013, 19:30
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The bloody three-day hostage standoff at a natural gas plant in the Sahara took a dramatic turn Friday as Algeria's state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132...
Indonesia battles with heavy floods
Friday, 18 January 2013, 09:45
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Authorities were working Friday to repair a dike that collapsed amid torrential rains that have swamped the Indonesian capital, while thousands of police and soldiers worked to help victims of the...
Militants say hostages die in Algerian raid
Friday, 18 January 2013, 06:17
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free hostages from at least 10...
Lawyer: Surgeons left 16 items in German after op
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 17:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A lawyer in Germany claims surgeons left up to 16 objects in her client's body after an operation for prostate cancer. Annette Corinth says doctors removed a needle,...
Judge considers San Francisco's public nudity ban
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 14:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A federal judge is set to consider San Francisco's new law that bans public nudity. Public nudity activists are requesting that U.S. District Judge Edward Chen on Thursday block the...
Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 11:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent...
Shakira hosts shower for underprivileged kids
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
What does the baby of the world's most famous Latin American singer need? Nothing, apparently. Expectant parents Shakira and soccer star Gerard Pique of FC Barcelona are inviting...