Fibbers vie for World's Biggest Liar crown
Friday, 16 November 2012, 08:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Fantastic fibbers vied at a remote pub in northwestern England on Thursday for the title of world's biggest liar. Judges were deliberating into the night after two hours of competition...
Signs mount of possible Israeli invasion of Gaza
Friday, 16 November 2012, 08:36
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Israeli aircraft pummeled rocket launching operations of Gaza militants on Friday, and as troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers massed near the Palestinian territory, signaling a ground...
Renminbi rising
Friday, 16 November 2012, 08:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On October 26, the renminbi’s spot exchange rate against the US dollar reached the upper limit of its floating range for the second consecutive trading day. The rise began when the trading band...
Xi takes China's helm with many tough challenges
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 17:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Long-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumed the leadership of China on Thursday as the ruling Communist Party confronts slower economic growth, a public clamor to end corruption and demands for change...
Gaza militants kill 3 Israelis with rocket fire
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 15:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Militants in the Gaza Strip pounded southern Israel with rocket fire on Thursday, killing three people as the Israeli military pressed forward with a second day of intense air raids and naval attacks...
FBI agent in Petraeus scandal helped foil LA plot
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 08:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
FBI Special Agent Frederick Humphries II played a key role in stopping a terrorist attack aimed at blowing up Los Angeles International Airport just as the year 2000 dawned. He fatally shot a man who...
Hamas chief killed in Israeli airstrike
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 19:35
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
An Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza Wednesday and Israel pounded dozens of targets in Gaza in the most intense attack since an Israeli offensive four years...
China's new leadership faces obstacles to rule
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 19:17
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Months of sharp behind-the-scenes jostling reach a climax Thursday with the announcement of a new Chinese leadership that almost regardless of its makeup is likely to be much like...
EU unveils plans to get more women in boardrooms
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 16:32
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Europe's companies should be required to have more women in the boardrooms — not just because it is fair but as it also makes good business sense, the European Union's executive branch...
S. Africa police: Smuggler swallowed 220 diamonds
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 14:58
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Police in South Africa say they've arrested a 25-year-old man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country. Capt. Paul Ramaloko of the South...