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Transport Malta notes Arriva progress on some routes, complains about others
Transport Malta said today that Arriva had improved services on a number of bus routes, but monitoring would continue. It has also complained about services on a number other routes. In a statement,...
View ArticleHPV vaccination to continue
Girls born in 2000 are to be called to take the HPV vaccine as a form of protection against cervical cancer, the Health Department said. In a statement, the government noted that cervical cancer...
View ArticlePresident commissions painting on Malta's winning entry in EU contest
The President’s office has commissioned artist John Martin Borg to create a work of art illustrating the meaning of Peace in Europe in the eyes of Larkin Zahra, a 23-year-old Maltese. The painting...
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Parliament approves Budget debate schedule
Parliament this evening approved the schedule it will follow for the Budget debate - if it gets past the first hurdle in the vote on Monday. The Leader of the Opposition is due to reply to the Budget...
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Two die in Black Sea storm
At least two people were killed when a rescue boat crashed into rocks off Turkey's Black Sea Coast during a storm. The crew was dispatched for a search and rescue mission after a cargo vessel with 11...
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Egyptian police battle protesters outside presidential palace
Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo today, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said. Officers fired...
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Readers report unusual object in the sky
Several readers contacted timesofmalta.com this evening to report an unusual object, possibly a fireball, crossing low in the night sky. Edward Zammit, who lives in Mellieha, said that at about 8.45...
View ArticleBeyond the confines of Church structures
Last weekend a pastoral letter written by both our bishops was read in all churches in Malta and Gozo. The subject treated, as well as the manner of its treatment were by no means easy. But the...
View ArticlePSG and Schalke take Champions League group spoils, Milan lose
Big-spending Paris St Germain gave manager Carlo Ancelotti a boost by easing into the Champions League last 16 as Group A winners after a 2-1 home victory over Porto and Schalke 04 topped Group B....
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Austrian farmers dip into Internet "milking" craze
Dumping a bottle of milk over your head and filming it for a video post on the Internet has become a popular youth craze, but Austrian farmers say the spillage is a crying shame. "Milking", as the...
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Soft opening for new open theatre next week
The new open theatre on the site of the old opera house in Valletta will have a soft opening on December 15 when it hosts a programme of Christmas entertainment which will continue till December 24....
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Retrial for man sentenced to 18 years imprisonment
A Panamanian man who had been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment and fined €20,000 on conviction for conspiracy to import cocaine had his trial quashed by the Criminal Appeals Court today. Jose Edgar...
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World's oldest person dies at 116
The woman recorded as the world's oldest person by the Guinness World Records has died in the Unites States at age 116. Besse Cooper died peacefully in a nursing home in the U.S. state of Georgia....
View ArticleNetanyahu says Israel still committed to Palestinians peace deal
Israel remains committed to a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today, despite worries among the Jewish state's European allies over its plans to...
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Pond turns into a huge sinkhole
A massive sinkhole in the U.S. state of Ohio has demolished part of a state highway and is dangerously close to nearby houses. The sinkhole appeared suddenly. It happened so fast witnesses had to...
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45 glasses in one hand
Beijing-based sommelier Philip Osenton has broken the world record for the number of wine glasses held in one hand. The previous world record was 39, set in Spain, five years ago by Reymond Adina from...
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Lay Lay ordered to demolish houses on land which does not belong to it
Lay Lay Construction was today ordered by a court to remove buildings erected on land which does not belong to it in Attard. Mr Justice Silvio Meli delivered this judgment in an action filed by...
View ArticleFather killed with bow and arrow
Police released more details of a grisly murder-suicide at a Wyoming community college, saying a man shot his father in the head with a bow and arrow in front of a computer science class not long...
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Dog adopts tiger cubs
It's an unusual image. Three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother after their birth in a zoo in Sochi, southern Russia, have found a new Mum: Talli, a Swiss shepherd white, who takes care of the small...
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Israel moves ahead with E1 settlement plans
Israel moved forward today with plans to build some 3,000 settler homes in one of the most sensitive areas of the occupied West Bank, in defiance of international protests. A Defence Ministry official...
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