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Carmakers seek new markets at China auto show
Major carmakers have gathered in Beijing for China's leading auto show, seeking an edge in the world's largest automobile market after a sharp slowdown in growth. Once associated with rural life in...
View ArticleTwo cars damaged in fire
Two cars were damaged in a fire at Triq il-Bahhara in St Paul's Bay at around 1.45 a.m. The police said they were informed that a parked car, an Audi was on fire. This car was considerably damaged and...
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Herrera calls for action to deter increasingly frequent bomb hoaxes
Opposition justice spokesman Jose' Herrera has called for legislation to deter bomb hoaxes in court. He spoke in parliament this morning as army bomb disposal experts searched the law courts building...
View ArticleSex Appals
The other day, Welsh international footballer Ched Evans raped a teenager. His friend, Port Vale defender Clayton McDonald had sex with her. Is there any difference between the terms, seeing that both...
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CABS remote controlled aircraft shot at as it detects illegal trapping sites
Updated 1.50 p.m. CABS, the Munich-based birdwatchers' group, confirmed today that it is using a remote controlled aircraft to seek out illegal trapping sites. Spokesman Axel Hirschfeld also confirmed...
View ArticleGreece cuts benefits to 200,000 after fraud found
Greece has stopped various benefits, including pensions, to 200,000 people who lied to get their monthly cheques or were in fact dead, a Greek labour ministry official said. The number is roughly 2...
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Nou Camp heroics write new page in Chelsea's Roman era
Whatever happens in the Champions League final in Munich next month, Chelsea's astonishing 3-2 aggregate win over Barcelona's artisans at the Nou Camp in Tuesday's semi-final will go down as one of...
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Farsons announces improved turnover and profits
The Farsons Group said today that its turnover increased by 5% to exceed €70 million last year while, profit before tax exceeded €5 million compared to €4 million in the previous financial year, an...
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Birkirkara's Pereira gets two-match ban
Birkirkara defender Rodrigo Pereira has received a two-match ban following his dismissal in the second half of his side's 2-0 defeat to Valletta on Sunday. Pereira was given a straight red card by...
View ArticleBeautiful more than controversial
Church schools have covered a lot of ground since the hard days of the 1980s. During that particularly tense period between the Church and the Labour government the very existence of Church schools...
View ArticleIndian child marriage annulled in landmark case
An Indian couple who "married" when aged just one and three have had their wedding annulled in a ground-breaking case that activists hope will challenge the culture of child marriages. Laxmi Sargara,...
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Spain bemoans Barca loss, Messi miss
Spain's press bemoaned Barcelona's defeat to Chelsea, blaming superstar Lionel Messi's crucial penalty miss for shattering their dreams of another Champions League trophy. But the Madrid-based...
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PM tours Birkirkara bakery
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning visited St Anthony's Bakery in Birkirkara, as part of the PNXoghol ghalik u ghal uliedek events leading up to Workers' Day. The PN said that during the visit...
View ArticleBOV, HSBC move in opposite direction
The share price of Bank of Valletta plc initially traded up to €2.14 where a total of 100,000 shares changed hands. However, lack of support for the equity at this level forced the price to drop to...
View ArticleFranco Debono's Wild West
I could have sworn that slick diplomacy is one of the very few essential ingredients required to make the grade as politician. However, renegade MP Franco Debono (I'm wary of actually using the prefix...
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Arriva fined €284,250 since November - IT system remains problematic
Arriva has been fined €284,250 since November over shortcomings in its service, Transport Minister Austin Gatt said in Parliament. Speaking in reply to a parliamentary question, Dr Gatt said the bus...
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Mali migrant accused of the attempted murder of three policemen
A migrant from Mali who was shot and injured by the police near Ghar Hasan at the end of last month, was accused in court today of the attempted murder of three police constables. Souleymane Samake,...
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Bishop meeting workers to mark May 1
Archbishop Paul Cremona had an informal meeting with the workers of the Church's homes for the elderly in an activity to mark Workers' Day, the Curia, said. The meeting was held at Casa Leone. He will...
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Muscat visits MUMN
The challenges facing the health sector were discussed today between Opposition leader Joseph Muscat and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses at the union’s headquarters. Dr Muscat was visiting the...
View ArticleAppeal to Mepa to refuse Portomaso development application
Nature Trust has appealed to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority to refuse the new Portomaso development application, which the board is due to discuss tomorrow. Executive president Vince...
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