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Man is killed by bolt of lightning
A man died after being struck by lightning in Marsascala yesterday during the third violent thunderstorm in less than 24 hours. The 39-year-old man from Marsascala was out hunting in a field with a...
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‘Art was his main love... his life’
The late artist Aldo Micallef Grimaud had always wanted to hold an exhibition in aid of charity. Now, two years after he passed away, a tribute to him at the Presidential Palace will take the public...
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Gonzi is still eyeing early 2013 election
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi is still eyeing an election early in 2013, according to PN sources, despite the persistent internal strife caused by rebel MP Franco Debono. September marks the beginning...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Times reports how a man was killed by a bolt of lightning. It also reports on the arraignment of the mother of a baby who...
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More storm pictures from our readers
Readers of timesofmalta.com yesterday sent a large number of photos of the flooding caused by the storm in the early morning and the afternoon. Here is another selection.
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Chamber to recommend lawyers’ fees for divorce
The Chamber of Advocates will soon be setting out how much lawyers should charge clients for divorce cases. In the absence of a specific guideline, it is currently recommending that they should charge...
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Valley Road, Msida, closed after storm damage
Valley Road, which leads from Birkirkara to Msida, has been closed to traffic for urgent repairs after yesterday's storm damage. The raging floodwaters ripped up tarmac from various parts of the...
View ArticleObama, Democrats to make their case as convention opens
Democrats launch their case for U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election at his nominating convention today, looking to draw a sharp contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney and convince voters...
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Lufthansa staff staging walkout
A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants has called members at Frankfurt and Berlin's Tegel airport out on strike as it escalates a dispute with Germany's biggest airline over pay and...
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Most see themselves as both Maltese and European
A Eurobarometer survey held in June 2012 and published today shows that two out of every three Maltese citizens see themselves as Maltese and European at the same time. This is in contrast to the...
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PN condemns Gaddafi-likeness picture
The Nationalist Party said today that it was shameful that the facebook page of Labour candidate Rachel Tua showed a likeness of Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi in Muammar Gaddafi's uniform. Ms Tua is...
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Jailed after admitting hold-up
Amadeo Grima, 32 of Kalkara, has been jailed for 37 months after admitting in court to having committed a hold-up on May 30, stealing €900 from nails technician Ritienne Briguglio. The case happened...
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Update 2 - Lotto booths to stay closed as compromise efforts fail
UPDATED 7.30 P.M. Lotto offices across Malta and Gozo will stay closed tomorrow after attempts at breaking a deadlock in a dispute between the GRTU and lotteries operator Maltco failed. Joe Attard,...
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Tribute to singer ‘who helped change the world’
David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit and his hand-written lyrics are set to be the highlights of a Victoria & Albert Museum show dedicated to the singer “who helped change the world”. More than...
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Blaze damages two cars
Two cars were extensively damaged by fire in V Dimech Street, Floriana, last night. The police said the blame started at about 2 a.m. The fire spread from a Seat Ibiza to a Peugeot 306. Both were...
View ArticleMigrant boat sinks off Turkish coast, 58 dead
At least 58 people died and many were missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey's western Aegean coast this morning, Turkish media reported. Speaking live on state television TRT,...
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Disney girls go wild in Venice
Former Disney Channel favourites Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens star alongside James Franco in the bizarre new Spring Breakers which premiered at the Venice film festival. A concoction of...
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PM insists on values before votes
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi insisted that values must always come before votes when he addressed a meeting of the Bureau of The Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) in the...
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Old Medical School to be transferred to St Augustine College
The government has presented a motion in Parliament to transfer the building which used to house the Medical School in Guardamangia to St Augustine College, thus ending a long-running controversy over...
View ArticleDraghi gets ECB backing for unlimited bond-buying
The European Central Bank has agreed to launch a new and potentially unlimited bond-buying programme to lower struggling euro zone countries' borrowing costs and draw a line under the debt crisis, ECB...
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