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Kmiec offers to help US embassy in Libya
Douglas Kmiec , the former US ambassador to Malta, has recalled the brief stays in Malta of the ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and offered to help the US embassy in Libya in the wake of Mr...
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Gonzi: We will continue to govern for as long as we enjoy the confidence of...
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today that the PN will remain in government for as long as it enjoys the confidence of the House. He also told supporters at a Mass Meeting on the granaries that the...
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Dismissal of former policewoman from Home for girls found unjustified
Former policewoman Marisa Bartolo was today awarded compensation of €3,900 by an Industrial Tribunal after it ruled that she was unfairly dismissed from her employment as a home programme co-ordinator...
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Medicine price cuts announced
The government has announced price cuts on 14 medicines following agreement with the importers. The cuts were part of a process which has so far seen price reductions for 253 medicines. Among the...
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Accused of beating up former girlfriend
David Spiteri, 23 of Luqa was accused today of having seriously injured his former girlfriend Frances Agius of Rabat. The incident happened in the evening of September 16, when he allegedly beat up...
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'Box jellyfish' seen in yacht marinas
The Spot the Jellyfish campaign said today that it had received numerous reports over the past few days of sightings of the box jellyfish species – Carybdea marsupialis – in the yacht marinas at Ta'...
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Shot bird being sent to Sicily for rehabilitation
A Pallid Harrier, one of Europe’s rarest birds, is this evening being sent to a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sicily after it was shot in Gozo last Saturday. The Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)...
View ArticleModel ordered to pay €6,000 for breach of contract
Model Diandra Agius has been ordered by a court to pay Modelle International €6,000 for breach of contract after having been excluded from the Miss World Malta contest in 2009 when she did not turn up...
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'Aroma' thief robbed another shop a day later
A Romanian man who was seen on CCTV stealing €2,700 from the Aroma restaurant in Sliema admitted to the crime in court today, and also admitted committing another robbery on the following day. Silvius...
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TM orders investigation after work causes traffic nightmares
Updated 1.12 p.m. Transport Malta said this morning that it had not issued a permit for works near Xemxija Bypass rounadbout which caused delays for motorists in the area this morning. "The nature of...
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Gonzi dismisses reports that he will step down
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this evening sought to dismiss reports that he would resign his post of prime minister if the PN won the forthcoming election. Reacting to the reports, made in the Labour...
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Updated: Marsa accident blocks arterial road
A trailer truck hit and brought down a tree near the Marsa roundabout close to Shoemark this afternoon, bringing traffic along this busy artery to a standstill for some time. The incident took place...
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Lawyer's murder: victim suffered traumatic asphyxia
Forensic pathologist Mario Scerri said today that lawyer Margaret Mifsud - found dead in her car in Bahar ic-Caghaq on April 18- had suffered traumatic asphyxia. He said that her killer was in her...
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Dolores Cristina to call it a day
Education Minister Dolores Cristina will not contest the next election, bowing out of politics after three legislatures and two terms as minister. The mother-of-four turns 64 in January and wants to...
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Registration tax - distinction between cars imported by dealers and owners
The Finance Ministry said today that a case decided yesterday where a couple were refunded VAT and registration tax paid on an imported second hand vehicle had nothing to do with the wider issue over...
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Update 2: AFM widens search for missing fisherman
Updated 1.30 p.m. The Armed Forces have widened their search for a fisherman who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. A fixed wing aircraft, an Italian Military Mission helicopter and a number...
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Updated - Accused had 31 bite marks caused by victim - Migrant suffered such...
Updated with evidence by Dentist Hector Galea. An autopsy had established that Malian migrant Mamadou Kamara died from a cardiac arrest triggered by intense pain when he was struck in his groin area,...
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Dead woman summoned to give evidence, again
A woman who passed away in September 2011 was this morning called to give evidence in the case against her husband, for the second time. The request to give evidence was made by the Office of the...
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13 boys, girl, convicted of defiling 16 girls, three convicted of rape
Thirteen boys aged between 15 and 20 and a girl, 16, were found guilty today of having defiled a number of girls, violently and indecently assaulting them and of performing lewd sexual acts in a...
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'Giant grasshopper' in Gozo
A giant grasshopper made of a metal fabrication of stainless steel, copper and brass has been installed on the roundabout at the junction between Ghajnsielem main road and the Gozo heliport. It is the...
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