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Update-6: Obama wins - 'For the US, the best is still to come'
US President Barack Obama has won re-election, according to US TV network projections, while his Democratic Party looks set to retain control of the Senate, although the Republicans will continue to...
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Woman awarded €65,000 in child maintenance arrears
A woman who claimed her former husband never wanted children and had wanted her to commit an abortion when she first got pregnant has been awarded almost €65,000 in child maintenance arrears. The...
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Businessman weeps in court over bank security box mix-up
A businessman wept in court today as he described his concern when he found an envelope containing money that was not his in a safety deposit box at the Bank of Valletta branch in San Gwann. He spoke...
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Updated: Lawyer acquitted of hit-and-run charges
Lawyer Jan-Karl Farrugia was this morning acquitted of having allegedly crashed with his BMW into three parked cars but failed to stop. The incident happened in Qui-Si-Sana last September. An unknown...
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Brazilian firm is a four-man operation that’s closing down
A Brazilian company at the centre of political controversy is winding down its four-man operation just six months after opening shop in Sliema. The company was mentioned but not named during a debate...
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Pardoned mother at risk of jail once more
The woman recently granted a presidential pardon after she was jailed for three months for denying her ex-husband access to their son, is at risk of ending up in prison again unless she receives a...
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Two teenagers missing
Two teenage boys have been reported missing. They are Leonardo Attard, 13, and Marc Luigi Alwan, 14. They were last seen on Sunday at around 2 p.m. in the Marsascala area, the police said. They were...
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Youtube footage shows Sliema mugging
Footage which has been uploaded on Youtube shows a man pulling a necklace off a woman, who is thrown to the ground in Sir Alwigi Camilleri Street, Sliema. The incident was captured on CCTV and a...
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Update 1 - Hundreds turn up for young priest's funeral
Hundreds of people have turned up in Qormi for the funeral of Fr Rene' Cilia, the 27-year-old priest who died in a traffic accident early on Sunday. The people burst into applause as the cortège...
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Josette Bickle, 'queen of the prison' dies
Josette Bickle, 41, who was jailed for 12 years for trafficking drugs in prison, has died. Described during her jury as 'queen of the prisons', Ms Bickle was administered CPR at the prisons after...
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Animal Circus controversy returns
The animal circus in Naxxar opens its doors to the public tomorrow but its owner Mario Sali, 61, says the 80 animals that travel with his troupe are not trained to do circus acts. "They were born in...
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Church archives digitised
The archives of the Archbishop and from various old parishes in Malta have been digitised and uploaded on a website for public use. The website, archives.maltadiocese.org, was inaugurated by...
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World's biggest container ship to call at Malta
The CMA CGM Marco Polo (16,000 TEUs), the world's largest containership, is to arrive at Malta Freeport on December 26. It sailed yesterday from Ningbo, China. Built by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and...
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Tonio Fenech to contest PN deputy leader election
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech yesterday confirmed his intention to contest the election for the post of Nationalist Party deputy leader. Mr Fenech, 43, said he had decided to put his name into the...
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Journalist Lino Cassar passes away
Lino Cassar, a veteran left-wing journalist and well-known film critic, has died aged 78. Remembered for his towering presence and political humour, Mr Cassar was a contributor in Labour's Is-Sebh in...
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‘Animals are my children’
Mario Sali kisses a tiger on its nose and the big cat responds by licking him back through the iron bars of its cage. As he makes a tutting sound to attract the tiger’s attention, Mr Sali rubs its...
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The police are investigating a bus driver after establishing that he falsely reported a robbery this evening. The bus driver claimed that four people got on his bus at Gnejna and demanded his takings,...
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Action on benefit fraud
The Social Security Department in the first nine months of this year withdrew sickness benefits to 797 persons; unemployment benefit to 1,609; and single parent allowance to 210. Minister Chris Said...
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AFM monitors migrants' boat - some 200 on board
Updated - Friday morning The Armed Forces of Malta are monitoring a boat believed to be carrying between 150 and 200 African migrants which issued an SOS call in the Maltese search and rescue area...
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Survey shows shift from small shops to malls - sharp drop in Valletta business
Business in shopping malls in Malta is growing while smaller shops are seeing a slowdown, according to the first Malta Retail Review, announced today by Deloitte, EMCS and Bank of Valletta. The survey...
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