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News

Hunters call for open season »
Teachers threaten to close schools »
Charged with injuring teacher »
Waste separation scheme - Deal on rates payable to collectors »
Mobile phone service on Air Malta must wait »
Air Malta breaks winter record with over 500,000 passengers »
Berths dispute leaves liner waiting in Grand Harbour »
Speakers stolen from youth group premises »
Luke, Maria still the favourite baby names »
Brussels views Malta as model for changeover »
Unfair commercial practices rules give more power to consumers »
Use of internet in Malta still below EU average »
International waste congress »
Deficit, debt both down »
Help with child upbringing »
Redeployment scheme for redundant workers »
SDM condemns abortion resolution »
Former foes to hold joint Mepa workshop »
Ryanair insists on lower airport costs »
Man injured in fall »
Conditional discharge »
Heroin pushing charges »
Dispute looms at ST »
Elderly woman robbed »
Dream homes »

World News

Pope warns against undermining UN »
No priority for Christian refugees »
Berlusconi hosts Putin in Sardinia »
Son of Dutch military chief killed in Afghanistan »
Somali pirates face French judge over yacht attack »
Mugabe lambasts Britain in post-poll speech »
New virus causes South American fever »
Waugh's home up for sale »
World briefs »

Business & Finance

United Automobile offers incentives to make cars greener »
How Opel improved the traditional gasoline engine »
US crackdown on credit card fees seen by year-end »
UK mortgage rescue plan could come next week »
US rice futures leap to record, corn near high »
Stock market weekly round-up - April 14-18 - 6pm Holdings up 6.85 per cent »
Daily currency report »
Markets - Citi results lift European shares to punchy close »
Financial news »

Sport

BoV Premier League - Stripes braced for Sliema backlash »
This weekend's other matches - Valletta set to keep title pursuit »
Local tennis - Difesa leads team to victory at VLTC »
Rugby - Marauders go down fighting against Rhinos »
Athletics - Road Running League - All left to run for ahead of Marsascala race »
Athletics aggregate meet »
Weekend sport »
In England - Wenger has worst week in 12 years with Arsenal »
UK Soccer - Arsenal lose their sting in Premiership run-in »
In Italy - Torino have new coach for Inter visit »
In Germany - Bayern eye first half of another double »
Women's Football - Brazil face Ghana for Beijing spot »
Football news »
Boxing - Hopkins happy to be underdog vs Calzaghe »
Tennis - Serena battles injury to set up Sharapova clash »
Motor racing - Super Aguri's survival may rest with Honda »
Olympics - Australian walker Tallent scoops first Bird's Nest win »
Swimming - D'Arcy dropped from Australian team »
Other sport »
Sporting briefs »

Opinion

Editorial - Ammunition for a reform
One World »
I.M. Beck - quote unquote »
A Green Agenda - Time up - Costing our mobility »
The environmental onslaught - Nothing is sacred anymore »

Social & Personal

Announcements »
What's On Today »
Pharmacies open tomorrow »

Letters

Yet another power cut »
Smoking laws: What a contrast! »
Closed door policy »
English in Maltese »
Apparatus fit for the unfit »
Sliema patching works »
At your service »
Privatise the shipyards »
In the days of improvised sound effects »
The facts in hunting diaries »
New cars and CO2 »

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