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A Night at the Museum
Heritage Malta will be celebrating the European Night of Museums on Friday by welcoming visitors for a night of special activities at the National Museum of Natural History in Mdina. The lucky few who manage to book on time will have the chance of...
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Pedestrian compensated for zebra-crossing incident
A man who was run over while on a pedestrian crossing has been awarded over €38,000 in damages by Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco in the First Hall of the Civil Court. Alex Azzopardi filed his writ for damages against Anna Ellul. Middle Sea Insurance...
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Public consultation about trees
A consultation meeting will be held on June 5 – World Environment Day – to discuss the state of trees in Malta and what can be done to improve the situation, Environment Minister Leo Brincat said. Speaking during a meeting with the Local Councils...
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Romanian arrested in pick-pocketing racket investigation
George Bigu, a 29-year-old Romanian resident in Paceville, was arraigned in court today after having been arrested early yesterday for allegedly trying to steal from the handbag of a woman. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody. Police...
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Nissen Hut destroyed in blaze
An old former British services Nissen hut in Sa Maison Hill was destroyed in a fierce blaze this morning. The hut was one of five used formerly used as stores by GO plc. The fire was put out by fire-fighters of the Civil Protection Department.
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Cancer survivor writes book about his demons
A testicular cancer survivor has written a novel inspired by his experience to raise awareness about the disease that left him psychologically shattered and feeling “inferior to other men”. Being diagnosed with cancer and removing his right...
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Dozy drivers
More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research. Almost one in 10 (3.4 million) of the UK's more than 38 million motorists "nodded off" while driving, a survey for LV= car...
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Briton suspected of slitting the throats of his children
French police have arrested a British man, 48, on suspicion he slit the throats of his two young children. The two children were found in an apartment in Lyon. The children, ages five and ten, were discovered by their mother. The couple, while...
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Brussels brought in on chairman’s forced exit
Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola has asked the European Commission if the forced resignation of former Malta Communications Authority chairman Antonio Ghio was in line with EU law. Dr Metsola tabled a parliamentary question on Monday asking whether...
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‘I want to know who killed my mother...’
Almost 30 years after an unidentified driver ran over his mother and dragged her along the road for about a kilometre, Gaetano Sammut is still searching for justice – and is now reaching out to the public for help. “I want justice. Before I leave...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Times of Malta says that Brussels has been brought in after a protest on the forced exit of the former chairman of the Malta Communications Authority. The chairman insists his...
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UK court permits tuna firm to sue Sea Shepherd
A Maltese tuna rancher can continue legal action against marine conservation group Sea Shepherd in the UK, a high court has ruled. Fish and Fish won an appeal after a UK court last year threw out a lawsuit against Sea Shepherd in which the Maltese...
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Marriage support ‘urgent priority’
Marriage between a man and woman is “sorely needed” in today’s society and it could soon be “too late” to save that union, the leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales has said. In a wide-ranging attack on Coalition policies, the...
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Cameron’s rift with party core widens
British Prime Minister David Cameron is “losing control of his party”, Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said yesterday, as a row raged over whether a close aide to Cameron had labelled grassroots activists “mad, swivel-eyed loons”. The...
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Pope warns Church against closing in on itself
Pope Francis warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by thousands, urging the faithful to be open and present in a new and changing world. The Church should ask itself daily whether it is...
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Tunisian killed in clashes with police
One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police yesterday. The 27-year-old man was killed in the violence in the capital Tunis which continued into the evening, the...
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Nigeria offers amnesty to Islamist insurgents
Nigeria offered an amnesty yesterday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the country’s northeast. In their biggest offensive...
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N. Korea fires more missiles
North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast yesterday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers. Launches by the North of short-range missiles...
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Gunmen kill senior Pakistani politician
Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties. Around 150 people...
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‘Live’ toddler taken to morgue in body bag
A toddler pulled from the wreckage of a car crash that killed five family members was sent to a morgue in a body bag in the belief he was dead. Mohammed Eisa Danial Hayat was the sole survivor of the devastating crash during a pilgrimage to Mecca,...
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