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23 children reported to be suffering Slapped Cheek Syndrome
The Ministry for Health said today that 23 children had been reported to be suffering from slapped cheek syndrome since the beginning of this year in various localities in Malta. Slapped cheek syndrome is a viral infection that is most common in...
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Tonio Fenech - ‘I did not badmouth Malta...I defended it’
Former Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has denied badmouthing Malta in a recent meeting with the International Monetary Fund, insisting that he had a clear conscience and had actually defended the country. He was contacted after Prime Minister Joseph...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press The Times of Malta says Eddie Fenech Adami is expected to make a full recovery. It also quotes former Finance Minister Tonio Fenech saying he did not badmouth Malta but defended it...
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OLAF chief confident of Dalligate probe legality
The EU anti-fraud agency is confident none of its actions were illegal when it investigated former Health Commissioner John Dalli. “We have done a legality check on the points raised by the supervisory committee [the agency OLAF’s watchdog] and we...
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Skoda Superb tops cars survey
The aptly-named Skoda Superb is the car that owners are most satisfied with, according to a survey. And another Skoda model - the Yeti - was second in the list compiled from owners' views by What Car? and information services company JD Power and...
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Bridge collapses in the US, cars people in the water
A bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon, Washington state, collapsed early today, hurling vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis of the Washington State Patrol said the four-lane Interstate 5 bridge collapsed at about 7pm...
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€2m diamond necklace stolen at Cannes party
The Cannes film festival was hit by a second jewellry heist yesterday after a diamond necklace worth $2.6 million USD (2 million euros) disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweller De Grisogono. The necklace was part of...
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Announcements
MICALLEF – Chev. Capt. LINO (of The Bulletin) passed away peacefully on May 22, aged 91. He is deeply mourned by his wife Mariuccia, his children Ivan and Maria, Stefan and Ariela and Bernard, his beloved grandchild-ren Kirsten and her husband...
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World briefs
A mum has developed a bizarre condition in which she cleans and tidies the house in her sleep, The Sun reports. Claire Bartlett, 50, of Newport, South Wales, does the dishes, dusts and even shines the windows in a deep slumber. The odd habit started...
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Stealing the show
A child managed to attract the camera’s eye by climbing up the Popemobile as Pope Francis led his general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, last Wednesday. Photo: Tony Gentile/Reuters
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He did it!
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber, who has had four heart surgeries, reached the top of Mount Everest yesterday, becoming the oldest person to conquer the world’s highest mountain. Yuichiro Miura, who took the standard southeast ridge route...
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King Edward VIII was bugged by his ministers
Royal’s phone calls were monitored as he wrestled with decision as to whether he should give up his throne or marry the woman he loved Edward VIII was secretly bugged during the final days before his abdication on the order of his own ministers,...
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Fish oil may lower diabetes risk
Fish oil capsules might help in the fight against diabetes, according to research. A study has shown that the widely-used supplements, also known as omega 3 fatty acids, give a modest boost to levels of a hormone known as adiponectin in the...
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Artificial light disrupts sleep
Electric lights, including thoseilluminating laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, often play a key role in causing people to sleep badly, a leading expert has said. Artificial lights disrupt the body’s natural rhythm, affect chemicals in the...
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Pope and Salvador President discuss Romero’s beatification
The President of El Salvador met Pope Francis yesterday to urge his fellow Latin American to put Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980, on the road to Roman Catholic sainthood. The sainthood process for...
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IMF’s Lagarde faces court in fraud probe
IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates yesterday over her role in a €285-million arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde risks being placed under formal investigation at...
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Cannes film festival hit by second jewellery theft
The Cannes film festival was hit by a second jewellery heist yesterday after a diamond necklace worth two million euros disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweller De Grisogono. Fawaz Gruosi, the founder of the Swiss...
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Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday
Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe’s poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief executive Tim Cook faced...
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Family tribute to murdered soldier
The family of the soldier hacked to death in Woolwich paid tribute last night to “a loving son, husband, father, brother and uncle”, adding that he always wanted to be in the army and “live life and enjoy himself”. Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was killed...
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Rafsanjani says Iranian leaders are ignorant
Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran’s leadership of incompet-ence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported yesterday. Rafsanjani’s comments...
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