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Netanyahu takes aim at weapons ‘leakage’ in Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect yesterday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hizbollah and other militant groups. Although Israel has not publicly taken sides...
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France pushes deal with Tuareg
After winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed al-Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg rebels. A standoff over how to...
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Egyptian journalists critical of Morsi face trial
Two Egyptian journalists at a newspaper critical of President Mohamed Morsi were ordered yesterday to face an expedited criminal trial for defamation. Several journalists, talk show hosts and comedians have been charged with defamation over the...
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Study finds mental arithmetic boost
A harmless form of brain stimulation can bring about improvements in mental arithmetic skills, according to a new study. The process, called transcranial random noise stimulation (TRNS), was still having helpful effects six months later, the...
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Announcements
BUGEJA. On May 19, Agnes née Cachia of Rabat, residing at Paceville, aged 81, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her children Lily and her husband Tonio Fenech, Charles and his wife Josette,...
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World briefs
A guitar played by Beatles pair John Lennon and George Harrison sold for £269,000 (€317,791) at a New York auction yesterday. The Beatles Vox guitar, a custom prototype made in 1966 and later given to ‘‘Magic Alex’’ Mardas, a friend of the band, was...
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What’s on today
At Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, The Spring Art Collection: Celia Borg Cardona, Debbie Caruana Dingli, Joan Zammit Cutajar and Kenneth Zammit Tabona exhibit their latest collections of watercolour and oil paintings. At St James Cavalier, Valletta, WW,...
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PN’s fading southern star
On Mothers’ Day they voted to have two deputy leaders, but Nationalist Party councillors also took the chance to discuss the most severe of election defeats. After a result that saw the PN trail Labour by more than 36,000 votes, and a nine-seat...
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An ethical question
When George Abela became President in 2009 he inherited a Community Chest Fund that was making annual losses. Four years later, Dr Abela has turned the presidential charity fund into a profitable organ, but along with annual surpluses came higher...
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Updated - Large crowd welcomes Gianluca
Updated - A large crowd of people packed the airport arrivals lounge this morning to give a hero's welcome to Gianluca Bezzina on his return from the Eurovision Song Contest, where he placed eighth yesterday. Security officers had to struggle to...
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Burmarrad apartment damaged in blaze
An apartment in Burmarrad was badly damaged by a fierce fire this morning. Eyewitnesses said they could see flames from the windows and balcony of the property, which was empty at the time. Much of the furniture inside was destroyed. The blaze...
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North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row
North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast today, a day after launching another three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said. Launches by the North of short-range missiles are not uncommon but, after recent warnings from...
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‘I trust everyone and no one’
He runs a vast portfolio that will be largely responsible for giving the Labour government its visible deliverables. Transport Minister Joe Mizzi tells Kurt Sansone why he is the hands-on type. Soon after becoming minister you said administrative...
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Maritime Day events include pollution control demonstration
Several public activities, including an Open Day and re-enactments at the Maritime Museum, are being held today to mark European Maritime Day. Other events included an oil pollution response exercise/demonstration in Grand Harbour which involved Tug...
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Calleja: The day will come when a Maltese lifts the Eurovision trophy
Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja believes the day will come when a Maltese will lift the Eurovision trophy. Writing in his blog, Malta's most successful singer, Calleja said that Malta had a brilliant song yesterday, and it was delivered impeccably, yet...
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‘PN must learn from its mistakes – including me’
Nationalist deputy leadership contender Beppe Fenech Adami is unshaken by the party’s decision to split the position. He also tells Christian Peregin the time for absolute truths is over. You announced your intention to become PN deputy leader...
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Bombers target Benghazi Catholic Church - minister expresses solidarity
Foreign Minister George Vella has expressed his solidarity with the Catholic community in Benghazi and Maltese priests and diplomats in the region after a bomb exploded outside the main door of the Catholic Church in Benghazi on Friday night. The...
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Migrant was ‘severely humiliated’ on a bus
The African man who was dragged off a bus by two Arriva employees was scared and humiliated, a witness has told The Sunday Times of Malta. Malicia Dabrowicz, a 33-year-old Polish expat, was returning home to St Julian’s when she heard the...
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Thrilled Gianluca may seek Eurovision return, but not next year
Gianluca Bezzina was thrilled last night after Malta placed eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest, the best result since 2005 when Chiara came second. He told Eurovision.tv after the show that he just loved the atmosphere on stage. When asked...
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