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(Photo: World Economic Forum / Remy Steinegger)Trichet exit looms with ECB rate at record low
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(Photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)Pope Calls for Solidarity With Iraqi Christians
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Suspected 'Muslim terrorist' on plane turns out to be Caribbean Christian saying the 'Our Father'
| Two articles: | ‘Muslim terrorist’ on Air Malta plane turns out to be Caribbean Christian | The story that made the rounds of the world that a Muslim man was apprehended on an Air Malta plane when he persisted in praying out aloud in the aisle just as the ...Full Story
Friends stream to aid of Boathouse Row mentor and stalwart
| By Jeff Gammage | Inquirer Staff Writer Fred Duling celebrated his 60th birthday by rowing 60 miles on the Christina River, in Delaware, a trek that started at dawn and concluded at dusk. | This year, at age 66, he ran in the six-mile Schuylkill Navy Run on Thanksgivi...Full Story
Miriam Lord's year
| Grace under pressure award  | While most of his senior colleagues developed an aversion to accounting for themselves on the public airwaves, Minister of State Martin Mansergh selflessly fronted up on programmes all year as the token Government punchbag. | The deputy f...Full Story
Awash with luxury on the high seas
1234 | Go Sail: Think G&Ts; before lunch, banana daiquiris by the pool. Mal Rogers boards the 'Royal Clipper' for a leisurely cruise of the Mediterranean | I FELT SORRY for our guide in Malta. Extravagantly well-informed, humorous and urbane, Vincent wanted to tell us al...Full Story
Developer trying to attract fab suppliers to Malta
| MALTA -- Real estate developer Howard Carr has plans to build a 100,000-square-foot commercial building in Malta that would likely have GlobalFoundries suppliers as tenants. | Carr went before the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency on Monday to ask for tax ...Full Story
De Hoop, Western Cape: getting there, restaurants and activities
A guide to the best ways of getting to De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape, plus the best actvities and restaurants in the area. | Animals are so plentiful in De Hoop that one might suspect they are paid to stand around and pose for visitors Photo: ALAMY GETTING ...Full Story
Malta: readers' tips, recommendations and travel advice
Readers share their recommendations for holidays in Malta, including their favourite hotels, attractions and activities. Send us your tips on New York, Paris, southern India, Florence or the Canaries, and you could win a stay at the award-winning Hotel du Vin. | Image 1...Full Story
Malta's tourism sector on record-setting pace (Feature)
| Valletta, Malta - It is a day early in December and a public holiday in Malta, and traditionally one of the busiest Christmas shopping days. | But shopping is the last thing on the minds of hundreds of tourists, who strip down to their swimming trunks to bask in the g...Full Story
Fumes close Malta Y branch
| MALTA -- Officials have evacuated the Saratoga Regional YMCA in Malta due to suspicious fumes discovered in the branch early Friday. | The facility's carbon monoxide detector alarm went off at around 6 a.m., forcing a handful of people to leave the building on Saratog...Full Story
Malta pledges aid to Gaza refugees
| GAZA CITY (AFP) – Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg on Friday promised during a visit to the Gaza Strip to donate funds to the United Nations agency caring for Palestinian refugees. | Speaking at the end of a three-day tour of Israel and the Palestinian territ...Full Story
Comment: Can Ghana honour her heroes like Spio-Garbrah?
In a few days, Christmas will be here again, a time of good tidings towards all men. For us Christians, a time of merry-making but also a time for reflection, introspection, of atonement, and for forgiving those who may have offended us during the year, even as Christ f...Full Story
Russia eyes bigger Middle East role
| The defeat of US President Barack Obama by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the question of West Bank colonies has delivered a shock to the international system. | Netanyahu was able to brush aside Obama’s repeated requests to freeze colony ex...Full Story
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Thu 16 Dec 2010
Court rules on Irish abortion case
Al Jazeera | The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Ireland for stopping a Lithuanian cancer sufferer from terminating a pregnancy, in a blow to the predominantly Catholic country and its tough abortion laws. | In a final ruling, issued on Thursda...
Malta hits back at Amnesty over migration report
m&c; | Valletta - An Amnesty International report criticizing Malta's handling of illegal migration is 'peppered with inaccuracies and inconsistencies,' the Maltese government said Wednesday. | In a strongly worded statement, the government said that the ...
Malta is the EU Leader in e-Government
PR Newswire   | BLATA-L-BAJDA, , December 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission has released a summary of the 9th eGovernment Benchmarking Report which measures public sector performance of 32 countries (27 EU member states plus , , , and ). The ...
Sail World Cruising Newsletter: 16 December 2010
Scoop Thursday, 16 December 2010, 11:15 am | Press Release: Sail World | Greening it in the next decade | Turanor crossed the Atlantic - but without cargo | The ocean, a sailor's last freedom, is in danger from many directions - over-fishing, bleaching cor...
Wed 15 Dec 2010
Two luxury cruise ship passengers treated for broken bones after stormy voyage
The Daily Telegraph Australia | TWO passengers were treated for broken bones after their luxury cruise ship was caught in stormy seas in the Mediterranean. | The Brilliance of the Seas was buffeted by 70-knot winds, heavy rain and giant waves as it tried to reach a scheduled stop...
Two luxury cruise ship passengers treated for broken bones after stormy voyage
The Australian | TWO passengers were treated for broken bones after their luxury cruise ship was caught in stormy seas in the Mediterranean. | The Brilliance of the Seas was buffeted by 70-knot winds, heavy rain and giant waves as it tried to reach a scheduled stop...
Tue 14 Dec 2010
Hewlett-Packard to teach in Malta schools
The Business Review San Francisco Business Times - by Steven E.F. Brown Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 10:07am PST Related: , Related News | made a deal to set up two research and teaching centers in Malta to train students and university instructors in information t...
Malta to link to European energy grid bu 2013
m&c; | Valletta, Malta - The Maltese government signed Tuesday a crucial electricity agreement with a Norwegian company that will link the tiny Mediterranean island-nation to the European power grid in Sicily by 2013. | Nexans Norway will be laying a 95-k...
EU and Libya 'cooperate' to block migrants: Amnesty
Yahoo Daily News | LONDON (AFP) – Amnesty International accused Libya and the European Union on Tuesday of cooperating to prevent migrants from Africa from reaching Europe. | Amnesty alleged in a report that the EU was ignoring Tripoli's human rights record...
Cruise Passengers Injured In Stormy Seas
Orange News | Two passengers have been treated for broken bones after their luxury cruise ship was caught in stormy seas in the Mediterranean. | The Brilliance of the Seas was buffeted by 70-knot (80mph) winds, heavy rain and giant waves as it tried to reach a s...
Tossed Cruise Ship Docks: Passengers Revolt
ABC News | By NICK WATT and BRADLEY BLACKBURN | Dec. 14, 2010 | A Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked safely in Malta this morning after severely listing in rough seas over the weekend, tossing passengers and loose objects like rag dolls. More Video | The was ...
British tourists injured as Mediterranean cruise ship hit by heavy seas
The Daily Telegraph Thirty passengers were injured yesterday as a cruise ship carrying more than 300 British and Irish holidaymakers was battered by heavy seas in the Mediterranean. | The Brilliance of the Seas By Nick Squires, Rome 9:22AM GMT 14 Dec 2010 | Passengers d...
Mon 13 Dec 2010
Dozens of passengers hurt as cruise ship is battered by heavy storms in Mediterranean
The Daily Mail | Dozens of cruise ship passengers were hurt after their luxury liner was battered by an intense storm which caused it to rock dangerously from side to side. | American and British passengers were among the injured when giant waves forced the Brillia...
High Seas Batter Royal Caribbean Cruise
CBS News A Royal Caribbean cruise ship carrying about 1,000 Americans was jolted by high seas in the Mediterranean over the weekend, causing some damage and minor injuries onboard, but as CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports, it was a nightmare they a...
Senegal's escape hatch to Europe swings shut
Irish Times | RUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC, Paris Correspondent in Thiaroye-sur-Mer, Senegal | ABDUL AZIZ Faye props a bare foot on the prow of his pirogue and nods towards the waves tumbling lazily on to the shore. | "There used to be a lot of fishermen here who went to...
Sat 11 Dec 2010
U.N. urges EU to ensure asylum seekers not shut out
The Star | GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency urged the European Union and its member states on Friday to ensure that tighter border controls do not shut out asylum seekers fleeing violence or persecution. | Fewer illegal migrants and potential asylum...
Fri 10 Dec 2010
Tighter policing of European borders must not hinder access to asylum - UN agency
United Nations 10 December 2010 – The United Nations refugee agency today called on the European Union (EU) and its border agency, known as FRONTEX, to ensure that asylum in Europe is not being threatened in the drive for tighter policing of the continent's externa...
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