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Uzbek authorities seek to freeze €50 million Malta-based jet of former dictator’s daughter
Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of late Uzbek former president Islam Karimov, has been remanded in custody following a 2015 conviction for extortion and embezzlement and is being investigated for more crimes, the Uzbek Prosecutor General's office said on Friday.Among the assets the Uzebek authorities are seeking to freeze is ...
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Malta
Dubai businessman mentioned only possible private sector investment in meeting with Muscat
Billionaire developer Hussain Sajwani, chairman of Dubai-based Damac Properties, expressed interest in private sector investment during a meeting with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, and did not mention investment which would involve the public sector, government officials have indicated.The Prime Minister held a private meeting with Sajwani last week, with media ...
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Australia
Police disrupt plot in Australia to 'bring down an airplane'
Police disrupted the first alleged plot in Australia to bring down an airplane and arrested four men in raids on Sydney homes, officials said Sunday.Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that security has been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot. The increased security measures also were extended ...
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USA
Utah man says he killed wife because she laughed at him
A Utah man killed his wife aboard an Alaska cruise ship and told an acquaintance who later walked into the couple's blood-splattered room that he did it because she laughed at him, the FBI said in documents released.Kenneth Manzanares of Santa Clara, Utah, was charged with murder after he was ...
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Eight authors head for this year’s edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival
Eight authors from across the globe will be travelling to Malta for this year's edition of the Mediterranean Literature Festival. The event will kick off on Thursday 24 August and will go on until Saturday 26 August.The festival this year is in its 12th edition and will be held at ...
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Iran says US Navy fires warning shots near its vessels
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an "unprofessional" confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency reported.IRNA quoted a statement from the Guard as saying that the USS Nimitz and an accompanying ship came near an Iranian oil ...
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Malta
PD condemns trading of public land resulting in 'big businesses making pots of gold'
Partit Demokratiku said today that public land is being traded in such a way that "our countrymen get a pittance while big businesses make pots of gold.""Furthermore the people are asked to finance infrastructural support for such projects which far outway the financial benefit that comes their way."Environmental, social, cultural ...
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TMID Editorial: Celebrity suicides - When all the rules fly out the window
The news that Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington passed away last week brought grief to many fans worldwide, but what was equally tragic was the way in which his death was reported in many sections of the media.Bennington, 41, died by suicide, having lived most of his life battling depression, ...
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USA
Adrian Delia says PN must once again become the natural party for the self-employed
The PN must once again become the natural home for the self-employed, Adrian Delia, a candidate for the post of PN Leader said.He was addressing journalists in Valletta, and announced his proposals for the self-employed sector.Delia said that the PL has become more friendly to this sector after its time ...
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Belgio
Baromètre Numérique 2017: la Belgique régresse d'une place
La Belgique accuse du retard au niveau du nombre d'abonnements 4G, alors que l'extension '.vlaanderen' ne s'impose pas. Pour le reste, les entreprises belges sont très actives en e-commerce. Analyse des principales tendances issues du baromètre du SPF Economie.