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News

Elderly of the Year Award goes to Maria Zammit Gallo »
Two foreigners arrested following cocaine find »
Electric boat launched »
Archbishop welcomed at Qormi primary »
Nadur carnival "nuns" did not vilify religion »
Probation for man who resisted officers »
Arctic Sea to dock in Malta next week »
Double taxation agreements signed »
War rooms to reopen at Christmastime »
MTA should have rolling three-year fund allocation »
Custody for young man accused of theft »
Immigrants remanded in custody »
Not guilty of involuntary homicide »
Air Malta launches winter offers »
Primary health care reform up for consultation soon »
Updated: Romanian charged with smuggling cocaine »
PM tours General Soft Drinks facility »
Budget to continue sustaining competitiveness - Tonio Fenech »
Land expropriation - Law to be changed to facilitate backdated payments »
Inflation at 3.5 percent »
Maltese MEPs vote against coercive abortion »
Jailed for selling drugs which led to man's death »
Listings of services for the disabled updated »
I'm only delivering a message - Franco Debono »
Anti-dumping duties on footwear should not be approved - GRTU »
Muscat differs from Sant on Gnr Psaila recruitment »
Press digest »

World News

Nokia could seek up to $1 bln for iPhones »
Far-right leader's TV appearance causes furore in UK »
Italy reports likely case of human form of mad cow »
Czech leader welcomes EU proposal on treaty »
Jackson enters pantheon of immortal earners »
Four arrested over tribe murders »

Sport

Bold Hibs stop City’s unbeaten run »
Benitez sees United as an opportunity for Liverpool »
F1: Todt elected FIA president »
Liverpool's poor run not an omen for derby »
Italy roundup - Milan without captain Ambrosini at Chievo »
Ballack backs England World Cup bid »

Stories from The Times

News

Death of Gunner Psaila - Muscat distances himself from Sant »
Mellieħa murder - Two men jailed for 30 years »
MUT plans to make disputed school visit »
Elderly man gets jail for sexual acts with boy, 17 »
I am not disgruntled – Franco Debono »
Postponing budget 2010 would send the wrong message – GRTU’s Vince Farrugia »
‘Simpler’ Windows 7 released »
Forced burden-sharing ‘difficult’ – Polish PM »
Court annuls university plagiarism ruling »
Cemetery photo shoot on TVM - Broadcasting Authority irked by ‘sensual poses, devilish theme’ »
Sculptor Victor Diacono dies »
Illegal hunting as bad as last year – BirdLife »
Compensation for expropriated land bogged down »
Concert »
‘Wider scope of public purpose could lead to abuse’ »
Assisted procreation report presented to House »
Alleged loan sharks wanted ‘25 per cent interest a month’ »
De Marco explains absence but Brincat is not satisfied »
Experimental wind mast approved for Mellieħa »
University students urged to foster an ‘informed faith’ »
PL warns of tariffs burden »
Ġgantija temples to get a visitor centre »

World News

UK News - Anti-BNP protesters breach BBC cordon »
UK News - Fresh post strikes on way as dispute escalates »
UK News - Isle of Wight - Blind man sails 260-seater catamaran »
UK News - London - Lottery winner scoops £2m jackpot »
Italy probes ‘Kill Berlusconi’ Facebook hatred groups »
Karadzic boycott throws war trial start into doubt »
Security big worry as Afghans gear up for run-off »
Pakistan braces for attacks as offensive continues »
Shell fire kills at least 30 in Mogadishu »
Irish emergency staff to protest over budget cuts »
Fire alert over world’s cheapest car »
Bomb attack on N. Irish army base »
Does the ‘billionth African’ mean boon or burden? »
Maldivians face life as ‘climate refugees’ – President »
Hydropower industry braces for glacier-free future »
World Briefs »

Business & Finance

The economics of climate change »
Daily currency report »
Financial news »
Market overview - European shares close lower as banks, oils weigh »

Sport

BoV Premier League - Miller calls for brave effort from depleted Hibernians in City clash »
Meeting on national squad’s training scheme - Caanen urges ‘small island, big thinking’ philosophy »
Malta FA Quarterly Review out tomorrow »
National League 100 Anniversary Cup - Hibs paired with Qormi in third round »
Special Olympics - Success for Maltese swimmers »
Hockey - Sliema, White Hart share spoils »
Sailing - Rolex Middle Sea Race - Malta’s master mariners show mettle »
Maltese administrator honoured in Australia »
Motor racing - ICC Hillclimb Championship - Seventh round in Mellieħa »
Canoeing - Fine showing by Maltese kayakers in Cyprus »
Europa League - Benfica’s S. American trio destroy Everton »
Let’s not get carried away, says Milan’s Seedorf »
Maradona stands firm on outburst at reporters »
Football news »
Motor racing - Controversial Mosley era to end with Paris vote »
Sporting briefs »

Opinion

Editorial - Time for social partners to try again
Why and how we need to act on climate change now »
My dear Joseph... »
Not a Bohemian rhapsody »
Talking Point - Institutionalised philistinism »

Social & Personal

Announcements »
Appreciation - Charles Vassallo »
What's on today »

Letters

Movement is the antithesis of progressive »
How new is the black dust phenomenon? »
Giant menu an eyesore in Sliema »
Feast of St Sebastian of Qormi »
Not a Minister during Black Monday period »
Travel movements »
Victoria council's silence »
Bus drivers need to be reformed too »
Human rights violations in Pakistan »
Hello, my name is Hugh and I am an alcoholic »
The GWU's rebranding »
2,000 free healthy breakfasts distributed »
Immigration dangers »
Last week's Aida at the Aurora »
Of cults and comparative religion »

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