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Art exhibition at Maltese Embassy in Paris - President makes call for public forum to discuss Constitutional reform - PN gets hundreds of thousands of euros from ‘JS list’ of contractors awarded public contracts - Industrial production up slightly. Art exhibition at Maltese Embassy in Paris On...  

UK news: Man jailed after stealing and other news - , battered by wind and rain - Man jailed after stealing more than 700 rare birds eggs - Police must act on corruption - report - 'Eagerness of Rooney blackmailer'. Britain battered by wind and rain High winds and heavy rain have battered England...  

Eurasia Partnership Capstone training in Malta again - Muscat warns against tax harmonisation - PL disappointed at HFO decision - Powerboat racing: The Ukrainians went, raced and conquered! - Launch of Government stocks switch auctions programme. Eurasia Partnership Capstone training in Malta again...  

Zoom on the republic of Malta: one of the world's smallest microstates, it is also one of the most densely populated countries worldwide. Malta's location has given it great strategic importance, coveted by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans,Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St John, French and...  

Firefighters in London have voted by more than nine to one to take industrial action in a row over new contracts. The Fire Brigades Union said its members backed a campaign of disruption short of a strike by 4,014 to 201, a majority of 95%. Turnout was 76%. The dispute is set to escalate after the...  

Pope Benedict XVI has praised the UK as a "force for good" as thousands of people turned out to greet him on the first day of his historic visit. But he also delivered a warning about "aggressive forms of secularism", urging the nation not to lose its traditional values as it "strives to be a...  

A former headteacher who abused at least a dozen schoolboys has been jailed for 21 years. Derek Slade was last week convicted of more than 50 offences of child abuse during the 1970s and 1980s. Blair Cancels Book Signing After Protests Tony Blair has cancelled a book signing in central London on...  

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir has flown back to the UK after nearly two decades evading British justice.The Onurair plane in which he was travelling touched down at Luton Airport on Thursday afternoon. Fugitive tycoon back in the UK Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir has flown back to the UK after nearly two...  

Local media is reporting that a former policeman holding hostages on board a bus in the Philippines has shot two hostages. Rolando Mendoza is demanding to be reinstated as a police officer but this morning he told a local radio station: "I know they will kill me, I'm telling them to leave because...  

Kenny MacAskill spoke out as Libya prepares to mark the first anniversary of the day he freed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on compassionate grounds. Mr MacAskill said: "It was a decision I didn't choose to make, it was a decision I had to make. Scotland defends Lockerbie bomber release Kenny...  

Pupils collecting their A-level results were given goodie bags containing condoms and chlamydia tests at schools. The "summer savvy" bag put together by NHS Northamptonshire was aimed at reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and helping young people avoid ending up in...  

Wheel clampers are to be banned from operating on private land, the Government is set to announce. More than 2,000 existing clamping licences will be revoked under the plans for England and Wales, with towing away also outlawed Clampers banned from private land Wheel clampers are to be banned from...  

Children could in future be screened for autism using a 15 minute brain scan developed by British scientists. The technique, which assesses structural changes in the brain, has already been tested on adults and shown to have an accuracy of 90 per cent. 15 minute brain scan could test for autism...  

Rescue attempts are under way to reach hundreds of foreign tourists who are stranded in India's Himalayan region of Ladakh. The country's air force is trying to get them out of the Zanskar Valley near Leh by helicopters. At least 150 people have now died after flash floods hit the country....  

Motorists are facing higher petrol prices, with the cost of a litre set to top 120p by the end of the month. The warning of a 3% rise came from the Retail Motor Industry Independent Petrol Retailers Association, which blamed the expected increase on currency movements and world oil price increases....  

Russian ban on exporting grain looks set to heap more pressure on stretched household budgets in the UK. Russia has seen a severe drought wipe out 20 per cent of its crop. The ban has caused wheat prices to jump 60 cents to 7.85 dollars a bushel. Russian threat to UK pockets A Russian ban on...  

Rescue and relief activity is continuing in flood-ravaged Pakistan where the death toll has climbed to over 1,400, and three million people have been affected so far. A spokesperson for the UN Children's Fund said 1.3 million people were severely affected by the floods in the northwest, triggering...  

Aid agencies are warning of an impending catastrophe in Pakistan as the country suffers the worst flooding in nearly 40 years. More than 1,100 people have died but that number is expected to increase. Rising waters have ravaged huge swathes of the north west corner of the country. Aid efforts...  

A 47-year-old woman has confessed to killing her eight newborn children and hiding their bodies in a village in northern France. French mother confesses to killing eight babies A 47-year-old woman has confessed to killing her eight newborn children and hiding their bodies in a village in northern...