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Article: Why are the Maltese cross? On the ancient ...
The Independent - London;  May 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... inflate home-grown stories, but the Malta Times I pick up at Valletta airport suggests ... the Taliban have done to those Buddhas. Malta's president sees it as "an act against ... standing temple ever. The next day's Malta Times reports a huge protest march ...

Article: Rally in Malta draws 50,000 to oppose the EU ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ...In Malta last Sunday upwards of 50,000 opponents of Malta's bid to join the European Union - one in seven of the ... million). Although the ruling Nationalist Party wants Malta to lead the way among the 10 countries the EU hopes will ...

Article: Football: MALTESE CROSS McILROY COULD SEE FAR ...
The Mirror (London, England);  March 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... admitted he would have preferred not to play Malta today because the sides are in the same ... stadium because the Irish are due to play Malta in September in their opening qualifying ... play instilled into them," he said. "Malta are a better side than Luxembourg. The ...

Article: FOOTBALL: MALTESE CROSS; MALTA......0 ...
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  October 7, 2001 ;     368 words ... ... six years. McIlroy was dismissed after throwing the ball at Malta striker Michael Mifsud and Harvey followed after an exchange ... McIlroy said: "It was an misunderstanding. I thought the Malta player had dived, the ball came to me and I went to throw it ...

Article: Powell's Aberystwyth are out to make the Maltese ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Gregory's Lions playing in Malta, but tiny Aber looking for ... last Sunday, they head for Malta with hopes still intact. Not ... have any cause to make the Maltese cross. The culture shock will apparently ... They won't cope with Malta," he said. "It's roasting ...

Dictionary definition: Maltese cross
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      263 words ...Maltese cross a cross with arms of equal length which broaden from the centre and have their ends indented in a shallow V-shape, so named because it was formerly worn by the Knights Hospitallers or Knights of Malta who were based on the island.

Dictionary definition: Maltese Cross
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      261 words ...Maltese Cross. A black cross of eight points on a white ground, so named because it was adopted by the Knights of Malta, i.e. the Hospitallers .