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Pakistani Taleban 'proud' to murder 50 Shi'ites in bid to divide and rule
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
A TALEBAN suicide bombing killed more than 50 Shi'ite Muslims during a procession in Pakistan's southwest yesterday.
Blue-light 999 services may be merged in bid to cut costs
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
Radical plans to create a "single blue light" service, merging police, fire and ambulance crews, have been revealed by a Scottish local authority as it grapples with a
Jail for 'strange young man' turned MI6 traitor who tried to sell secrets
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
An MI6 worker who tried to sell secrets for £2 million has been given a 12-month jail sentence for his "act of betrayal".
Seven convicted of child-sex abuse in homes run by Portuguese state
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
Seven people were convicted of child-sex abuse in Portugal yesterday in a major trial that lasted almost six years.
Tributes as original 'nice one' Cyril Smith dies
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg last night led tributes to "larger-than-life" politician Sir Cyril Smith, who has died at the age of 82.
Soldiers shoot 27 drug cartel suspects and free hostages
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
Soldiers killed at least 27 suspected cartel members yesterday in a raid and gun-battle in a state near the American border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegro
Rangers fans guilty of worst destruction since the Blitz
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
All but one of 12 rioting Rangers football hooligans who took part in the worst destruction Manchester has suffered "since the Blitz" will be going to jail, a judge ha
Karzai's brother begs US to rescue failing Kabul Bank
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
AFGHAN president Hamid Karzai's millionaire brother begged the United States to save his failing bank yesterday - but officials said the businessman and Afghan government
From Hollywood to Holyrood - world's elite limber up in Edinburgh
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
ALMOST 1,000 elite athletes from around world gathered in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park yesterday ahead of the 2010 duathlon world championships.
Doors open for public viewing at RBS
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
The Royal Bank of Scotland is to welcome the public into its usually tightly-guarded premises for the first time as part of a festival giving the public "behind the scenes
March of health and safety lobby falters on National Galleries' steps
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
A FIVE-year battle to tackle heath and safety concerns over one of Edinburgh's most iconic landmarks has been foiled.
Wedding bells set to ring in Highland chapel for first time in 128 years
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
WHEN Annabel Lewis walks down the aisle later this month she will be taking a path last trod 128 years ago.
New Edinburgh chief's tough reputation
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
EDINBURGH'S new council chief will not shirk from overseeing swingeing budget cuts in the city, it was claimed yesterday.
How older generations mind the gap
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
THE number of people going on gap years and extended holidays abroad is soaring, with people in their thirties increasingly likely to opt for a lengthy break overseas.
Tesco: Give us our superstore or town revamp will falter
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
TESCO warned community leaders that lengthy delays to the redevelopment of a town centre could have been avoided if it had been allowed to build its preferred option of a sing
A 'kamikaze kitsch cabaret' and sex-trade drama scoop Festival awards
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
AN OUTRAGEOUS cabaret artist and a harrowing drama about people trafficking were the winners in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe Prize.
Judges disagree over sentence for gun owning grandmother
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
TWO of Scotland's most senior judges have disagreed over whether a grandmother should have to serve a five-year jail sentence for possessing a gun, her late father's t
Ben Lynfield: Netanyahu may yet prove to be the peacemaker
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
By addressing Palestinians in a markedly warm and dignified way, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged with his standing enhanced at this week's relaunch of Is
Scotland's first mandatory 20mph zone to cover huge area of capital
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
SCOTLAND'S first compulsory 20mph zone will be created in Edinburgh under plans being devised by the city council.
Tories back William Hague and say he'll survive
Scotsman.com - News - 4. September 2010 - 1:00
WILLIAM Hague has won the backing of senior Scottish Tories following speculation about the Foreign Secretary's private life.
