http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=7000 World news and headlines from Europe, America, China the Middle East, Africa, and Russia en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk NS http://news.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=7000&format=rss Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:29:29 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://news.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/NS_rss.gif http://news.scotsman.com 281 70 http://news.scotsman.com/world/Russian-nightclub-fire-kills-109.5887717.jp RUSSIA was yesterday mourning the victims of its worst fire disaster since the fall of the Soviet Union after 109 people died in a nightclub blaze. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Russian-nightclub-fire-kills-109.5887717.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Chinese-rally-to-defend-great.5887719.jp AN APPEAL has gone out to the expat Chinese community to help secure the future of some of the country's most unlikely historic buildings. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Chinese-rally-to-defend-great.5887719.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Varnish-can39t-take-the-shine.5887741.jp IT'S A mystery that has fascinated and confounded music lovers, instrument makers and collectors for centuries – just how did Antonio Stradivari create such unique sound w http://news.scotsman.com/world/Varnish-can39t-take-the-shine.5887741.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/39Accidental39-blast-kills-three-and.5887700.jp AN ACCIDENTAL blast destroyed a fast-food restaurant in north-west Pakistan yesterday, killing at least three people and unnerving a city targeted by militants. http://news.scotsman.com/world/39Accidental39-blast-kills-three-and.5887700.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Philippines-imposes-martial-law-in.5887728.jp PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines yesterday imposed martial law in one of the country's most troubled provinces after a spate of election-related violence by some http://news.scotsman.com/world/Philippines-imposes-martial-law-in.5887728.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Ailing-Thai-monarch39s-birthday-calm.5887768.jp THAILAND'S ageing monarch addressed the nation yesterday for the first time since hospitalisation more than two months ago, marking his 82nd birthday with a call for " http://news.scotsman.com/world/Ailing-Thai-monarch39s-birthday-calm.5887768.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Protesters-demand-Italy39s-PM-quits.5887713.jp TENS of thousands of Italians chanting "resign, resign" marched through Rome yesterday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is accused http://news.scotsman.com/world/Protesters-demand-Italy39s-PM-quits.5887713.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Mexico-City-hit-by-slave.5887721.jp MORE than 100 kidnapping victims freed from a Mexican rehabilitation centre were snatched from the streets and held in slave-like conditions, police said yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Mexico-City-hit-by-slave.5887721.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Confusion-over-death-toll-in.5887759.jp PROBLEMS with passenger records have left rescuers uncertain of how many victims might have died in an accident involving two ferries on the Nile. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Confusion-over-death-toll-in.5887759.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Secret-stash-of-masterpieces-seized.5887863.jp A MULTI-million-pound secret stash of masterpieces, including works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Cezanne, was seized yesterday by Italian police investigating a disgraced busines http://news.scotsman.com/world/Secret-stash-of-masterpieces-seized.5887863.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/LA--diocese-elects-its.5887706.jp THE US Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected the first female bishop in its 114-year history, but ended voting with one of two openly gay candidates still vying for th http://news.scotsman.com/world/LA--diocese-elects-its.5887706.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Somalia-calls-for-foreign-peace.5887694.jp SOMALIA's government last night called for an international peace plan like President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Somalia-calls-for-foreign-peace.5887694.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Teenager-accused-of-strangling-tenyearold.5887733.jp A TEENAGER has pleaded not guilty to killing his ten-year-old brother after appearing in court in the United States. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Teenager-accused-of-strangling-tenyearold.5887733.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Prize-money-may-be-slashed.5887712.jp THE Nobel Foundation may cut the prize money awarded as part of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis http://news.scotsman.com/world/Prize-money-may-be-slashed.5887712.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Turkey-Military-in-court-over.5887696.jp THREE retired military commanders appeared in court yesterday to testify in a probe into a plot to oust Turkey's Islamist-rooted government. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Turkey-Military-in-court-over.5887696.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Pakistan-Mumbai-terror-trial-postponed.5887725.jp THE trial of seven Pakistani men accused of involvement in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks was postponed by a week yesterday after the defence failed to appear in cou http://news.scotsman.com/world/Pakistan-Mumbai-terror-trial-postponed.5887725.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Guinea-Junta-leader-flown-to.5887766.jp CAPTAIN Moussa Dadis Camara, the head of Guinea's ruling junta, was flown to Morocco late on Friday for hospital treatment after being wounded in a gun attack by a former http://news.scotsman.com/world/Guinea-Junta-leader-flown-to.5887766.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/It39s-no-go-for-Noko.5887743.jp A SWEDISH department store yesterday removed a new line of North Korean-made designer jeans from its shelves, saying it wants to avoid ties with the isolated communist natio http://news.scotsman.com/world/It39s-no-go-for-Noko.5887743.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Violence-in-Nepal.5887726.jp HUNDREDS of protesters torched vehicles and vandalised shops in Nepal yesterday amid heightened political tensions in the Himalayan nation. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Violence-in-Nepal.5887726.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Tiger-Woods39-furious-wife-accuses.5886748.jp YET another woman entered the spotlight in the scandal surrounding Tiger Woods yesterday – his mother. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Tiger-Woods39-furious-wife-accuses.5886748.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Meredith-killer39s-family-to-appeal.5887181.jp THE family of Meredith Kercher's murderer Amanda Knox will immediately begin the process of appealing against her guilty verdict, a spokesman said today. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Meredith-killer39s-family-to-appeal.5887181.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Workers-quizzed-over-bar-blaze.5887196.jp POLICE today questioned three workers suspected of accidentally starting a fire that killed 20 people in a third-floor karaoke bar in the Indonesian city of Medan. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Workers-quizzed-over-bar-blaze.5887196.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/101-killed-as-pyrotechnics-spark.5887219.jp AN explosion and fire apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early today, killing 101 people, according to reports. http://news.scotsman.com/world/101-killed-as-pyrotechnics-spark.5887219.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Dozens-missing-after-boat-crash.5887157.jp AN EGYPTIAN security official says two motorboats have collided in the Nile in northern Egypt and dozens of passengers are missing. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Dozens-missing-after-boat-crash.5887157.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Plan-for-green-tax-on.5887224.jp PERUVIAN president Alan Garcia, who is snubbing the UN climate change summit, has proposed a tax on arms purchases to fund the fight against global warming. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Plan-for-green-tax-on.5887224.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Cage39s-humanitarian-work-hailed.5887156.jp FILM star Nicolas Cage won a UN award night for his humanitarian work and has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the UN on Drugs and Crime. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Cage39s-humanitarian-work-hailed.5887156.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Book-aims-to-end-clash.5886757.jp TRANSCENDING the bitterness of the confrontation between their nations and faiths, Israeli and Palestinian scholars have come together for an unprecedented joint history of th http://news.scotsman.com/world/Book-aims-to-end-clash.5886757.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Ideals-behind-the-Orange-Revolution.5886777.jp LIKE much of central and eastern Europe, this autumn Ukraine is taking time to remember a revolution. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Ideals-behind-the-Orange-Revolution.5886777.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Mob-hitman-links-Berlusconi-to.5886763.jp A JAILED hitman linked Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to the Mafia yesterday, telling a court a godfather convicted for a bombing campaign had boasted of links to th http://news.scotsman.com/world/Mob-hitman-links-Berlusconi-to.5886763.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Lethal--from-half-a.5886779.jp TWO weeks ago in Pakistan, CIA operatives killed eight people suspected of being militants linked to al-Qaeda, and wounded two others in a compound said to be used for terror http://news.scotsman.com/world/Lethal--from-half-a.5886779.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT