http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6985 The latest breaking Scottish news including UK and world news updates plus videos 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=6985&format=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:59:13 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/latestnews/-SNP-aide-Mark-MacLachlan.5867364.jp THE SNP was last night embroiled in a scandal after an aide to the Constitution Minister used the internet to smear political rivals by posting scurrilous allegations about th http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/-SNP-aide-Mark-MacLachlan.5867364.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Terrorist-bombed-Russian-train.5867410.jp RUSSIA yesterday said a terrorist bomb caused the explosion that derailed a high-speed train, killing at least 26 people. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Terrorist-bombed-Russian-train.5867410.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Warming-will-39wipe-out-billions39.5867379.jp MOST of the world's population will be wiped out if political leaders fail to agree a method of stopping current rates of global warming, one of the UK's most senior http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Warming-will-39wipe-out-billions39.5867379.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Salmond-reveals-new-referendum-option.5867418.jp Alex Salmond will unveil a new option for Scotland's future when he publishes his historic white paper on an independence referendum tomorrow. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Salmond-reveals-new-referendum-option.5867418.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Homecoming39s-Final-Fling-strikes-right.5867541.jp THOUSANDS of pop fans converged on the SECC in Glasgow last night for Homecoming Live – the Final Fling, the flagship music event of Scotland's Year of Homecoming. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Homecoming39s-Final-Fling-strikes-right.5867541.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Faithful-say-Amen-to-digital.5867396.jp FANS called it the Jesus Phone, such was the near religious hysteria that accompanied its launch. Now Apple's cult mobile really is bringing its owners closer to God. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Faithful-say-Amen-to-digital.5867396.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Afghan-security-forces--get.5867377.jp AFGHANISTAN yesterday increased the pay of police and soldiers by nearly 40 per cent as Western countries aimed to increase the size and quality of Afghan security forces so t http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Afghan-security-forces--get.5867377.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bhopal39s-women-still-bear-scars.5867387.jp HAZRA Bee is sitting cross-legged on a rug, a gold stud in her nose, greying black hair swept back. She switches on an electric fan, which ripples her peach sari in the stifli http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bhopal39s-women-still-bear-scars.5867387.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scores-missing-after-Bangladesh-ferry.5867414.jp SCORES of passengers were yesterday still missing after a river ferry carrying more than 1,000 people capsized in Bangladesh. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scores-missing-after-Bangladesh-ferry.5867414.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Civilians-flee-as-rebels-seize.5867365.jp REBELS suspected of links to al-Qaeda seized a Somali town last night, sending civilians fleeing towards the nearby border with Kenya. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Civilians-flee-as-rebels-seize.5867365.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Obesity-epidemic39-hits-6637-of.5867411.jp SCOTLAND is facing an "obesity epidemic" according to figures released yesterday, which show two-thirds of men and more than half of women are overweight. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Obesity-epidemic39-hits-6637-of.5867411.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tiger-Woods-to-be-quizzed.5867419.jp POLICE were preparing to question champion golfer Tiger Woods last night after a mysterious late-night car crash. Tape recordings of the emergency call made after the acciden http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tiger-Woods-to-be-quizzed.5867419.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Call-for-probe-into-teacher.5867540.jp SCOTLAND'S schools crisis could be investigated by a parliamentary inquiry that would examine the 1,300 fall in teacher numbers that has set local authorities against the http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Call-for-probe-into-teacher.5867540.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Exsoldier-waits-for-news-on.5867531.jp A FORMER British soldier sentenced to death by firing squad is still waiting to hear if judges have decided to grant his appeal. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Exsoldier-waits-for-news-on.5867531.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Kennedy-39heirs39-trail-in-Senate.5867422.jp THE Kennedy clan casts a long shadow over American politics – no more evident than in the current race for a seat in the US Senate. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Kennedy-39heirs39-trail-in-Senate.5867422.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Starting-a-family-Work-for.5867368.jp GOLD-PLATED pensions and greater job security are not the only advantages of working in the public sector. It also increases your chances of having a baby. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Starting-a-family-Work-for.5867368.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Uruguay-poised-to-elect-former.5867405.jp A STRAIGHT-talking former guerrilla fighter is today expected to win Uruguay's presidency, extending the rule of a leftist governing coalition popular with Uruguayans for http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Uruguay-poised-to-elect-former.5867405.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Venezuela-ratchets-up-tension-with.5867430.jp VENEZUELA and Colombia yesterday traded more insults as their simmering border dispute heightened again. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Venezuela-ratchets-up-tension-with.5867430.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Polanski39s-chalet-prepared-for-arrest.5867433.jp SECURITY experts yesterday started preparing Roman Polanski's Alpine chalet for the movie director's house arrest while Swiss authorities consider whether to extradite http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Polanski39s-chalet-prepared-for-arrest.5867433.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Brown-to-set-out-war.5867420.jp BRITAIN is to host a conference in London aimed at paving the way for a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Brown-to-set-out-war.5867420.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Leaked-letter-hints-at-further.5867437.jp FRESH postal strikes could be launched over Christmas, it emerged yesterday, after a leaked letter sent to members of the Communication Workers Union warned of further possibl http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Leaked-letter-hints-at-further.5867437.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/White-House-gatecrashers-met-Obama.5867385.jp TWO imposters who sneaked in to a White House dinner in Washington managed to met President Barack Obama it has been revealed – despite earlier denials from the US Secret Serv http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/White-House-gatecrashers-met-Obama.5867385.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Lenders-rejecting-single-surveys-for.5867392.jp HOMEBUYERS in Scotland are being forced to pay hundreds of pounds for a second survey because major mortgage lenders are refusing to accept the valuations contained in the new http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Lenders-rejecting-single-surveys-for.5867392.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Brother-of-crossing-death-teenager.5867440.jp THE ten-year-old brother of a teenager killed by a train on a level crossing is to sue Network Rail, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Brother-of-crossing-death-teenager.5867440.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Anger-as-pub-calls-time.5867407.jp FOR decades, their faces looked down from the nicotine-stained walls of the pub where they once argued and bantered over politics and poetry. Now a planned sale of poets' http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Anger-as-pub-calls-time.5867407.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Revamp-at-Coop-shuts-local.5867447.jp LEGEND has it that the Co-op in Kirkconnell stayed open during the Second World War despite being hit by a German bomb. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Revamp-at-Coop-shuts-local.5867447.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Stage-tycoon-dubbed-39bully39-in.5867372.jp IT'S a remote croft with magnificent views of Highland lochs as its primary asset. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Stage-tycoon-dubbed-39bully39-in.5867372.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/No-beds-for-9000-young.5867408.jp SCOTLAND has a critical shortage of refuge beds for young runaways, the nation's biggest children's charity has warned. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/No-beds-for-9000-young.5867408.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tories-push-for-probe-after.5867378.jp SCOTLAND'S schools crisis could be investigated by a parliamentary inquiry that would examine the 1,300 fall in teacher numbers that has set local authorities against the http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tories-push-for-probe-after.5867378.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Greens-join-Labour-in-threat.5867391.jp THE Green party has joined Labour in warning it will vote down the next SNP budget, in a move which could threaten the minority administration's ability to govern. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Greens-join-Labour-in-threat.5867391.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT