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, 29 Nov 2009 20:00:28 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/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/world/Terrorist-bombed-Russian-train.5867410.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Afghan-security-forces--get.5867377.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Bhopal39s-women-still-bear-scars.5867387.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Scores-missing-after-Bangladesh-ferry.5867414.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Civilians-flee-as-rebels-seize.5867365.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Tiger-Woods-to-be-quizzed.5867419.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Exsoldier-waits-for-news-on.5867531.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Kennedy-39heirs39-trail-in-Senate.5867422.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Uruguay-poised-to-elect-former.5867405.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Venezuela-ratchets-up-tension-with.5867430.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/Polanski39s-chalet-prepared-for-arrest.5867433.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/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/world/White-House-gatecrashers-met-Obama.5867385.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Healthcare-agreement-for-former-colonies.5867443.jp COMMONWEALTH countries are today expected to seal a landmark agreement on universal healthcare for almost one-third of the world's population, including free treatment http://news.scotsman.com/world/Healthcare-agreement-for-former-colonies.5867443.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Knox-parents-investigated-over-police.5867425.jp THE parents of American student Amanda Knox have been placed under investigation for alleging that Italian police abused Knox before she was arrested for the killing of her Br http://news.scotsman.com/world/Knox-parents-investigated-over-police.5867425.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Murder-blamed-on-moose.5867371.jp POLICE in Sweden have cleared a man who was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife – after deciding the culprit was a moose. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Murder-blamed-on-moose.5867371.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Top-golfer-Tiger-Woods-injured.5866472.jp TIGER Woods was facing possible police charges last night after being injured in a car crash outside his Florida home. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Top-golfer-Tiger-Woods-injured.5866472.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Bomb-theory-after--.5866643.jp A PASSENGER train derailed between Moscow and St Petersburg yesterday, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens of others. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Bomb-theory-after--.5866643.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/UN--nuclear-body-.5866411.jp The United Nations' nuclear watchdog's board censured Iran yesterday, with 25 nations backing a resolution demanding that Tehran immediately freeze construction of its http://news.scotsman.com/world/UN--nuclear-body-.5866411.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Murky-history-of--.5866484.jp THE publicity-hungry couple who gate-crashed a state dinner at the White House on a mission to become television stars are no strangers to controversy, it has been revealed. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Murky-history-of--.5866484.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Man-charged-with-killing-father.5866428.jp AUSTRALIAN detectives investigating the deaths of British art curator Nick Waterlow and his daughter Chloe have charged his 42-year-old son with their murders. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Man-charged-with-killing-father.5866428.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Analysis-Success-of-Obama39s-China.5866437.jp UNITED States president Barack Obama's first trip to China was like a splendid stage play. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Analysis-Success-of-Obama39s-China.5866437.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Rights-groups39-anger-at-forced.5866410.jp HUMAN rights groups have claimed gypsy women in the Czech Republic are still subject to forced or coerced sterilisation in a practice echoing a brutal policy of communist C http://news.scotsman.com/world/Rights-groups39-anger-at-forced.5866410.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Murdered-girl39s-family-seek-227m.5866401.jp THE family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher are seeking £22.7 million in damages from her American roommate and two other defendants accused of the 2007 killing. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Murdered-girl39s-family-seek-227m.5866401.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Briton-fights-extradition-over-alleged.5866474.jp A BRITISH businessman based in Thailand has vowed to appeal against plans to extradite him to Australia accused of a £66 million global drugs plot. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Briton-fights-extradition-over-alleged.5866474.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Minister-quits-over-Afghan-report.5866420.jp GERMANY'S labour minister resigned yesterday after conceding that a military report on a deadly September airstrike in northern Afghanistan failed to reach him while he h http://news.scotsman.com/world/Minister-quits-over-Afghan-report.5866420.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Big-Bird-aims-to-promote.5866430.jp BIG Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch have taught countless generations of children how to count, recite the alphabet and wash their hands. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Big-Bird-aims-to-promote.5866430.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/I-was-proud-to-be.5866482.jp A MAN accused of murdering Dutch civilians as a member of a Waffen SS hit squad yesterday said at his trial he was proud about being chosen as a volunteer to fight for the Na http://news.scotsman.com/world/I-was-proud-to-be.5866482.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Police-investigation-after-Tiger-Woods.5866879.jp INVESTIGATORS were today trying to establish what caused world number one golfer Tiger Woods to crash his car into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his exclusive Florida home http://news.scotsman.com/world/Police-investigation-after-Tiger-Woods.5866879.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Four-killed-in-shooting.5866460.jp A FAMILY'S Thanksgiving Day celebrations turned to horror when four people, including a six-year-old girl, were shot dead at their home. http://news.scotsman.com/world/Four-killed-in-shooting.5866460.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/world/Silvio-Berlusconi39s-trial--to.5866456.jp ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's corruption trial is reopening, with next Friday set as the next hearing date. 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