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Iranian Atomic Plans Bring New Calls for SanctionsCalls follow announcement by Iran that it intends to step up its enrichment of uranium
Source : voanews.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:20
GOP to Obama: Start Over, Then We'll Talk
GOP leaders pose questions Republicans want answered before a special White House health care summit this month.
Source : ABC News | 09-Feb-2010 01:18
AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors (AP)
AP - New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday lashed back at what he called a "callous and sleazy" assault on his character in statehouse rumors and media reports that include accusations about womanizing and drug use, allegations he flatly denied.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:15
With Super Bowl Win, a Triumph Over Katrina
For those who lived through Hurricane Katrina, the Saints' victory is sweet. Cindy Davis, a nurse who helped a diabetic patient during Katrina, and Arnetta Harris, who was evacuated from Houston and has since returned to New Orleans tell ABC what last night's victory meant to them.
Source : ABC News | 09-Feb-2010 01:15
Commander faces murder charges in missing deaths
The base commander at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in southeastern Ontario has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women whose disappearances in the fall and winter riveted attention in southeastern Ontario.
Source : canada.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:10
Terror asset Bill passes Commons
Emergency legislation is rushed through the House of Commons to allow the assets of suspected terrorists to be frozen.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 09-Feb-2010 01:09
Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:06
Jackson doctor denies manslaughter
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 09-Feb-2010 01:05
Lawyer: Wife mulled extorting Ill. murder suspect (AP)
AP - Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his previous wife and suggested extorting money from him to keep quiet, the lawyer testified Monday.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:05
World's tallest tower closed a month after opening (AP)
AP - The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:03
Government shut down as DC, region dig out of snow (AP)
AP - Federal workers and school children got a day off Monday as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that made travel nearly impossible and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:03
Obama's health care summit: Just for show? (AP)
AP - Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:03
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 (AP)
AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:03
Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity (AP)
AP - Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 01:03
Aberdeen's sweet dreams aren't made of this
POP legend Annie Lennox has joined the growing furore over plans for a new civic square in Aberdeen ? the city where she was born.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Quangos - The numbers
WHO they were and what they spent.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
A traditional family routine may be the answer to obesity
FAMILY life as it used to be lived a generation ago can help prevent obesity in pre-school children, a study has shown.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Islanders poised to buy Sir Dickie's forest
ISLANDERS hoping to stage the largest ever community buyout of land in Scotland will find out this week whether their plans have been successful.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Welcome to the dear, very green place
SCOTLAND'S largest city has launched an ambitious bid to be named Europe's "Green Capital" ? but has admitted it has little chance of winning.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Let Sikhs wear ceremonial daggers in public, says UK's first Asian judge
SIKHS should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers to school and in other public places, Britain's first Asian judge has said.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
20 jobs to be axed at Orkney oil terminal
THE jobs of 20 contract workers are to be axed at the oil terminal at Flotta on Orkney. The cuts will affect workers employed by the Wood Group and Sodexo at the Talisman-
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Anger at lone parent grant fall off
THE number of single parent students receiving financial support from the government has dropped by 10 per cent this year.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Jobs under threat as retailer sinks into administration
HIGH street retailer Au Naturale has gone into administration, along with its sister firm, Ethel Austin, raising a question mark over the future of 3,700 workers.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Toyota's woes deepen with Prius recall plan
TOYOTA plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem, it was reported last night.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Trial of ferry bus is stopped in its quacks
TRIALS of an amphibious bus on the River Clyde were embarrassingly halted yesterday when the Dutch vehicle developed a suspension fault.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Scientists warn of new risk from cigarettes ? third-hand smoke
NICOTINE residue on clothing, furniture and wallpaper can react with a common indoor pollutant to generate dangerous cancer chemicals, scientists claim.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
China pulls plug on net hacker college that signed up 180,000
POLICE in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyber attack lessons and malicious
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Death threats for school head who told Israeli army: You're not welcome here
AN ISRAELI headteacher has received death threats and evoked the ire of the army's top brass for refusing to allow officers into his school.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Spring begins almost two weeks earlier due to global warming, say scientists
ANIMALS and plants in the UK are breeding on average almost 12 days earlier than they were three decades ago, scientists have discovered.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
A liar and a bully ? top policeman who arrested innocent man gets 4 years
A SENIOR Scotland Yard officer's career is in ruins after he was jailed for assaulting and falsely arresting a man in a petty row over money.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Older women have more abortions than teens
WOMEN aged over 35 who believe they can have unprotected sex because their fertility is on the wane are fuelling the demand for abortions, according to a sexual health charit
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Michael Jackson's doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter
MICHAEL Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter last night.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
MP trio's 'golden goodbyes' axed
THE "golden goodbye" payments for the three Labour MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, House of Commons
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
West vows tough action as Iran reveals 'nuclear fuel' expansion
THE United States and France said yesterday it was time to impose new sanctions on Iran after Tehran announced it was planning a major expansion of its nuclear programme.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Iraq inquiry: George Bush was determined to overthrow Saddam even if he obeyed UN, inquiry member hints
GEORGE Bush warned Tony Blair the United States was going ahead with the invasion of Iraq "come what may", evidence heard at the official inquiry into the conflict has
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Funding shake-up will put Glasgow museums on a par with Edinburgh
A SHAKE-UP of funding arrangements for Scotland's museums and galleries that would see Glasgow's collections put on a more equal footing with Edinburgh's is expec
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Massive rise in would-be mature students
UNIVERSITY applications from aspiring mature students in Scotland have more than doubled.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Pro-Moscow leader claims Ukraine poll win
OPPOSITION leader Viktor Yanukovich emerged as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest yesterday, holding on to a lead of almost 3 percentage points with abo
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Campers face £500 fines for breaking Bonnie Banks ban
CAMPING will be banned at one of Scotland's top beauty spots under plans announced by a national park authority.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Death of three soldiers takes UK Afghanistan losses to 256 ? more than in Falklands war
THREE soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, taking the number of British deaths in the conflict to more than those killed in the Falklands.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Virtually all 115 Scots quangos 'should be scrapped'
THE proposed "bonfire of the quangos" should become an inferno, with virtually all of Scotland's public bodies scrapped in an attempt to drive transparent and acco
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Alexander McCall Smith sends wee Precious roond warld ? in Scots
IMAGINE Arthur Conan Doyle writing a story about the young Sherlock Holmes and insisting that it appears in print in Scots for a year before it is translated into English or a
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
David Cameron blames Gordon Brown for expenses scandal as Labour kicks out three MPs
DAVID Cameron has launched a highly personal attack on Gordon Brown, claiming the Prime Minister is the "road block" to political reform.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Teacher training places are cut by 40%
THE number of teacher training places in Scotland is to be cut by 40 per cent in an effort to stem the growing number of graduates unable to find work in schools.
Source : scotsman.com | 09-Feb-2010 01:00
Gainey resigns as Canadiens GM
Bob Gainey has stepped down as Montreal Canadiens general manager in favour of Pierre Gauthier, who will take over as executive vice-president and general manager.
Source : canada.com | 09-Feb-2010 00:55
Under fire, NY governor Paterson says he's not resigning (Reuters)
Reuters - New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future.
Source : Yahoo! News | 09-Feb-2010 00:53