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Scotland says better off without Britain, but with the pound
Reuters* Scottish nationalists say split would boost growth * British pound and EU membership key to economic success By William James LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Ending Britain's 306-year rule would allow Scotland to reverse generations of economic...Tags: Government, Energy Resources, Finance, United Kingdom, European Union
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Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks, says Britain
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says. Before a referendum due in September 2014 on whether Scotland...Tags: Finance, European Union, National Government, Economic Indicator, Government
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in the Scottish Highlands
ReutersFORT WILLIAM, Scotland (Reuters) - Often voted the world's greatest train journey, the voyage from Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig in the Scottish highlands defies superlatives thanks to its stunning views and wild landscapes. Several of the stations...Tags: Chinese Restaurants, Trips and Vacations, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, United Kingdom
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Jazz harpist brings trio to arts center stage for final show in Blissfest series
The final show of the Blissfest Folk and Roots Concert Series will feature a concert by The Maeve Gilchrist Trio at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey. Still in her mid 20s, Edinburgh-born Celtic and jazz harpist,...
Tags: Music, Music Industry, John Doyle, Festive Events
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The pipes are calling
After welcoming a Buster over the weekend, the Hub City played host Monday to a busker. Kevin Moe, an 18-year-old from Laramie, Wyo., played the bagpipes Monday on a street corner in downtown Aberdeen. He is using the donations he receives to...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Music, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Fort Lauderdale
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Booker Prize-winning author James Kelman visits Baltimore
Plunging into a novel by James Kelman is like diving head-first into a chilly lake. It's a shock to your system at first, and a bit disorienting, but the trick is to keep moving. Once your muscles get warmed up and you get your bearings, the...
Tags: England, Literature, Authors, Genres
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Soccer-Scottish second-tier sides target breakaway
ReutersMay 3 (Reuters) - Several Scottish second-tier sides have written to the SPL asking to be admitted into their league structure from next season in a move which could further split the game in Scotland. The Scottish Premier League (SPL) runs the top... -
5 Lessons From the Tribeca Film Festival
ReutersApr 29 (TheWrap.com) - This year's Tribeca Film Festival began on April 17 with a rock 'n' roll movie, "Mistaken for Strangers," and had its official closing-night gala on Saturday with the appearance of Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis for...Tags: Margo Martindale, Tribeca, Elaine Stritch, The Smurfs (movie), Oceana
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Scottish writers lead the way in producing popular crime fiction
As proudly reported in Scottish Life magazine, a British think tank called the New Economics Foundation recently determined that the Scots are the happiest people in Britain, boasting some of the most impressive "wellbeing" scores anywhere. Exactly why...
Tags: Authors, Genres, Book, The New York Times, Newspaper and Magazine
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Edinburgh
ReutersEDINBURGH (Reuters) - Which city has two central if extinct volcanoes, one of which is topped by the most precariously positioned castle imaginable? It is not somewhere high in the Andes or on an Indonesian island, instead it is the elegant and...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Landforms, Bars and Clubs, Volcanoes, New Year's Day
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Prime Minister Cameron argues to keep Britain's nuclear arsenal
LONDON – Amid international alarm over saber-rattling by North Korea, British Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned defense Thursday for maintaining his country’s independent nuclear deterrent, despite growing domestic complaints of...
Tags: North Korea, Defense, Nuclear Policy, National Government, Media Industry
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Scotland to vote on independence in Sept. 2014
LONDON - Voters in Scotland will head to the polls Sept. 18, 2014, to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shake-up in the British...Tags: England, Referenda, Elections, Labour Party (UK), David Cameron
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Mar 22, 2013
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