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fotoLibra Newsfeed (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Hi Members FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD: AUGUST Minimum pixel dimensions: 4000 x 3000 Portrait or landscape; colour Deadline: Monday November 30th 2009; 16:00 GMT To submit images to Picture Calls in fotoLibra, simply click on the Picture Call megaphone icon below a thumbnail in your Collections, and select the relevant AUGUST FESTIVALS Call from the drop-down menu which appears. Pictures must be marked...
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Friendly Humanist (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
It's Canada Day again. Last year I was actually in Canada for this national day. Today, I am hard at work at my desk in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Well, except for this brief break to blog of course.) In the interest of brevity, I will simply list a couple of neat facts about Canada. Did you know that the name "Canada" comes from an aboriginal word meaning "village"? Wikipedia did ....
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 25 (UPI) -- A Scotland-based Web site has published a list of the world's weirdest airport names, including the Mafia, Moron and Pickle Lake Airports. Skyscanner.net, which specializes in cheap flights, picked Turkey's Batman Airport as its favorite name for a hub, followed by Useless Loop Airport in Australia, Black Tickle Airport in Canada, Mafia Airport in Tanzania and...
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Exposing Islam. (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
A former Afghan terrorist leader has lived in Scotland while fighting to be granted asylum in the United Kingdom, Dawalat Khan Nasir, 34, was commander of an outlawed group with close links to Osama bin Laden when he fled to the West and sought refugee status. He arrived illegally in the UK three years ago and within weeks he was refused permission to stay, but a series of appeals has delayed his return...
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London Passenger (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Nearly 600 UK attractions for one low price! The Great British Heritage Pass was established over 30 years ago by VisitBritain (formerly known as the British Tourist Authority). It is run by the Leisure Pass Group – a tourism specialist in creating and managing city smart card systems for sightseeing passes. The pass enables FREE entry to nearly 600 attractions around England, Scotland, Wales...
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The Daily (Maybe) (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Last one for the night. This was the best ever result for the Greens in a Euro-election in Scotland but sadly the bar is set quite high to return an MEP here so once again we go home with the organic wooden spoon. There are 32 regions in Scotland and the turn out varied from 22% to 36%. North Lanarkshire gets the booby prize and East Renfrewshire gets the prize for civic pride. Overall turnout was...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
• Labour suffers lowest vote in Scotland since before first world war • Party comes third in area represented by the chancellor • Scottish Nationalists win 29.1% share of vote The Scottish National party leader, Alex Salmond, has claimed that Alistair Darling faces losing his Westminster seat after the nationalists won an emphatic victory over Labour in the European elections. The official...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
The Scottish National party last night took a stunning win in the European elections with Labour slumping to a historic low. In a blow to Gordon Brown's home patch, the SNP achieved 29% of all the votes cast in Scotland, their highest ever share in a UK-level election, leaving Labour trailing a poor second on 20.8%, at the bottom end of the party's expectations. Although the result gave the SNP only...
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MicroShaft Blog (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
I hear the Tories have won in West Aberdeenshire in the EU vote. This is great news.Statement from Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell:“On the basis of tonight’s European results, Conservatives are winning again across Scotland, taking seats like Edinburgh South, East Renfrewshire and Dumfries & Galloway from Labour and Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk and West...
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Blether with Brian (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
UPDATE AT 2156: We have now had the result in East Renfrewshire. In Westminster terms, that's the seat of the Scottish secretary, Jim Murphy. In tonight's poll in that area, the Conservatives have come first, the SNP second and Labour third. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - UPDATE AT 2150: More still. The SNP has taken first place in Edinburgh with the Tories second, Labour third...
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The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Five years ago to mark the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, NPR's Fred Child did a story of Scotland's "Mad Piper" Bill Millin, who played on the beaches for his regiment on June 6, 1944. Millin's brigadier that day, Lord Lovat, had specifically ignored the general order against bagpipers issued for 9,000 Scottish troops participating in the attack, according to Child. It is reported...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Rugby:Former England and current Edinburgh coach Andy Robinson is widely expected to be named as the new Scotland boss and Frank Hadden's successor will be unveiled at a midday press conference at Murrayfield.
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The centre due to open on Wednesday (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Qatar HE the Prime Minister meets libyan official. Henry Ngabirano said the million project will be developed in a rituxan between the UCDA and the Libyan government and will add value to Ugandan. The chairwoman of the conference, Libyan ambassador Najjat al Hajjaji, was herself publicly accused of representing a racist, xenophobic and violent. Occidental Petroleum Announces First Quarter Net Income....
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Update: 11:14AM FIJI Rugby Union chairman Viliame Gavoka is optimistic the national team will play exceptionally well in the last leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in Edinburgh, Scotland this weekend despite their early exit in the Cup quarter-final.
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onlysports | 01/25/2009
Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby Rugby | Heineken Cup LIVE STREAMING
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onlysports | 01/25/2009
Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby Rugby | Heineken Cup LIVE STREAMING
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John Shaw | 01/03/2009
Hello, Sailor Fancy being Robin Knox-Johnston for the weekend? Sure, but the kids would need some training in how to climb the mast and the wife would have to be introduced to the galley (just kidding!). Circumventing the Isle of Wight might be a goo...
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