STOCKHOLM - Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries. The winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes in economics, chemistry a
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Serbia says Kosovo's declaration of independence was unlawful and amounts to a challenge to the international legal order. Dusan Batakovic, Serbia's amabassador to France, made the comments Tuesday at International Court of
JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Indonesian police arrested 13 Papuans on Tuesday as activists demanded sovereignty at rallies to mark the 48th anniversary of Papuan independence , a police spokesman said. Riot police made the arrests as they dispersed up to
The Scottish Government is due to publish its white paper on Scotland's constitutional future, which could pave the way for an independence referendum.First Minister Alex Salmond is expected to argue Scotland must be independent to meet its full eco
Labour has urged First Minister Alex Salmond to shelve his plans for a referendum on Scottish independence and concentrate on fighting the recession.The appeal came from Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy, who accused the SNP of a peculiar obsession wi
JERUSALEM - The Palestinians say they are so fed up with the lack of progress in peace efforts that they are preparing to declare independence unilaterally. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Israel's Army Radio station on Sunday that the
KHARTOUM - The ruling Sudanese National Congress Party said on Sunday it regrets a southern leader's call for regional independence in an upcoming referendum, saying it contradicts a peace deal that ended a two-decade civil war. My understanding
The Liberal Democrats are meeting to review their position on a referendum on Scottish independence. The party is currently opposed to a vote, but activists will consider the issue behind closed doors at a conference in Dunfermline, Fife. If the Lib
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