First Minister Alex Salmond has compared opposition to an independence referendum with the arrogance that Margaret Thatcher showed to Scotland.Mr Salmond said the SNP government's commitment to a vote on the Scottish constitutional was the reason
PARIS - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris. Muntadhar al-Zeidi ducked and the sh
LONDON - Senior prison bosses were under investigation on Tuesday after they were found to have shifted several difficult inmates between two London prisons in order to con inspectors. Chief Inspector of Prisons Dame Anne Owers said senior offici
LONDON - The controversial decision to free the Lockerbie bomber was in line with the principles of India's Mahatma Gandhi, Scotland's First Minister said Saturday, drawing criticism from opponents. Alex Salmond praised his Justice Secretary Kenny
The shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has compared parts of the UK to The Wire a US television show which portrays inner city drugs and violence.In a speech later Mr Grayling will argue that the UK now suffers from the same culture of gangs a
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