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County Prosecutors may be Subject to a New Law

16.04.2008 23:53    wksu.org
Should Ohio have a new state law requiring that all Ohio county prosecutors have a certain amount of legal experience before holding office? That's the question state legislators are debating...and the Ohio HOUSE has already given ITS answer - YES.
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Holyrood audit of police numbers

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE number of police officers on the streets is to be established by Holyrood, MSPs were told yesterday.

Extend Scotland Week to Russia, says First Minister

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SCOTLAND Week celebrations of the type which take place in the United States could be extended to other countries including Russia, Alex Salmond said yesterday.

Halifax defies Brown and raises new lending rates

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
HOMEOWNERS were dealt a fresh blow yesterday as Britain's biggest lender hiked mortgage rates, defying the pleas from Gordon Brown to pass on the rate cut offered by the B


Female, pregnant â€" and leading macho Spain's defences

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
IT'S AN image Spaniards will not soon forget: their new defence minister, reviewing trim, crisply uniformed soldiers, with her belly plump from seven months of pregnancy.

SNP income tax plan 'will add to hardship of low-paid'

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SCOTLAND's government has been accused of hypocrisy over plans for a local income tax, amid claims the proposals would hit the lowest earners.

Bag charge plan attacked

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
AN MSP was yesterday accused of arrogance after he put plans to bring in a 10p levy on plastic bags before Holyrood for a second time.

Pirate protest at BP headquarters over Iraq oil 'grab'

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
PROTESTERS dressed as pirates will picket the offices of BP today, to highlight what they claim is the oil giant's attempt to control the production of Iraq's oil res

Harman: no police inquiry

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
HARRIET Harman, the Commons leader, will not face a police inquiry over errors in reporting contributions to her deputy Labour leadership campaign, it was revealed last night

Two thirds of youngsters 'do not feel safe in their own neighbourhoods'

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
LEADERS of a children's charity have said that many young people in Scotland do not feel safe in their own neighbourhoods.

Europe urged to ban building on peat bogs

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
BUILDING wind turbines on Scotland's precious peatland could be catastrophic for the environment, according to a Scottish MEP.

Briefing board

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
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GPs say longer hours a waste of resources

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE Scottish Government's commitment to making GPs open their surgeries for longer hours is facing fresh opposition from doctors who claim it is an inappropriate use of re

Congress will call for justice and equality

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE 111th Scottish Trades Union Council annual congress meets in Inverness this year in a Scotland that has a political landscape dramatically changed since we met in Glasgow

Scotland will not be first among equals

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
A HUGE gulf emerged yesterday between the aspirations of Westminster and Holyrood for the role of joint ministerial committees (JMCs) as Alex Salmond met with minister

Taking the lead on collaboration

16.04.2008 23:37    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE concept of community planning â€" and what it asks of public-sector workers â€" is arguably now the most powerful driver for change in Scotland's leadership culture.

Ferry cash put in EC spotlight

16.04.2008 23:36    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE European Commission has launched an inquiry into government subsidies paid to Scotland's ferry companies.

Brown brands Mugabe thief and says world must act over 'stolen' poll

16.04.2008 23:36    thescotsman.scotsman.com
ROBERT MUGABE, the Zimbabwe dictator, must not be allowed to steal his country's presidential election and hang on to power illegally, Gordon Brown warned the world last n

The Speech

16.04.2008 23:31    thescotsman.scotsman.com
GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, United States senator, 17 April, 1900

Scotsman Archive

16.04.2008 23:31    thescotsman.scotsman.com
MALAWIAN POLITICIANS OPPOSE McCONNELL AS HIGH COMMISSIONER, 27 August, 2007

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