G8 leaders retreat from Africa aid pledge- July 8, 2008 WHEN the leaders of the world's richest nations gathered at Gleneagles in 2005, they solemnly pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010 and tackle climate change.http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/G8-leaders--retreat-from.4264186.jp Bite to let Holiday homes in 'Dracula' castle by next year- July 8, 2008 PERCHED atop the dramatic cliffs near the spectacular chasm of the Bullars of Buchan, brooding Slains Castle is now a roofless ruin the remains of an imposing fortress whichttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bite-to-let--Holiday.4264174.jp Union anger after Sarkozy says 'no-one notices strikes'- July 8, 2008 FRANCE'S powerful trade union leaders have lashed out at the president after he said in a speech this weekend that strikes in his country now had little impact.http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Union-anger-after-Sarkozy-says.4264196.jp Iraq pushes US troop withdrawal- July 8, 2008 NOURI al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, yesterday raised the prospect of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops as part of negotiations over a new security ahttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Iraq-pushes---US.4264199.jp Fears for up to 1,500 jobs after council report leak- July 8, 2008 ONE in ten workers at troubled Aberdeen City Council might lose their jobs as part of efforts to solve the financial crisis in which the authority is mired, it was claimedhttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Fears-for--up-to.4264177.jp 41 die in embassy bomb attack- July 8, 2008 AFGHANISTAN'S government has blamed "foreign agents in the region" a reference to Pakistan for yesterday's suicide car bomb attack on the Indian embassy ihttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/41-die---in.4264231.jp Tablet links Judaism and Christianity- July 8, 2008 AN ANCIENT Hebrew tablet to be highlighted at an Israeli conference of biblical scholars today could link Christianity far more intimately with Judaism than previously recognihttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tablet-links-Judaism-and-Christianity.4264211.jp Curran challenges SNP man to TV fight- July 8, 2008 MARGARET Curran was last night finally selected as the Labour candidate for the Glasgow East by-election a race she only entered in an attempt to rescue her beleaguered parthttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Curran-challenges-SNP--man.4264182.jp Police confirm missing paedophile left jail and headed for France- July 8, 2008 A PAEDOPHILE who went on the run from Scotland has travelled to France and may still be there, according to police.http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Police-confirm-missing-paedophile-left.4264172.jp So what did the Romans do for us Give us a new World Heritage Site- July 8, 2008 SCOTLAND'S greatest remnant of Roman occupation was last night granted World Heritage Site status ranking it alongside the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China andhttp://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/So-what-did-the-Romans.4264327.jp |