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• US wary about election terror threat: Townsend

  - 2007-11-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — Election-period bombings in Madrid and Glasgow have raised US wariness of the possibility of a terror attack during the 2008 presidential campaign, the White House's top anti-terror official said Tuesday. Fran Townsend, President George W. Bush's domestic security and anti-terror advisor, told CNN that the government...

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• Reid installed as Celtic chairman

  - 2007-11-19

  GLASGOW AFP — John Reid, Britain's former Home Secretary, was confirmed Monday as the new chairman of Scottish football giants Celtic during the Glasgow club's annual general meeting. Reid, who held office under Tony Blair before stepping down from the Cabinet in June ahead of Gordon Brown becoming Prime...

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• Primary pupils get healthy meals for free in Scottish trial

  - 2007-10-22

  LONDON AFP — Primary pupils in three areas of Scotland tucked into healthy school lunches given out for free Monday under a six-month government-funded pilot scheme, officials said. The five million pound scheme, rolled out this week in schools in East Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire and Glasgow - and to...

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• AC Milan's Dida banned, Celtic fined by UEFA

  - 2007-10-11

  PARIS AFP — AC Milan goalkeeper Dida has been suspended for two UEFA matches and Celtic fined 60,000 Swiss francs (35,760 euros/50,746 dollars) by European football's governing body on Thursday following incidents at last week's Champions League game in Glasgow. Dida was punished for overreacting after being slapped in...

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• Scottish police recover stolen Da Vinci painting

  - 2007-10-04

  LONDON AFP — British police arrested four men on Thursday after recovering a stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting worth more than 15 million pounds (22 million euros, 31 million dollars) in the Glasgow area of Scotland. "Madonna with the Yarnwinder" had been stolen in August 2003 from Drumlanrig Castle...

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• Australia refuses to apologise to terror suspect doctor

  - 2007-07-29

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian Prime Minister John Howard Monday dismissed calls for an inquiry into the bungled case of an Indian doctor suspected of terrorism, and said the Muslim medic should not expect an apology. Mohamed Haneef was held for more than three weeks and charged with providing "reckless"...

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• Australia police drop bid to hold UK bomb suspect

  - 2007-07-12

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian police Friday dropped a bid to hold an Indian doctor for a further three days in connection with failed car bombings in Britain. Police had asked a court for more time to hold Mohammed Haneef, who has been in custody since he was arrested trying...

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• Britain's Brown planning anti-terror crackdown: reports

  - 2007-06-02

  GLASGOW AFP — Gordon Brown is planning to introduce a raft of hardline anti-terror laws when he becomes Britain's prime minister, newspapers reported widely Sunday. Finance minister Brown, who takes over the premiership from Tony Blair on June 27, will this week propose sweeping new powers and making the...

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• Ten-man Espanyol take Sevilla into extra-time in UEFA Cup football

  - 2007-05-16

  GLASGOW AFP — Ten-man Espanyol took favourites Sevilla into extra-time in the UEFA Cup final here on Wednesday after the two Spanish sides finished the 90 minutes tied at 1-1. Espanyol had enjoyed the better of the chances after Albert Riera, with a 28th-minute strike, had cancelled out a...

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• Clinton, in Scotland, stands up for beleagured buddy Blair

  - 2006-05-10

  LONDON AFP — Former US President Bill Clinton sprang to the defence of his embattled old friend Tony Blair, saying that Britain was "way better off" thanks to the prime minister's leadership. Speaking at a dinner in Glasgow, where he was asked which world leaders had most impressed him...

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