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Plan for Wee County rescue centre
The Scottish SPCA unveils plans to create a national wildlife rescue centre in Clackmannanshire.
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Missing offender found in France
A paedophile who went missing from Scotland is arrested in France and now faces extradition, police confirm.
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Husband went to aid of dying wife
A husband went to the aid of a dying pedestrian unaware she was his wife, it is revealed.
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Pair charged with kidnap, hijack
Two men are charged with a number of offences after a cross-border police chase on Monday night.
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Glasgow tunes into music decision
Glasgow is set to learn if its application to become a United Nations City of Music has been successful.
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Table for three
Mid-Pacific dinner date saves thirsty rower's life
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Perfect run
Ohuruogu performs tactical masterpiece
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Suspected bug closes trauma ward
A ward at Cheltenham General hospital is likely to be closed for several days after a suspected case of gastroenteritis.
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New offer ends Tube strike threat
A planned 72-hour Tube strike is called off following talks between rail unions and management.
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Thousands strike in pay dispute
Council workers are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay, disrupting schools, bin collections and ferries in Scotland.
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Back pain eased by good posture
Long-term back pain can be relieved through encouraging sufferers to adopt good posture through the Alexander technique, say researchers.
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'Growing violence' at UK prison
An inspection of Frankland Prison in Durham raises concern about levels of violence.
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Slave trade 'still in operation'
A modern-day slave trade is in operation across Scotland, new Amnesty International research suggests.
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Mexican stocks slip on Cemex seizure, U.S. worries
(Recasts throughout) MEXICO CITY, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks fell on Tuesday as losses at cement maker Cemex combined with renewed worries about the U.S. credit crisis. The IPC stock index .MXX closed 0.17 percent lower in low-volume trading at
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Austin Ventures acquires Delta Rigging & Tools
staff NEW YORK CITY -- CIT Group has served as lead arranger in a $50 million senior secured credit facility to support Austin Ventures' acquisition of Delta Rigging & Tools.
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Priest cautions against miniskirts; Mexicans ouraged
MEXICO CITY - Miniskirts are making some Mexicans ruddy with indignation. The outrage is directed at the Roman Catholic Church for warning women that the skimpy clothing can provoke sexual violence. Rev. Sergio Roman sounded the alarm against miniskirts
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COLOMBIA: Telmex allowed to buy Teledinamica
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McCain touts oil drilling on Gulf of Mexico rig
John McCain Tuesday flew to a Gulf of Mexico oil rig to demand expanded offshore drilling, but Democrats hit back by branding the White House hopeful as a puppet of profit-soaked US energy giants. The Republican candidate toured the platform as polls
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Mexican peppers posed risks long before salmonella outbreak
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) _ Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican
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Arizona boy found wandering alone in Mexico after school bus mix-up
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) _ School officials in San Luis, Ariz., are investigating a busing mix-up that ended with a 6-year-old boy wandering alone in Mexico. Gadsden Elementary School District board President Luis Marquez says that if any failure is found in the
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