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  • It has been dubbed "Scotland's shame" and "Scotland's creepiest building", yet a plan to turn the ruin into a hotel in 2007 was dropped because of the cost of restoration.

    Scotland's creepiest building in £10m restoration scheme 2011

  • The cancer-stricken Mr. Megrahi was ultimately let go in 2009 under a separate provision, namely Scotland's provision for compassionate release.

    Europe's Ties With Libya Questioned Stacy Meichtry 2011

  • Print EIS union rejects changes to teachers' terms Scotland's largest teaching union has called for its members reject a deal on changes to their pay and conditions.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • He appears equally excited about the "constitutional reform" that may emerge from the referendum on independence and declares that the limited recommendations of the Calman Commission, which form the basis of the Scotland Bill, as well as what he calls "the status quo" - in other words, Scotland's current position within the Union - "seem lost in the mists of time".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Alan Cochrane 2011

  • He appears equally excited about the "constitutional reform" that may emerge from the referendum on independence and declares that the limited recommendations of the Calman Commission, which form the basis of the Scotland Bill, as well as what he calls "the status quo" - in other words, Scotland's current position within the Union - "seem lost in the mists of time".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Alan Cochrane 2011

  • The head of the SNP, Alex Salmond, who will serve another term as Scotland's first minister, lost no time in declaring his intention to introduce a plebiscite on Scottish independence sometime within the next five years.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • Writer Gregory Burke based that show on interviews with Iraq-deployed members of Scotland's famed Black Watch unit, yet the piece is not, strictly speaking, verbatim.

    Taking the stage by storm: True tales Nelson Pressley 2011

  • The wave continues later this month as the Shakespeare Theatre Company hosts the National Theatre of Scotland's acclaimed "Black Watch."

    Taking the stage by storm: True tales Nelson Pressley 2011

  • These cases have severely dented Scotland's hitherto stainless reputation for moral steadfastness and bedroom probity.

    Think Diouf is vile? Listen to the fans | Kevin McKenna 2011

  • "On any view he would be a matter of interest to the Scottish police because he was Gadhafi's right-hand man and was involved in negotiation over the compensatory payments made to Lockerbie victims' families," said Paul McBride, one of Scotland's top defense lawyers.

    Scotland Interviews Former Libyan Foreign Minister Alistair MacDonald 2011

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