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Give US haggis with our neeps and tatties »

The Scottish Rural Affairs Department is currently locked in a dispute with the United States over the ban on haggis exports. Richard Lochhead, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, has issued an invitation to relevant US delegates to visit Scotlan...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Kirsten Waller | Read more »

Obama faces uphill struggle »

The Republican Party have taken control of the House of Representatives after a campaign against Obama’s agenda for government. As the Democrats managed to cling on to the majority of votes in the Senate, The Republicans, fuelled by right-wing a...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Tommy McCallum | Read more »

British universities set to struggle »

cambridge sunset

According to the Guardian's list of the world's best universities, UK institutions are trailing behind those in the US in terms of offering a world class education. The list, which was released last week, gives the UK 18 universities in the top 100, 4...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Obama learns the three T's the hard way »

Prof. Zhiqun Zhu

Relations between China and the United States deteriorated following the recent US sale of $6.4 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan. China cut off military exchanges with the US and threatened, for the first time, to sanction American companies involve...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Zhiqun Zhu | Read more »

The US-led Pak-Afghan Disaster »

A recent terrorist attack on the Pakistan army headquarters (GHQ) is another manifestation of the fragile peace and security in the country, as well as having broader implications on the region as a whole. Peace in Pakistan is not an internal issue but...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi | Read more »

UN Chief predicts US climate revolution »

Rajendra Pachauri

The chief advisor to the UN on climate change has claimed that a US revolution could come about as a result of proposed carbon cuts. The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, claimed that if Barack Obama comm...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Blair: Gaza blockade "not sensible" »

Gaza Protest

Tony Blair has called for Israel to lift the economic blockade of the Gaza strip, in an interview with Channel 4 news last week. He visited the region as Quartet Middle East envoy last week, his first visit since 2001 – then as British Prime Min...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Amy Magowan Greene | Read more »

World's largest 'spam gang' caught »

"Spam gang" caught

A non-profit anti-spam research group, SpamHaus has celebrated The US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) legal victory against the largest ‘spam gang’ in the world.After a long investigation involving police agencies across the world, t...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Kristijonas Kancleris | Read more »

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