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Campaign launched for independent Scotland (14)
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
EDINBURGH: Scottish nationalists launched an official "yes" campaign for
independence today ahead of a likely 2014 referendum on severing the more
than 300-year-old union with England.
First Minister Alex Salmond said the semi-autonomous region should run its
own foreign, economic and defence policies, and promised that he would try
to get one million Scots to sign a declaration of support.
Libyan PM lays wreath at London embassy siege site (7)
The Associated Press
LONDON - Libya's prime minister on Friday placed a wreath at the spot where
a London policewoman was killed by gunfire from the Libyan Embassy in 1984.
Abdurrahim el-Keib, who placed the wreath of white roses and carnations,
has pledged that his country would work closely with the British government
in a renewed investigation of the killing.
Scottish nationalists launch 'Yes' campaign (5)
EDINBURGH - Scottish nationalists launched an official "yes" campaign for
independence on Friday ahead of a likely 2014 referendum on severing the
more than 300-year-old union with England.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said the semi-autonomous region
should run its own foreign, economic and defense policies, and promised
that he would try to get one million Scots to sign a declaration of support.
China cancels visit to Britain over Dalai Lama spat (3)
China has cancelled a senior leader's visit to Britain in protest at a
meeting between David Cameron and the Dalai Lama.
Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress,
Wu Bangguo Photo: AFP
By Malcolm Moore, Beijing
2:20PM BST 25 May 2012
A spokesman for the British embassy in Beijing confirmed that Wu Bangguo,
China's top legislator, had been planning a protocol visit, but had called
it off.
British police team allowed into Libya (9)
Investigating 1984 murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (right) speaking with Libyan Prime
Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib at 10 Downing Street in London yesterday.
A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation
into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, the Prime Minister announced
yesterday.
David Cameron said the visit was a "really positive step forward" for the
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