Recently added articles from Scotland on Sunday:
Briefs: Ireland
Oct 25, 2009 ... Former Irish president Mary Robinson yesterday ruled out runningfor the position of permanent European Union president. Robinson has written to campaigners who have urged her to standsaying she wants to concentrate on fighting ...
Briefs: Taiwan
Oct 25, 2009 ... TAIWAN and China will establish semi-official tourism offices ineach other's territories early next year. Yang Rwei-chong, a government official, will become the firstsenior Taiwanese official to be based in Beijing, a milestone inbilateral ties after decades of hostility ....
Briefs: Egypt
Oct 25, 2009 ... TWO trains collided outside Cairo yesterday afternoon, killing atleast 25 people. A further 55 people were injured in the accident, which occurredwhen a passenger train ran into the back of a leading train on theoutskirts of the city. A ...
Briefs: Indonesia
Oct 25, 2009 ... AN EARTHQUAKE measuring a magnitude of 7.3 struck off Indonesiayesterday, prompting the country to issue a tsunami alert. However, the warning was later withdrawn when it was calculatedthat the quake, which ...
Fresh road kill for away specialists
Oct 25, 2009; ... Aberdeen 0 Dundee United 2 GIVEN the weather, this should have been a howler. "I've neverknown conditions like that," said United manager Craig Levein of thefreakishly swirling wind and rain. "One way the ball was holding upand in the other goalmouth the wind was swirling and, to ...