http://www.newstin.com/us/DUMFRIESSHIRE Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66679035 Lockerbie. Just before 2200 BST, a major gas leak was followed by fire and a series of explosions on the North Sea platform. The heat ruptured a gas pipeline from another platform causing another massive explosion and fireball... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:00:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66679035 2008-07-05T22:00:56Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65724963 officials told the Financial Times. The investment is one of many made by large, national sovereign wealth funds, or global cash barons, and will help Libya diversify its economy away from a reliance on hydro carbons. According... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:06:07 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65724963 2008-07-01T06:06:07Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65345054 LONDON: A meat company in UK has been branded Dickensian after forcing its employees to clock-off every time they want to go to the toilet. The union Unite has criticized the meat processor for "essentially stopping staff pay... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:27:28 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65345054 2008-06-29T00:27:28Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65127661 LONDON (Reuters) - A meat company has been branded Dickensian after forcing its employees to clock-off every time they want to go to the toilet. The union Unite has criticized the meat processor for "essentially stopping staff... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:23:20 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65127661 2008-06-27T14:23:20Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64022762 AYRSHIRE, Lanark South and Aberdeen & Kincardine had already clinched qualification for the Cities & Counties Championship quarter-finals, but around the country the battle raged in the concluding round robin matches yesterday... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/64022762 2008-06-22T00:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/63814326 Trig pillar 10230 on the heather clad summit of Crumpton Hill, Dumfriesshire. Water logged grazing moor. Accessed via forest track from Burnfoot to Addergill Hill. Torturous climb through fallen trees from track end to forest... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:03:08 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/63814326 2008-06-20T08:03:08Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/63512141 There is disagreement over the Lockerbie bomber's second attempt at an appeal. Judges were told this week it would be "absurd" and "illogical" to allow the Lockerbie bomber a wide-ranging second attempt to overturn his... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:37:22 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/63512141 2008-06-19T08:37:22Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/62491849 Libyan Colonel Gaddafi on Obama, African inferiority complex, and Israel For decades, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's Libya was regarded in the West as a pariah state and one of the major sponsors of terrorism in the world. In 1992,... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:40:57 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/62491849 2008-06-13T13:40:57Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/62232434 will offer the first public glimpse of his memoirs at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival, organizers announced today. The former James Bond star, a high-profile Scottish nationalist, will launch "Being a Scot" on Aug. 25, his... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:36:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/62232434 2008-06-12T17:36:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/62086533 A father, his son and two friends were killed after their helicopter crashed in appalling weather, moments after trying to make an emergency landing. Peter Patrick, 68, from Arkholme near Carnforth, died when his son Anderson,... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:48:35 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/62086533 2008-06-12T07:48:35Z