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13Dec/15

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay

British resident held in Guantanamo Bay says UK officers witnessed torture

December 13, 2015WorldAamer, Afghanistan, Alex Salmond, British detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Expatriates, Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States, Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Interrogations, Jack Straw, John, London, Shaker Aamer, Tony Blair, Torture, United Kingdom, United States, Zachary Philip Katznelsonsmbale

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay says British security officers witnessed him being tortured in Afghanistan.

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08May/15

Nationalists set to sweep Scotland but be shut out of UK govt

May 8, 2015PoliticsAberdeen, Alex Salmond, British Government, Constitution of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, First Ministers of Scotland, Glasgow, Government of the United Kingdom, LABOUR, Members of the Scottish Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011, Miliband, Nicola Studgeon, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics, Politics of Europe, Politics of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Scotland, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish independence, Scottish Labour, Scottish Labour Party, Scottish National Party, Scottish nationalists, SNP, United Kingdom, United Kingdom constitutionsmbale

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 8, 2015) (ITN) – Scottish nationalists could take nearly every seat in Scotland but be shut out of any role in the British government, according to an exit poll after voting ended in Britain’s national election on Thursday (May 7).
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07May/15

The most dangerous woman in Britain?

May 7, 2015PoliticsAlex Salmond, Ed Miliband, First Ministers of Scotland, Johann Lamont, Justin Urquhart Stewart, Leia, Members of the Scottish Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011, Mike Peacock, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland, Scottish National Party, Scottish nationalists, United Kingdom, United Kingdom general election debatessmbale

(REUTERS / ITN POOL) -Princess Leia of Star Wars … well, perhaps she’s not.

But the force certainly does seem to be with Nicola Sturgeon.
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