Pupils back skirt comment rector

A petition is circulated at a Borders school in favour of its rector's comments against provocative dress.

Men held over cemetery vandalism

Two men are arrested and charged in connection with alleged vandalism at a cemetery in Edinburgh.

Report: Homegrown Terrorists Pose Biggest Threat

The report by the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group also says al-Qaida doesn't have the ability to launch an extraordinary operation on the scale of Sept. 11 anymore. Instead, it must content itself with attacks that kill dozens or hundreds at a time.

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“My heart is like shattered homes and broken pillars thrown asunder . . . Wild birds will nest in our ruins . . . Let me throw myself into the water and be food for the fish’s babies . . . White waves lap upon the black sea about us and do not mix . . .

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