The Scotsman - NewsnewsSocGen fined 3.2m over rogue trader- July 5, 2008 THE French bank Socit Gnrale was yesterday fined 4 million (3.2 million) for "serious shortcomings" that allowed one of its staff to operate as a roghttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/SocGen-fined-32m-over-rogue.4259412.jp At home with the warlord who is now a Taleban target- July 5, 2008 TWO guards escorted us to the compound, their guns ready loaded. This may have seemed a bit excessive for a walk of just several hundred metres up a dusty hill, but thishttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/At-home-with-the-warlord.4259176.jp Military veterans may be given free bus passes- July 5, 2008 INJURED forces veterans might receive free bus travel across Scotland as part a review of the scheme.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Military-veterans-may--be.4259156.jp PoW's pilgrimage to chapel made of scrap- July 5, 2008 MORE than 60 years ago, Guido DeBonis was one of a team of Italian prisoners of war who fashioned a small chapel out of two drab Nissen huts in Orkney.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/PoW39s-pilgrimage-to-chapel-made.4259141.jp The look of relief as six years in jungle captivity come to an end- July 5, 2008 THIS is the moment Ingrid Betancourt realised she had been freed after six years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-look-of-relief-as.4259424.jp 'You know you did not do it, but it's terrible, you start to doubt yourself'- July 5, 2008 A MOTHER who had been falsely accused by her serviceman husband of killing their baby daughter yesterday spoke of how the pressure of suspicion made her begin to doubt her ownhttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/39You-know-you-did-not.4259185.jp Anger over 'shocking' state of building near home of golf- July 5, 2008 THE crumbling state of an iconic Scottish building said to have one of the finest views in world golf has angered politicians and officials of the game.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Anger-over-39shocking39-state-of.4259158.jp Step forward for Chinese harmony- July 5, 2008 WEARING matching pink shirts to mark the occasion, 100 excited Chinese tourists piled off the Xiamen Airlines flight in Sungshan Airport, Taipei.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Step-forward-for-Chinese-harmony.4259175.jp Miracle material that saves troops' lives- July 5, 2008 A soldier shelters from the heat but keeps on his armourhttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Miracle--material-that-saves.4259411.jp Girl weeps while giving evidence in assault case- July 5, 2008 A 14-YEAR-OLD girl wept yesterday as she told a jury how a high-profile Muslim community leader sexually assaulted her.http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Girl-weeps-while-giving-evidence.4259165.jp |