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NEWS ABOUT: Glasgow

Glasgow stories: 11 news summaries

(AP) - Lance Armstrong brought Scottish traffic to a standstill today after more than 200 cyclists answered his Twitter invitation for a casual bike ride. The seven-time Tour de France winner issued the invitation while in Glasgow to watch Irish rockers U2 perform tonight. "Hey Glasgow, Scotland! I'm coming your way,... More »

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social networking • Scotland • cycling • Glasgow • Lance Armstrong • bicycle • Twitter • rides • Jay-ZTV • invitation

 Madonna-Guy 
 Nude Painting 
 Sells, Finally 

Exact price is unknown

Jun 9, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After failing to sell at auction last month, a painting of Madonna in the buff with ex Guy Ritchie has found a buyer, the BBC reports. An anonymous collector paid more than the $24,000 reserve price demanded by a Scottish house. “We were very confident we would find... More »

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entertainment • Scotland • painting • Glasgow • Madonna • art auction • Guy Ritchie • Peter Howson

UK Set to Name First Female Poet Laureate

Blair had passed Duffy over fearing public wouldn't accept lesbian

Apr 28, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony... More »

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Tony Blair • lesbians • Glasgow • poet laureate • Britain • Lesbian • gay women • Carol Ann Duffy • Andrew Motion

Aussies Drop Terror Charge Against Doc

"No prospect of conviction' for man who loaned out SIM card

Jul 27, 07 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian government today dropped a terrorism charge against an Indian doctor who had been linked to a series of attempted car bomb attacks in Britain. The top prosecutor said the charges against Mohammed Haneef, 27, had been withdrawn because there "was no reasonable prospect of conviction."  More »

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terrorism • Australia • British terror attacks • Mohammed Haneef • Glasgow • Britain

UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

PM orders review of recruiting in wake of attempted bombings

Jul 4, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • car bomb • doctor • terrorist • Glasgow • Britain • al-Qaeda

Bomb Plots Hatched in
Brit Hospitals

Extremist cell of immigrant doctors linked to UK terror

Jul 3, 07 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors,... More »

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Iraq • London • United Kingdom • Glasgow Airport • car bomb • terrorist • Glasgow • foreign doctors • al-Qaeda

US Plays Down New Terror Attack Warning

No specific evidence, Homeland Security Chief maintains

Jul 2, 07 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff has minimized reports of an al-Queda terrorism "spectacular" this summer, described in a secret US law enforcement document. There is no "specific, credible evidence" of an impending attack on the US, Chertoff says, according to the Boston Herald. But one senior official notes... More »

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terrorism • homeland security • United States • September 11 • Michael Chertoff • Glasgow • Prague • al-Qaeda

London Security Crackdown Targets Transit

Travelers in for increased delays

Jul 2, 07 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police are cracking down on security at rail services and airports to thwart terror attacks in the wake of a trio of car bomb attempts over the weekend. No specific intelligence warns of an attack on the subway system or the rail network, but the increased patrols and security... More »

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terrorism • security • transit • police • car bomb • airport • Glasgow • Britain • Heathrow Airport

Brit Police Raid Al-Qaeda Cells

Doctor among arrested as cops hunt for others

Jul 2, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police raided homes and sealed roads in a nationwide hunt for al-Qaeda terrorists linked to botched car bomb attacks aimed at key London landmarks and the Glasgow Airport, the Guardian reports.  Four men and one woman, including a physician, are  in custody, but detectives continue to search for... More »

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London • Glasgow Airport • Scotland Yard • Piccadilly Circus • Trafalgar Square • British terror attacks • car bomb • Glasgow • al-Qaeda

5 Arrests in Glasgow Attack

The UK is on highest alert after Glasgow  attack linked to attempted London car bombs

Jul 1, 07 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UK is on highest terror alert and five suspects are in custody in the aftermath of yesterday's  attempted attack on the Glasgow airport. Two were the drivers of the flaming car driven into the main terminal building; two were picked up in home searches nearby in Glasgow, and one... More »

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terrorism • London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British terror attacks • car bomb • airport • Glasgow • Britain

Car Rams Glasgow Airport

Jeep Cherokee in flames, with two occupants, crashes at high speed into terminal; all flights suspended

Jun 30, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A burning Jeep Cherokee was driven at high speed into the main terminal building at the Glasgow airport today. Two men in the vehicle, described as Asian, survived the crash and were taken into custody, the BBC reports. The airport was evacuated and all flights were suspended. More »

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terrorism • security • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • car crash • airport • Glasgow

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