First minister backs holiday call
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Jack McConnell says he will support moves to mark St Andrew's Day with a holiday on 30 November.
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MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Dec. 23 -- In a final day of campaigning before suspending their campaigns for Christmas, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) encouraged voters here Sunday to view the holiday as a time to become "instruments of peace and change," while Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) accused former...
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Â· Muted response to pledge of 500,000 new jobs Â· PM's vision of Britain as century's driving force
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Minister signals foreign policy shift ahead of PM's Washington trip.
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Britain's Treasury chief on Monday urged Labour Party members to support Prime Minister Tony Blair and not allow the Iraq war to derail their annual convention.
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Gordon Brown is urged by a think tank to create a new bank holiday to celebrate community heroes.
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The key to a holiday season without added pounds could be planning ahead to avoid the holiday temptations.
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In opening the first session of the new Cabinet of Ministers today, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga congratulated the new government members and wished them to work resolutely in the interests of the state up ...
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan has given his backing to a Welsh "Band Aid" concert to raise money for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President George W Bush have used the traditional Labor Day holiday to step up their campaigning.
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President Bush made his first move in fashioning his cabinet for a second term, asking his chief of staff, Andrew Card, to stay on, aides confirmed yesterday.
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Despite the prime minister&#39;s plea that the first ministers meeting not devolve into an argument over numbers, the first day of his long-awaited health care summit did exactly that.
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Nationalists call for the first minister to make a statement on his links with broadcaster Kirsty Wark.
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Britain&#39;s Treasury chief on Monday urged Labour Party members to support Prime Minister Tony Blair and not allow the Iraq war to derail their annual convention.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has been asked by parliament's ethics watchdog about allegations he failed to declare a holiday at the home of an executive with ties to the tobacco industry.
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Life & style: Holidays are very important, which increases the pressure to get the maximum benefit, says Mariella Frostrup.
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MSPs vote overwhelmingly to back plans to close large stores on Christmas Day and New Year's Day