Greenpeace members jailed in Denmark for twenty-two days for bursting official dinner

By Irene Gimeno  Four Greenpeace members, including the president of the organization in Spain, were arrested in Copenhagen on the 17th of December 2009 to remain in prison until the 7th of January because the Danish Superior Court decided so after they faked their identities in an official dinner organized by Margarita II of Denmark [...]

RestByte

There is a familiar issue experienced by students: what to do when there are no classes, no work to do and no money in the drinking column. The answer for a good few is to game, and that is no longer just an answer for the geekier among us. Ever since Modern Warfare 2 overtook [...]

A preview of the next decade’s weather

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2009 was all about recycling, reusing and reducing. There was a barrage of constant information demanding we highten our recycling efforts. Scotland vowed to cut emissions by 42% by 2020, the strongest commitment by any country. Copenhagen came and went and no one really followed suit. The end of 2009 saw Britian in the brace [...]

Ghillie New

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by Aly Fraser – 11th Jan ’10 With over 40 properties throughout the country, native chain G1 Group lends considerable weight to the Scottish entertainment scene. Independentlyowning an array of bars, clubs, restaurants. cinemas and hotels they have turned their attention to the old casino and tourism office in Edinburgh’s West End. Laying idle and [...]

GRRRR-IT! Anger as grit only now hits the streets

Photo courtesy of Markgorman

By Rahsian Parris After several weeks of extreme weather conditions and heavy snowfall, the city of Edinburgh is slowly beginning its recovery from the the worst winter in decades. Temperatures as low as -18C had been recorded in Kinbrace, Sutherland, however, also on Saturday, the buzzing Capital of Scotland and its neighbour, Glasgow, saw temperatures [...]

Toxic lifestyle

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By Martin Adam A government estimated 350,000 children have been left abandoned on Kenya’s war ravaged streets.  Conflict between tribes, escalated by recent elections has despoiled any concept of the family unit, leaving the republic’s youth to turn to solvent abuse as a form of chemical counselling. Bottles containing a slightly runny, honey hued substance [...]

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