Scots campaign opens for independence vote in Scotland
Edinburgh reports the formal start of the Scottish independence drive ahead of the September 18 referendum. Polls show a majority against breaking the union, but undecided voters could still sway the result as Britain warns of economic costs. Oil, GDP impact, and Scotland's role at the U.N. Security Council are noted concerns.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
United Kingdom
England
London
Britain
Tom Mludzinski
ComRes Consultancy
U.N. Security Council
Russia expands no smoking ban to bars and restaurants
Russia extends its tobacco restrictions to bars restaurants hotels and trains as part of a push by President Vladimir Putin to cut adult smoking from 39 percent to 25 percent by 2020. Officials defend the move citing health benefits while tobacco firms warn of contraband and rising prices.
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Moscow
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Putin
U.S
Kalashnikov
Alexander Lyuty
British American Tobacco
Soviet Republics
12,000-year-old Naia skeleton hailed from Yucatan cenote
Diver Alejandro Alvarez and two companions found the youth’s skeleton in the Hoyo Negro cenote on May 10 2007 later named Naia. DNA and associated tests date the remains to about 12 000 years ago aiding theories on how the Americas were first populated and linking the find to Ice Age fauna.
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Mexico City
Alejandro Alvarez
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Alvarez
National Institute of Anthropology and History
Yucatan
Alberto Nava
Franco Antonelli
la Virgen
Quintana Roo
Tulum
National Institute
U.S
Hoyo Negro
Naia
New World
Siberia
Bering Strait
Haiti forms commission on Santa Maria wreck fate report
Haiti's government forms a commission led by Premier Laurent Lamothe after underwater explorer Barry Clifford claimed a ballast pile and a missing cannon may belong to Columbus flagship Santa Maria. The panel will set guidelines for the final site exploration with Clifford due to present a plan within two weeks and potential work starting July 1.
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Christopher Columbus
Santa Maria
Laurent Lamothe
Barry Clifford
Columbus
Americas
la Navidad
National Pantheon Museum
Port-au-Prince
Clifford
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