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Scotland has the economic resources available to endure as an independent country in part because of its energy sector, First Minister Alex Salmond said.
United Kingdom Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage Friday called the Scottish nationalists who interrupted his Edinburgh news conference "fascist scum."
The Scottish government will support a training program for the energy sector with investments worth close to $10 million, First Minister Alex Salmond said.
Scottish sales of oil and natural gas on the international market increased 8.4 percent from 2011-12, Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said.
The Scottish government hasn't looked closely at what independence would mean for its diplomatic affairs, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
Scottish nationalists should not assume an independent Scotland will be welcomed into NATO and the European Union, a British parliamentary report said.
Scotland says it is setting up a new trust to help revive shuttered coal mines across the country in the wake of the liquidation of struggling Scottish Coal.
An independent Scotland would favor membership in the European Union and in the NATO alliance, First Minister Alex Salmond said from Washington D.C.
U.S. tidal energy company ResHydro announced plans to examine the offshore potential in Scotland, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond announced.
The Trident nuclear missile system will have no place in a future independent Scotland, Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch