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...Dawkins write-up but also by allowing him to plug his own unsupported ideas and latest book? It doesn't exactly do wonders for your perceived level of accuracy of reporting. The scientific community has so much better to offer. I'm disappointed and mildly disgusted. Lynne Batik, Aberdeen, Scotland...
...April 10, 2002, a fishing boat called the Radiant foundered in the North Atlantic. Its life craft capsized, and only one of six life jackets inflated properly, an official investigation revealed. One man died, while five others huddled for hours in frigid waters before a rescue helicopter saved them. Scotland's highest civil court is now preparing to hear a $2 million claim against the boat's owners and skipper. The plaintiffs, William Beedie and Shaun Downie, survived, but are demanding compensation for lost wages and psychological trauma...
...Launched in 2001, the Radiant was one of Scotland's newest fishing boats, with the highest safety rating available. But when its nets became tangled with a seabed obstruction, its powerful winches anchored it to the seabed, causing the craft to list and take on water, according to a government report. The lawsuit contends that the skipper failed to correct the problem, though he and the boat's owners all deny liability...
Rechristening the drink Magners, C&C successfully ventured into Northern Ireland in 1999. It conquered Scotland in 2004 and 2005, hit London in 2005 and took on the rest of England in 2006. British rivals maintain that C&C is just riding a wave of popularity, not creating it. Sales of Strongbow, an S&N brand that boasts a 60% share of the U.K. cider market, have grown consistently for four years, the company says. Analyst O'Reilly disagrees, calculating that more than 70% of cider's recent growth is attributable to Magners. Certainly, rivals have dashed to bring...
...Bertie?" asked a jealous and frankly incredulous Tony Blair last October. The British premier, who came to power a month before Ahern and will soon step down, unmourned by many who once supported him, was closeted with his Irish counterpart in Scotland, hammering out the final details of the St. Andrews Agreement on Northern Ireland, when Ahern's press secretary delivered the results of a new opinion poll. It had been taken in the wake of a scandal - the Irish media inevitably dubbed the affair Bertiegate - centered on loans Ahern accepted for personal use in 1993 and 1994 when...