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      <title>Timeline: Scotland's road to independence referendum</title>  
      <description>Key steps so far in the SNP's plan to hold a vote on Scottish independence</description>  
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      <title>Q&amp;A: Independence referendum</title>  
      <description>What are the key issues facing both sides?</description>  
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      <title>Q&amp;A: Your independence questions</title>  
      <description>'Will I need a passport to visit?' and more</description>  
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      <title>Ministers receive EU legal advice</title>  
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      <title>British identity 'key to referendum'</title>  
      <description>People's sense of Britishness is one of the keys to winning the Scottish independence referendum, according to a study</description>  
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      <title>Experts quizzed on post-Yes pensions</title>  
      <description>A committee of MPs has been told that sorting out pensions in the event of a Scottish independence would be like building an NHS.</description>  
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      <title>Independence 'risk' to UK reputation</title>  
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      <title>Kirk to debate Scottish coronations</title>  
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      <title>'Uncharted waters' on currency plans</title>  
      <description>The case for an independent Scotland retaining the pound in a currency pact with the rest of the UK is not clear, according to Treasury analysis.</description>  
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      <title>Lamont says donation 'appropriate'</title>  
      <description>The Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont backs the Better Together campaign's decision to accept £500,000 from oil trader Ian Taylor.</description>  
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      <title>Sturgeon defends currency plan</title>  
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      <title>Sun not set on independence stance</title>  
      <description>The Scottish Sun says it is "far too early" for it to decide which side to support in next year's Scottish independence referendum.</description>  
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      <title>Banking experts back Scottish pound</title>  
      <description>Two banking experts say an independent Scotland would have greater control over its finances with a separate Scottish pound.</description>  
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      <title>Clash over Scots constitution plan</title>  
      <description>Leaders on both sides of the independence debate speak at a Cosla conference and clash over plans for a written Scottish constitution.</description>  
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      <title>Scots pension plans to be published</title>  
      <description>Welfare and pension plans for an independent Scotland are expected to be published by the Scottish government in the next few months.</description>  
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      <title>Scottish referendum date announced</title>  
      <description>The Scottish independence referendum will be held on 18 September, 2014, First Minister Alex Salmond announces.</description>  
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      <title>Bill to lower referendum voting age</title>  
      <description>Proposed legislation to let 16 and 17-year-olds vote in the Scottish independence referendum is formally lodged at the Scottish Parliament.</description>  
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      <title>Lords approve referendum order</title>  
      <description>The House of Lords unanimously approves the legal transfer of powers to Holyrood to allow it to hold a referendum on Scottish independence.</description>  
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      <title>Scottish referendum deal struck</title>  
      <description>A deal setting out terms for a Scottish independence referendum is signed by Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister Alex Salmond.</description>  
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      <title>What powers does Scotland have?</title>  
      <description>What can and can't Scotland do already and what authority does Number 10 have?</description>  
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      <title>Who are the 'Better Together' backers?</title>  
      <description>Ordinary members of the public join politicians in pro-UK campaign</description>  
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      <title>Who are the 'Yes Scotland' backers?</title>  
      <description>Who are the politicians, actors and musicians who want to go it alone?</description>  
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      <title>Denmark: Why do Danes seem so delighted?</title>  
      <description>The world's happiest small country?</description>  
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      <title>Life and times of Alex Salmond</title>  
      <description>Is Salmond a cavalier politician or an acute judge of Scottish sentiment?</description>  
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      <title>Confusion max? The referendum made simple</title>  
      <description>James Naughtie on the politics of a Scottish referendum</description>  
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      <title>Independence referendum - world opinion</title>  
      <description>What the world makes of Scotland's planned referendum</description>  
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      <title>On this day in Scottish history</title>  
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      <description>British history timeline</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml</link>  
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      <title>Radio Scotland</title>  
      <description>Radio Scotland</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/</link>  
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      <title>VIDEO: EU legal advice 'won't be disclosed'</title>  
      <description>Legal advice on whether an independent Scotland would be a member of the European Union will not be disclosed by the Scottish government, a Holyrood minister says.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22551417#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:22:52 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Independent Scotland 'welcome' at UN</title>  
      <description>Glenn Campbell visits the UN headquarters in New York to look at the role of international affairs in the debate over Scotland's future.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22420511#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 13:36:34 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Journalists on independence issues</title>  
      <description>Holyrood journalists Alan Cochrane and Andrew Nicoll give their assessment on the referendum campaign.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22405351#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:00:05 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Your questions: Prof Alex Kemp</title>  
      <description>Oil expert Prof Alex Kemp on the future of the North Sea industry</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22224015#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:24:54 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Scottish independence: Liz Cameron answers your questions</title>  
      <description>Liz Cameron, chief executive of the Scottish Chamber of Commerce, answers your questions about the independence referendum.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22039034#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:14:27 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Salmond unveils referendum date</title>  
      <description>The date of the referendum on Scottish independence is announced by First Minister Alex Salmond during a statement to MSPs in Holyrood.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21883641#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:43:02 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>AUDIO: 'We need indy facts,' says Darling</title>  
      <description>The head of the Better Together group campaigning to keep Scotland in the UK says there were still unanswered questions about independence.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21877147#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:40:56 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Politicians grilled on Scottish independence</title>  
      <description>Student Reporters from Duncanrig Secondary School in East Kilbride interview politicians on the Scottish independence referendum.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/21873704</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:46:10 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Your questions: John Curtice</title>  
      <description>Professor John Curtice, from Strathclyde University, answers your questions on voting behaviour around independence.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21808191#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:06:49 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Young voters on the referendum</title>  
      <description>Students at Linlithgow Academy on their impending responsibility in voting in Scotland's independence referendum.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21755273#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:22:20 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Youths welcome referendum vote</title>  
      <description>A bill paving the way for 16 and 17 year olds to vote in the independence referendum will go before the Scottish Parliament later this week.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21733985#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:04:02 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>AUDIO: Swinney gives no date for oil fund</title>  
      <description>Scotland Finance Secretary John Swinney says he cannot give a commitment now to when an oil fund will be set up if voters say yes in an independence referendum.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21682537#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Your questions: Patrick Harvie</title>  
      <description>Green MSP Patrick Harvie on indepedence</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21634162#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:21:01 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: How do Danes defend themselves?</title>  
      <description>Defence is one of the central issues in the debate ahead of next year's independence referendum. The SNP changed their policy to support Nato, after talks with Scandinavian countries. In the last of a series of reports from Denmark, our political correspondent, Raymond Buchanan reports on how the Danes defend themselves.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21635950#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:14:59 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>AUDIO: Latvian minister on EU question</title>  
      <description>Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics says that an independent Scotland would have to apply for European Union membership as a new state.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21606879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21606879</guid>  
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:14:06 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: TV 'MP': England will go independent too</title>  
      <description>Actor Brian Cox, playing a would-be MP in a BBC4 comedy, claimed "our political system is failing us daily", and he predicted Scottish independence could prompt an independent England outside the UK.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21587887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:45:03 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>AUDIO: World watching Scots - ex-UK minister</title>  
      <description>Former UK minister Mark Malloch-Brown says the world will be watching Scotland as the referendum on independence draws nearer.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21525120#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:49:10 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Your questions: Jeremy Purvis</title>  
      <description>Jeremy Purvis, of the Devo Plus campaign to win more powers for Holyrood, answers your questions.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21448429#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:34:59 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Scottish Independence: Blair McDougall answers your questions</title>  
      <description>Blair McDougall, head of Better Together which is the official campaign to keep the Union, answers your questions</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21300901#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:08:15 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Scottish Independence: Blair Jenkins answers your questions</title>  
      <description>Blair Jenkins, chief executive of the Yes Scotland independence campaign, answers your questions.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21088109#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:09:14 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Commission seeks Indy question change</title>  
      <description>The Electoral Commission suggests a change in the wording of the Scottish government's independence referendum question.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21264456#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:53:26 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Sturgeon backs question change</title>  
      <description>The Scottish government agrees to change the wording of its independence referendum question following recommendations by the Electoral Commission.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21266930#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:08:58 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: 'Fair referendum is what matters'</title>  
      <description>Scottish Secretary Michael Moore says the change of the wording of Scotland's independence referendum question has his support, and that a fair referendum is what matters.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21262309#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:01:16 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Newsnight Scotland debate</title>  
      <description>The first in a series of Newsnight Scotland debates on Scottish independence hears from members of Scotland's ethnic minorities.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21249581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: PM quizzed on referendum maths</title>  
      <description>The prime minster was asked why he thought the two-year build up to the Scottish independence referendum was too long, but his planned EU referendum could be five years away.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21162623#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:09:54 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Lessons from the Velvet Divorce</title>  
      <description>The Velvet Revolution developed into the Velvet Divorce when the Czech and Slovak Republics glided apart. That happened 20 years ago this month. For many, it's an interesting comparison for Scottish independence. Our correspondent Glenn Campbell travelled east to find out more.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21111926#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Looking at Europe in different ways</title>  
      <description>As UK Prime Minister David Cameron plans to set out his vision for the UK's future in Europe, Raymond Buchanan examines how Edinburgh and London view Brussels in their very different ways.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21111925#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:28:53 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <description>Young activists debate Scottish independence</description>  
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      <title>Is it Scotland's oil?</title>  
      <description>Steven Brocklehurst looks at the issue of who owns oil and gas in Scottish waters</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:05:15 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <description>What share of UK debt will Scotland have?</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22136702#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:10:59 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Scottish independence: more information or more questions?</title>  
      <description>Helping voters make sense of the choices they face</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-21980770#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:16:42 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>How do you defend a small country?</title>  
      <description>How do you defend a small country?</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21628443#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:40:57 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>The strange status of 16-year-olds</title>  
      <description>When does adulthood begin?</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21742512#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:02:38 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>The Velvet Divorce</title>  
      <description>How the Czechs and Slovaks broke up amicably</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21110521#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:49:06 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Students take part in referendum vote</title>  
      <description>Why politicians are showing interest in a mock referendum</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21456171#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:20:35 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>What's in a referendum question?</title>  
      <description>The "fine art" of crafting a referendum question</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:48:02 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>How do you write a constitution?</title>  
      <description>How might an independent Scotland write a constitution?</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:51:34 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Young voters focus on referendum</title>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:25:14 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Catalonia's 'unrequited love' for Caledonia</title>  
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      <title>The formula for Scottishness</title>  
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      <title>Corby 'should have Scotland vote'</title>  
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      <title>Legal steps to holding a referendum</title>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:47:13 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Viewpoints: Can 16- and-17-year olds be trusted with the vote?</title>  
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      <title>How long 'til independence?</title>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:26:30 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>How to win a referendum</title>  
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      <title>One winner from the referendum?</title>  
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