Labour leader Ed Miliband is to warn that efforts to improve social justice would be hindered by independence.

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Miliband aims to make case for UK

Former Holyrood presiding officer Lord Steel urges David Cameron and senior English politicians to withdraw from the Scottish independence debate.

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Steel warns PM on independence

Westminster’s senior adviser on Scots law says Holyrood risks flouting the rule of law with its own independence referendum.

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Lord warns of unlawful referendum

Scottish Secretary Michael Moore asks Alex Salmond for a meeting to resolve “real legal problems” with the independence referendum.

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Call for meeting on ‘legal’ vote

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond invites the prime minister and deputy prime minister to Scotland to discuss an independence referendum.

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Salmond signals referendum talks

The Murle attacked the Nuer, then the Nuer massacred the Murle, and now the Murle are striking back: the unity that accompanied South Sudan’s independence has given way to violence.

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South Sudan Massacres Follow Independence

Former chancellor Alistair Darling urges Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems to work together to defeat those pushing for Scottish independence.

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Unite to win Scots vote – Darling

Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, insists he has a mandate to hold a referendum on independence amid a growing row with Westminster.

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Salmond ‘has referendum mandate’

The cabinet is to discuss proposals to give the Scottish government the legal power to hold a binding referendum on independence.

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Cabinet to discuss Scottish vote

David Cameron indicates he intends to seize the initiative over a referendum on Scottish independence.

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Cameron seeks referendum clarity

Independence Hall is a Unesco site, but not the White House. The Grand Canyon, yes. Niagara Falls, no. Inside the odd politics and big business of World Heritage sites.

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What Does Unesco Recognition Mean, Exactly?

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s government announced Monday that it is reducing the sentences of many prisoners in a clemency that fell short of the general amnesty many people were expecting. State television and radio said President Thein Sein signed a clemency order to mark the country’s 64th anniversary of independence. Read full article > >

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Myanmar’s government reduces sentences for many prisoners

Hungary is close to passing a law that critics say could undermine the independence of its central bank.

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Hungary threat to central bank

Human rights advocates have questioned whether the observers have the qualifications or enough independence from the government to help end a conflict that many fear is veering toward civil war.

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Violence Flares in Syria Despite Arab League Observers

POLITICIZATION IS THE Achilles’ heel of central banking. Economic decision-makers depend on the central bank to make monetary policy based on strictly neutral criteria. Once the idea takes hold that interest rates follow the short-term needs of elected officials, confidence evaporates. Institutional checks and balances can manage the trade-off between democratic accountability and central-bank independence, but only up to a point. There is no substitute for a political culture in which parties respect the Federal Reserve’s role and see its independence as serving their mutual interests. Read full article > >

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The GOP should confirm Mr. Obama’s Fed nominees