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heSritishgovernmentcreatedtheScottishnationalparliamentin

1998 tokeeptheindependeneemovementundercontrol.Now,

tenyearsafterdevolution,Scotlandhasachieveda largemeasureof

politicalfreedom,buttheeconomicsituationmeansScolsarelessin~

terestedintaking furtherstepstoward.sindependencefromBritain.

Since2007,theparliamenthasbeenledbytheScottishNational

Party(SNP)underAlexSalmond."Syvollnganationalistgovernment

intopower,andbyremainingwilhintlieUK,Scotsgetwhatlheyare

verygoodat~havjngtheircakeandealjngit,"ProfessorTomDevine

loldtheFinancialTimes. Devine,oneofthecountry'stophistorians.

believesthatScotlandwillremainwithinBritain,despitethefactthat

theSNPfavoursindependence.Scotland'slinkstotherestofBritain

are~strongerin 2009 thanatanytimesincethe1950sbecauseof

thiseconomiccristswearegoingthrough,"Devinesays.

Just 30 percentofSeatssupportindependence,accordingto

ProfessorlohnCurticeofStrathclydeUniversity."You'vefinallygotin

Edinburghwhatpeoplewant,whichisa governmentthatdefendsthe

territorialandeconomicinterestsofScotland,"Curticesays.

ThevalueoftheIslamicfinanceindustryis growingalabout 15 per

centa year.ItcouldreachS4l!i.!.!i..g,nby2014,uplrom$500b.i.J.J.i2.!!in

2008.

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largeUScompaniesplan 10 cutspendmgonpnnladvertismgby13.9 I'

percentin 2009.

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