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New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's foremost and largest police service. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Scotland Yard captures 9 suspects tied to terror

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Scotland's voters arrive at polling places in Edinburgh on Thursday to decide whether or not the country will terminate its 307-year-old union with England and become a newly independent state.

Scotland secession vote boosts movement to decentralize U.K. authority

By Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

&quot;No Thanks&quot; badges, wrist bands and stickers are offered to supporters as Member of Parliament and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Jim Murphy, speaks in support of the Union on the final day of his 100 Streets in 100 Days Better Together tour, in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday Sept. 13, 2014. Scotland will vote in an independence referendum on September 18. (AP Photo/PA, Jane Barlow) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Scottish independence could mean messy divorce

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Member of Parliament and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Jim Murphy, speaks from a soapbox in support of the Union on the final day of his 100 Streets in 100 Days Better Together tour, in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday Sept. 13, 2014. Scotland will vote in an independence referendum on September 18. (AP Photo/PA, Jane Barlow) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

EDITORIAL: A historic vote for Scotland

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Young Vic / Portobello production of "The Magic Flute," directed by Mark Dornford-May.

South African ensemble takes on Mozart, Shakespeare

By Emily Cary SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Mel Gibson in the 1995 blockbuster Braveheart.

Momentum builds in Scotland for breakaway from U.K.

By Dominic Hinde - Special to The Washington Times

The Yellow Notice issued by the international police force Interpol, Friday Aug. 29, 2014, asking for help to locate the missing five-year old boy Ashya King, who is believed to be in France. Police are searching for the five-year-old British boy who is suffering with a severe brain tumor whose parents, believed to be Jehovah’s Witnesses, took him out of a British hospital on Thursday and were last seen in France. The boy needs urgent medical treatment. (AP Photo/Interpol)

Spain orders custody for parents of ill UK boy

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives to deliver a press conference in Downing Street, London, Friday Aug. 29, 2014. The Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that UK's terror threat level is being raised from &quot;substantial&quot; to &quot;severe&quot;. Britain raised the country's terror threat level from substantial to severe Friday, meaning that a terrorist attack is considered highly likely.(AP Photo/Facundo Arrizabalaga, Pool)

Cameron promises tough action to fight militants

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Seeking asylum: Migrants and activists scuffle with police after authorities started to clear out makeshift camps in Calais, France on the English Channel on May 28, 2014. Officials blame a British-French pact for burdening the city with immigrants seeking British asylum. (Associated Press) **FILE**

British policies blamed for French port city’s immigration crisis

By Stephanie Jones-Berry - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Russian Roulette’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

Multitalented singer-songwriter Josh Groban will perform with in concert with an orchestra at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna on Tuesday and Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Josh Groban’s ‘bucket list’

By Emily Cary — Special to the Washington Times - The Washington Times

The radio station was a thorn in the side of Zimbabwe's ruling African National Union-Patriotic Front party, and its longtime leader, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. (Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Lack of funds silences voice of opposition in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - This April 2, 2013 file image released by the O+M Company shows Elaine Stritch performing her final engagement at the Cafe Carlyle in New York with Rob Bowman at the piano. Stritch died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at her home in Birmingham, Mich. She was 89. (AP Photo/The O+M Company, Walter McBride, File)

Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89

By Mark Kennedy and Jake Coyle - Associated Press

Germany's sprinter Marcel Kittel crosses the finish line ahead of celebrates on the podiums, bottom right, to win the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Cambridge and finish in London, England, Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel sprints through London for stage 3 win

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

File-This 1997 file photo shows a lone watercraft rider looking under the London Bridge, which spans the Colorado River at Lake Havasu City, Ariz. The London Bridge is not falling down, despite a British tabloid saying that the Lake Havasu City tourist attraction could be bulldozed to make way for drug tourism. Lake Havasu City officials heard about the story in The Sun after a local resident visiting the United Kingdom brought back a copy of the tabloid. They say it was a slap in the face and demanded a retraction and an apology. (AP Photo/Arizona Republic, Thomas Ropp,File) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Arizona town: Our London Bridge is not falling

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 31, 2012 file photo, U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas performs on the balance beam during the Artistic Gymnastics women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Douglas' comeback is picking up speed. She will work out in front of U.S. women's gymnastics team coordinator Martha Karolyi next week, a major step toward her return to elite competition. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Gabby Douglas ready for gymnastics comeback at age 18

By Will Graves - Associated Press