Farmer left scores of sheep to rot in his field A Farmer who let scores of his sheep rot to death will still be allowed to keep animals, a court ruled.

A Farmer who let scores of his sheep rot to death will still beallowed to keep animals, a court ruled.

Raymond Allan, 41, abandoned his 700-strong flock on grazing landin Aberdeenshire for weeks.

He allowed his sheep to grow worryingly thin and was eventuallyforced to have many of them killed after they fell ill or becameriddled with disease.

The farmer's field became so littered with rotting carcasses fromhis dead flock that worried neighbours alerted police.

Fiscal Ian Warburton said: "More than 30 sheep had to bedestroyed."

Allan's agent, Bill Adam, pointed out his client had been a farmersince he left school 24 years ago and had never been in …

Marubeni Thailand: Continued strengthening projects with neighboring countries

THAI TEXTILE & APPAREL INDUSTRY

According to Satoshi Adachi, Vice President and General Manager of the Textile Division at Marubeni Thailand Co., Ltd., the destinations of exports from Marubeni Thailand are one-third each for Europe, the U.S. and Japan. In addition, Marubeni Thailand has attempted the diversification of its exports by strengthening its Thailand-based products with neighboring countries. As part of its projects, trade with China has become a major challenging task. Moreover, an additional challenge for Marubeni Thailand is exports of Thai-made fabrics to India through apparel manufacturing in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar.

Furthermore, Marubeni Thailand …

India detains 30 after bombings kill 45; group claims attack was revenge for 2002 riots

An obscure Islamic militant group warning of "the terror of Death" took credit for synchronized bombings that killed at least 45 people in western India _ the second series of blasts in India in two days.

The pair of attacks put India on alert Sunday and security was stepped up at markets, airports and hospitals across the country.

Investigators, meanwhile, scoured Ahmadabad, detaining 30 people for questioning in the ancient city that was hit by 16 bombs around dusk Saturday, said the city's police commissioner, O.P. Mathur. Police also found and defused an unexploded bomb.

But there was scant information about the Indian Mujahideen, …

Chilly start to year-end sales

It wasn't exactly sales fever.

But shoppers brought a touch of warmth to the chilly high streetin Bath this week.

Bargain hunters appeared to be waiting for prices to be cut evenfurther before parting with their cash - or had made a killing inthe pre-Christmas sales.

Several large stores started their sales before Christmas and arenow offering up to 70 per cent off furniture, shoes and clothing.

The traditional high street stores, boasting discounts of up to50 per cent, drew the biggest crowds on Monday, but there were nolong queues at the checkouts.

By the early afternoon, the city centre had become busier.

Currys in Union Street was …

Tornado-Warning Performance in the Past and Future-Another Perspective

Brooks (2004) presents a provocative study of the quality of National Weather Service (NWS) tornado warnings over the past 18 yr through the use of the relative operating characteristic (ROC) from signal detection theory (SDT; Swets 1973; Mason 1980). Primary conclusions, stated as a possible interpretation of plotted results, are that 1) "performance improved from the late 1980s . . . into the 1990s," 2) "the change from the early 1990s to the late 1990s is consistent with a change in the threshold at which decisions are made," and 3) "the primary effect was to improve POD with a small increase in FAR." Brooks sums up his analysis with "Performance in most of the 1990s represents a …

TP Mazembe wins shootout for African Super Cup

LUBUMBASHI, Congo (AP) — Goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba scored the winning penalty as TP Mazembe beat FUS Rabat 9-8 in a shootout to win the African Super Cup.

Kidiaba, whose dyed green hair, impressive stops and unusual celebrations were a mark of Mazembe's historic run to the final of the Club World Cup last year, saved a penalty and then converted the clincher Saturday as Mazembe …

Ex-Raiders QB Russell arrested on Ala. drug charge

Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell has been charged with possession of a controlled substance _ codeine syrup _ after being arrested at his home in Alabama on Monday, authorities said.

The 24-year-old former LSU star and the No. 1 draft choice in 2007 was arrested as part of an undercover narcotics investigation, said Mobile County Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Myles. She would not say what led to his arrest. She said he did not have a prescription for the codeine.

Russell, who graduated from high school in Mobile, was booked into the city jail and released soon afterward on $2,500 bond, online records show.

The …