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• Fresh air tax proposal attacked
  
The SNP group on Highland Council is criticising plans to introduce charges for businesses wishing to run street markets.
• Moss attacked over skinny motto
  
Model Kate Moss has been criticised by anorexia campaigners after suggesting in an interview it is better to be thin than to eat.
• Man charged after serious attack
  
A man has been charged following an attack in the Borders which left another man with a broken cheek bone, police confirm.
• Blind womans Labrador attacked
  
Police release CCTV footage of a blind woman's guide dog being savaged by a terrier-type dog at a railway station in north-west London.
• Pakistan suicide bomb in Peshawar kills at least 19
  
The suicide bomb near a Peshawar courthouse in Pakistan could have killed more if the attacker had been able to enter the building. Peshawar has seen near-daily bombings since the ...
• Lesson from foiled pirate attack on Maersk Alabama where Fire back.
  
Monday's thwarted pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama was the first time a large cargo ship with an armed security team were able to repel an attack, according to US ...
• Somali pirates attack two ships hold North Korea crew hostage
  
Somali pirates attacked a Ukraine ship and Singapore-operated vessel with a North Korea crew. With the end of the monsoon, piracy is on the upswing.
• Taliban biker militia Anatomy of a failed Afghanistan ambush
  
The Taliban rode Honda motorcycles, but US and Afghanistan troops didn't fall for trap set by hardened, battle-ready insurgents.
• Abu Ghraib attack raises fears of resurgent Al Qaeda in Iraq
  
The murder of 13 in Abu Ghraib this weekend has some worried that Al Qaeda in Iraq may be exploiting gaps between withdrawing US forces and Iraqi troops not yet ...