Read more Glasgow stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7312/glasgow.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:44:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67205/armstrong-tweets-invite-to-ride-masses-clog-traffic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLance Armstrong brought Scottish traffic to a standstill today after more than 200 cyclists answered his Twitter invitation for a casual bike ride. The seven-time Tour de France winner issued the invitation while in Glasgow to watch Irish rockers U2 perform tonight. "Hey Glasgow, Scotland! I'm coming your way," Armstrong...http://www.newser.com/story/67205/armstrong-tweets-invite-to-ride-masses-clog-traffic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 12:12:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61422/madonna-guy-nude-painting-sells-finally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter failing to sell at auction last month, a painting of Madonna in the buff with ex Guy Ritchie has found a buyer, the BBC reports. An anonymous collector paid more than the $24,000 reserve price demanded by a Scottish house. “We were very confident we would find the...http://www.newser.com/story/61422/madonna-guy-nude-painting-sells-finally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony Blair, who...http://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4861/aussies-drop-terror-charge-against-doc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Australian government today dropped a terrorism charge against an Indian doctor who had been linked to a series of attempted car bomb attacks in Britain. The top prosecutor said the charges against Mohammed Haneef, 27, had been withdrawn because there "was no reasonable prospect of conviction."http://www.newser.com/story/4861/aussies-drop-terror-charge-against-doc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Jul 2007 4:48:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3855/uk-tightens-screening-of-foreign-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in...http://www.newser.com/story/3855/uk-tightens-screening-of-foreign-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Jul 2007 15:13:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3779/bomb-plots-hatched-in-brit-hospitals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors,...http://www.newser.com/story/3779/bomb-plots-hatched-in-brit-hospitals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jul 2007 5:16:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3751/us-plays-down-new-terror-attack-warning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHomeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff has minimized reports of an al-Queda terrorism "spectacular" this summer, described in a secret US law enforcement document. There is no "specific, credible evidence" of an impending attack on the US, Chertoff says, according to the Boston Herald. But one senior official notes that the...http://www.newser.com/story/3751/us-plays-down-new-terror-attack-warning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Jul 2007 14:33:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3739/london-security-crackdown-targets-transit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish police are cracking down on security at rail services and airports to thwart terror attacks in the wake of a trio of car bomb attempts over the weekend. No specific intelligence warns of an attack on the subway system or the rail network, but the increased patrols and security...http://www.newser.com/story/3739/london-security-crackdown-targets-transit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Jul 2007 4:55:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3741/brit-police-raid-al-qaeda-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish police raided homes and sealed roads in a nationwide hunt for al-Qaeda terrorists linked to botched car bomb attacks aimed at key London landmarks and the Glasgow Airport, the Guardian reports. Four men and one woman, including a physician, are in custody, but detectives continue to search for others,...http://www.newser.com/story/3741/brit-police-raid-al-qaeda-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Jul 2007 4:22:42 CDT