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	First Minister
		The term First Minister is the head of the local administration in the home rule governments of Northern Ireland and Scotland created by devolution in the 1990s.
		In one other difference, the office of First Minister in Northern Ireland is in effect two offices; the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister, this dyarchy created to enable the leaders of the main unionist and nationalist parties to work together as a team jointly representing both communities.
		In Germany, the first minister in the federal states is known as the Minister-President[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fi/First_Mini.html (387 words)

	Deputy First Minister of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The post is not recognised in statute (in comparison with the post of First Minister which is established by the Scotland Act 1998), and its holder is simply an ordinary member of the Scottish Executive, but the post has existed in practice since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive in 1999.
		The First Minister is appointed from the majority coalition partner (Labour) and the Deputy First Minister from the minority partner (Liberal Democrats).
		During the illness of the first First Minister, Donald Dewar, the Deputy First Minister took over the running of the Executive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland (227 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		Scotland's tradition of excellence in education is world-renowned.
		The students having completed the first two years of the degree in Brunei in the Physics Department of UBD and also have taken some courses in the Institute Technology Brunei (ITB).
		A message from Brunei's Deputy Minister of Education was published yesterday in the Borneo Bulletin.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Dec04/011204/bb04.htm (790 words)

	First Minister of Scotland - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It's called a First Minister instead because the Scots are particularly concerned to convince people that the Scottish Parliament isn't a cheap copy of that at Westminster.
		Scotland's First Minister is Dead Donald Dewar, who is always getting into funny scrapes and amusing situations because he's dead.
		Dead Donald's deputy, the Right Hand of the First Minister, is responsible for screwing things up on a day to day basis.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland (148 words)

	bymnews.com
		Energy Commissioner for the European Union, Andris Piebalgs, and Deputy First Minister for Scotland, Nicol Stephen, visited the Talisman operated Beatrice oil platform as work started on the installation of a 35 million GBP (C$70 million) deepwater wind farm demonstrator project 25 kilometres off the east coast of Scotland.
		Scotland now also has the opportunity to become a world leader in renewable energy technology, including offshore wind, wave and tidal power.
		The first of the two five megawatt turbines, which are approximately 85 metres high, will sail out from Nigg in early August, dependent on weather conditions.
	www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/32658/82 (726 words)

	Deputy prime minister (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Deputy Prime Minister is the Deputy of a Prime Minister, and a member of a nation's cabinet.
		Deputy Prime Ministers traditionally fill in for the Prime Minister when he is absent or incapable of exercising his power.
		Deputy Prime Minister is often a job that is held simultaneously with another ministry, and is usually given to one of the most senior, experienced Ministers of the cabinet.
	deputy-prime-minister.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (167 words)

	Politics \| Scotland's leading Lib Dem Jim Wallace stands down
		The Liberal Democrat deputy first minister of Scotland, Jim Wallace, is to stand down, he announced today.
		He has announced his decision to step down as party leader and deputy first minister now, and will retire fully from parliament as the MSP for the Orkneys at the next Scottish elections in 2007.
		Nicol Stephen, the Scottish transport minister, Tavish Scott, the deputy minister for finance and public services, and backbencher Mike Rumbles have been named as potential contenders for the leadership.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5189337-107981,00.html (332 words)

	First Minister of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Minister (Prìomh Mhinistear in Scottish Gaelic; First Meinister in Scots) is the leader of Scotland's national devolved government, the Scottish Executive, which was established in 1999 along with the devolved Scottish Parliament.
		Bute House in Edinburgh's Charlotte Square is the official residence of the First Minister.
		The First Minister is Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and his place in the order of precedence in Scotland is determined by that office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland (253 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Second term for McConnell
		In his speech, Mr McConnell said that the lessons of the parliament's first term would not be forgotten.
		In the first term of this parliament we saw devolution develop in Scotland.
		The other votes cast in the nominations were 26 for SNP leader John Swinney, 18 for Tory leader David McLetchie, six for the Green's Robin Harper, six for Socialist leader Tommy Sheridan and two each for independents Dennis Canavan and Margo MacDonald.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3029063.stm (938 words)

	Scottish minister shuns Katsonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Scottish delegation that is in the country for two weeks has shunned Foreign Affairs Minister Davis Katsonga because of revelations in the British press that he was jailed for four years for bribery and extortion in 1992.
		His deputy Marjorie Ngaunje dismissed as speculation that she had been called in at the last minute after the Scottish delegation protested.
		Information Minister Patricia Kaliati also said she was not aware of any reports about Katsonga but dismissed as speculation that the Scottish delegation has shunned him.
	www.nationmalawi.com /articles.asp?articleID=16958 (529 words)

	Scottish Lib Dems: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Having stood down as the Scottish Party Leader and Scotland's Deputy First Minister in June, I had looked forward to attending my first conference in 22 years, without the responsibilities of a spokesmanship; happy to choose the fringe meetings I wanted to attend and spared the late hours of preparing a conference speech.
		In government, in Scotland, we have sought to encourage enterprise and to tackle the vicious circle of deprivation and underachievement.
		When I was first appointed Deputy First Minister in 1999, many people commented that I was the first Liberal for hold ministerial office since Archibald Sinclair in Churchill's wartime coalition.
	www.scotlibdems.org.uk /news/0509211.shtml (2218 words)

	First Minister Announces Scotland's First Football Academies - £1.2 million more to be invested in youth programmes ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		First Minister Henry McLeish today kicked off a radical new programme to develop Scotland’s young football talent into top-class international players.
		The first two football academies to be developed in partnership between football and government will be at Kilmarnock and Rangers Football Clubs.
		Sam Galbraith, Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture, announced last November that sportscotland was opening the Football Academies Strand of the Lottery Sports Fund to applications.
	www.scotland.gov.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /news/2001/03/se0684.asp (622 words)

	e-skills UK - Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen helps launch SSA Action Plan for Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) for IT - Scotland was launched at an evening reception in Edinburgh on 14 September hosted by Nicol Stephen MSP, the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and Allan Wilson, MSP, Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.
		e-skills UK predicts that the IT industry in Scotland will expand by an average of 1.8 to 2.6% a year to 2014 and on average, 10-12,000 workers every year are required into the IT workforce in Scotland, the vast majority of whom will require training.
		The SSA for IT Action Plan for Scotland unites scottish employers, educators and government on a common agenda for change, by outlining a common strategy for the next 3 years.
	www.e-skills.com /cgi-bin/go.pl/news/news.html?uid=470 (267 words)

	Clean Edge - The Clean-Tech Market Authority - News
		Ocean Power Delivery’s Pelamis, the world’s first commercial-scale floating Wave Energy Converter (WEC), successfully installed at the newly opened European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney and completed its first week of electricity generation into the UK grid.
		The first offshore wave energy was sent to the that same evening.
		The excitement was made all the more tangible by seeing the meters register the first electric power flowing into the UK grid from an offshore wave powered renewable energy device.
	www.cleanedge.com /story.php?nID=3175 (406 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| Ask Scotland's deputy first minister
		Entering into partnership with Labour and First Minister Donald Dewar forced the Scottish Lib Dems to fudge their demand for the abolition of student tuition fees.
		The justice minister moved promptly to close the legal loophole, but still became the focus of opposition attacks on its handling of the issue.
		Now it is your chance to quiz Scotland's deputy first minister on these or any other subjects.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/448423.stm (293 words)

	First Generation of Marshals
		The First Marshal of Georgia Robert Forsyth was born in Scotland in 1754.
		Beverly Allen, a former Methodist minister from South Carolina, saw the Marshal approaching, so he hid in a room on the second floor of the house.
		He was the first of over 200 Marshals arid Deputies killed in the line of duty.
	www.usdoj.gov /marshals/history/firstmarshals/forsyth.htm (466 words)

	Deputy first minister sees IU in action in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the first ever trip by a Scottish Executive minister to India, Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister saw Interactive University in action at Delhi Public School.
		India has one of the largest education systems in the world, and the potential for Scotland to strengthen its links with the country is immense.
		I am delighted to hear that more than 2,000 pupils and teachers are now using SCHOLAR in Delhi, and I was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and knowledge displayed by the pupils I met at Delhi Public School.
	www.interactiveuniversity.net /news/NewsItem.aspx?ItemNo=102 (353 words)

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		Six poultry keepers in a 1.8 mile ring around the site were having their flocks sampled for signs of the virus.
		Farming unions urged the public not to overreact to the discovery of the diseased swan - confirmed Thursday as having HN51 - amid fears the effect could be devastating to Scotland's rural economy.
		Scotland's rural affairs minister Ross Finnie said 14 other birds, including 12 swans, are currently being tested for signs of H5N1.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/health/news-article.aspx?storyid=55335 (664 words)

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		The centre, among the first of its type in the world, will provide a unique one-stop facility for the industry to test wave-energy generators and other devices and measure their potential output in realistic conditions.
		The centre was officially opened by Jim Wallace, Scotlandâs Deputy First Minister, who hailed the establishment of the site as the "dawn of a new era for energy production in Scotland".
		The centre has already secured its first major customer, the Leith-based company Ocean Power Delivery (OPD), which has developed a full-scale prototype of its Pelamis wave-energy converter, known as the "Sea Snake", and will be using EMEC for an independent evaluation of the power it produces.
	www.climateark.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=34221 (787 words)

	Articles
		Mrs Liddell reminded delegates of the "unholy alliance" between unionist and separatist opponents of Labour, determined to frustrate the prospect of a Labour government.
		Jim Wallace, Scotland's deputy first minister, later dismissed the criticism, maintaining it was all pre-election hype.
		The SNP seized on the findings of the ICM poll for Scotland on Sunday which suggested 67% of those asked wanted the Scottish Executive to be responsible for setting taxes in Scotland - which means Scotland would first have to control its own revenues.
	www.members.tripod.com /~HelenLiddell/fantasy.html (649 words)

	Scottish Lib Dems: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shame that Radio Scotland’s first question from the studio was "how long do you think before he drops back out of the top 100?"
		That gives a signpost to the sort of education we should be offering: one that looks beyond a narrow range of academic subjects; one that enthuses children about the environment around them; music, art, sport and drama.
		One that helps children through the change from nursery to primary; across into secondary schools and doesn’t lose their interest in the first two years of secondary - whether they are high fliers or struggle with the basics.
	www.scotlibdems.org.uk /news/0510081.shtml (2987 words)

	Momentum Technologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Deputy First Minister of Scotland visits India Operations
		Nicol Stephen, Scottish Deputy First Minister and Minister for
		This is the first ever visit to India by an Executive Minister from Scotland that was arranged in view of India’s emergence as one of Scotland’s crucial trade and investment partners.
	www.momentum-tech.com /PR_33.html (321 words)

	PlanetOut News: Scotland Section 28 Poll Results
		Brian Souter, until recently the richest man in Scotland, on May 30 announced the results of his "private ballot" on the Scottish Executive's move to repeal Section 28, the never-enforced Thatcher-era prohibition against local governments devoting resources to the "promotion of homosexuality" or the teaching gay and lesbian relationships as "pretend family relationships" in schools.
		Local Government and Communities Minister Wendy Alexander, the Executive's point person for Section 28 repeal, told the BBC that, "I do recall that in the Strathclyde Water referendum, which was a postal ballot and the only recent postal ballot in Scotland, there was more than double the turnout that Mr.
		Tim Hopkins of Scotland's gay and lesbian Equality Network said, "Something like 70 to 75% of people in Scotland have either thrown their ballot paper away or have voted to repeal Section 28 and that's the most significant thing." He said, "It is clear this is not a competent way to decide the law.
	www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?2000/05/30/4 (1172 words)

	Edinburgh Research and Innovation: Deputy First Minister Launches ‘Interface’ (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A pioneering initiative involving all Scottish universities, and the first of its type in the UK, was launched by Deputy First Minister, Nicol Stephen MSP, on Wednesday 8th March 2006 at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.
		At the launch, Deputy First Minister, Nicol Stephen MSP, explained how Interface has been set up as a central point of access to enable companies to tap into Scottish Universities’ world-class research, technology and skills.
		A selection of HIE partners from all over Scotland showcased their expertise at the event, whilst the companies explained how university/company collaboration is helping increase their bottom line and create jobs.
	www.research-innovation.ed.ac.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /records/news/Interface_090306.asp (515 words)

	Future Energies
		At 3:35am on Sunday 15th August the transformer was energised and at 6:10am control passed to the control room at EMEC in Stromness.
		The first offshore wave energy was sent to the grid at 9:55pm the same day.
		Satisfactory testing of the system is expected to lead to the first commercial orders being placed for multi-machine projects or 'wave-farms' consisting of a number of machines interlinked sharing a common sub-sea cable back to shore.
	www.futureenergies.com /print.php?sid=883 (670 words)

	Corporate Scotland, the business, investment and economic development guide for Scotland. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Corporate Scotland - the showcase guide for business, investment and economic development in Scotland.
		Edited by David Fanning, and with a Foreword from Jim Wallace MSP and Deputy First Minister (retiring), Corporate Scotland 2005, like it many successful predecessors, focusses on an array of key industries and companies.
		For an exhaustive and thoroughly researched picture of business activity in Scotland, Corporate Scotland 2005 is the definitive guide of its kind.
	www.corporate-scotland.com (152 words)

	CarbonFree News
		Other keynote speakers in the opening plenary session on 24 May at this year's show are Lord Oxburgh the retired chairman of Shell, and Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Nicol Stephen MSP.
		The show is held in association with the British Wind Energy Association and the Scottish Renewables Forum who represent the interests of all sources of renewables in Scotland.
		The Society for Underwater Technology is the learned society patron; and Aberdeen City Council the principal sponsor whose Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) gathers together a large group of exhibitors, many of whom have diversified into the renewable energy industry alongside their oil and gas interests.
	www.carbonfree.co.uk /cf/news/wk21-0003.htm (571 words)

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