Scotland votes for more home rule within the UK, not independence.

Far from settling everything, the Scottish vote has opened everything up.

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Scotland’s independence would hurt Europe.

The impact is not as big as you think.

An independent Scotland would have slightly more people than Turkmenistan.

Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, how many are smaller than Scotland?

There are plenty of warning signs for Scots to heed in the upcoming referendum.

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U.S. bombing, reluctant Arab friends and ill trained Iraqi troops to save the world?