In today's world, locating a dishwasher to meet your precise needs is becoming a reality, as we've got ones that work on countertops, sans water, and with icky toys, but now Siemens is offering up one for the night owls who'd rather jazz it up at home than head out on the town.

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The government at Westminster, facing increasing resistance from anti-turbine campaigners, needs Scotland to meet its ambitious renewables targets if the UK is to meet more modest ones.

BBC: Scottish independence: Priorities and powers

Yet interest rates are rising to meet the needs of the core countries, not falling or at minimum staying low for the needs of the peripheral ones.

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