News Headlines - 30 August 2010

Headlines

▽Cricket match-fixing: suspicion falls on 80 games as 'fixer' bailed - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/7971107/Cricket-match-fixing-suspicion-falls-on-80-games-as-fixer-bailed.html
More than 80 international cricket matches will be investigated amid allegations that a London businessman has been running a multi-million-pound match-fixing racket.

▽Second oil find sparks new wave of North Sea interest - Herald Scotland
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/second-oil-find-sparks-new-wave-of-north-sea-interest-1.1051300
A second North Sea oil discovery in just a week has sparked hopes of a revival for the industry in Scotland.

▽Fears of double-dip recession loom as growth to splutter - Herald Scotland
http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/fears-of-double-dip-recession-loom-as-growth-to-splutter-1.1051369
The Scottish economic recovery is set to run out of steam at the end of the third quarter against “looming headwinds” triggering a slowdown in the final quarter of the year

▽Miners trapped in Chile get PSPs to pass the time  - Geek.com
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/miners-trapped-in-chile-get-psps-to-pass-the-time-20100830/
Among other essential items, it’s been decided that PSPs are the game handheld of choice to help them endure the long stay.

▽Frank Chickens win 'Comedy God' award - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11128361
Little-known Japanese performance art troupe Frank Chickens have won an online poll to find a Comedy God.