News Headlines - 06 March 2013

▽Tony Blair: Scotland should stay in UK and Britain in Europe

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has declared he is against Scotland leaving the UK and against Britain leaving the European Union. Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds annual conference in Edinburgh today Blair said in an evermore “interconnected” world where power is shifting East and technology is driving globalisation to disconnect was “not sensible”.

▽Healthy life expectancy is shorter in the UK than abroad | The Guardian

People in the UK enjoy fewer years of good health before they die than the citizens of most comparable European countries as well as Australia and Canada, a major report shows.

▽Afghan bank fraud tests Kabul's commitment - Al Jazeera English

Two founders of Afghanistan's Kabul Bank have been sentenced to prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. The fraud almost led to the bank's collapse in 2010, and the case is seen as a test of the government's commitment to fighting corruption.

▽BBC News - UK to send armoured vehicles to Syrian opposition

The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.

▽Are you brave enough to review your Twitter timeline? - The Independent

Thanks to its archive service, Twitter's 500m users can now download their old tweets. But what were we talking about in 2006? The Independent's writers look into their pasts.