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1999
 
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A Scottish parliament resumes business in Edinburgh after an interval of 292 years     
2001
 
    
The Scottish Court in the Netherlands convicts a Libyan, Al-Megrahi, of responsibility for the Pan-Am Lockerbie bomb       
2006
 
    
The Scottish National Party lays a charge that peerages are being 'sold' in Britain, provoking a police enquiry and a 'cash for honours' crisis       
2007
 
   
The Scottish National Party wins Scotland's election, becoming for the first time the party with the widest support in Scotland      
2007
 
    
Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, takes over as first minister of Scotland       
2009  August 20
 
    
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, convicted in 2001 for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, is released as being terminally ill and returns from Scotland to Libya       
2012  March 13
 
    
244 years after its launch in Scotland in 1768 the Encyclopedia Britannica publishes its final printed edition