World News Cameron signs Scotland referendum deal

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron signed a deal Oct. 15 with the leader of Scotland's separatist administration on a referendum that could break up the United Kingdom.

Officials from London and Edinburgh have been meeting for weeks to hammer out details of a vote on Scottish independence. Sticking points included the date and the wording of the question.

Cameron met Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond in Edinburgh to approve the deal, calling for a referendum before the end of 2014.

The prime minister is expected later to praise Scotland's two governments for coming together to deliver a "legal, fair and decisive" referendum that now puts the decision on a separate Scotland or a United Kingdom in the people's hands.

Both sides claim they are confident of victory in the vote that will decide the constitutional future of the United Kingdom.

If Scotland does break away, it will end more than 300 years of political union with England. (AP)

スコットランド独立巡り住民投票、英首相が容認

英国のキャメロン首相は10月15日、スコットランド独立の是非を問う住民投票実施に向けた合意書に調印した。

Shukan ST: OCTOBER 26, 2012

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