'An agreement has been sealed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to hold a referendum in 2014 on Scottish independence, which would result in breaking up of the UK after 300 years.

Salmond, who leads the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), and Scotland’s administration would now be able to hold a vote in the final quarter of 2014 on the straight question of ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on leaving the United Kingdom.

The referendum could lead to the UK breaking up after 300 years, leaving only England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the union, and it could end more than three centuries of sometimes uneasy and often uneven partnership between the two lands since the Act of Union in 1707 brought them together in a united kingdom.'

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