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Troops ambushed in Covenanter rescue attempt 
June 20, 1688
Covenanter activists today ambushed a company of soldiers in a bid to free one of their ministers.
Nine Covenanters dead, five arrested after bloody encounter on rainswept land near Muirkirk
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Two Covenanters face Cumnock Firing Squad
TWO men have been shot in Cumnock for attending a proscribed religious meeting while news emerges of further killing in the hills.
Soldiers hunt down known Covenanters
Two innocent farmers are shot dead when caught reading their Bible
Battle rages at Drumclog: Forces clash on marshy land
Around 40 men dead - King’s man Graham escapes with his life
IT’S amazing to think that the introduction of a simple religious book could have led to one of the bloodiest periods of Scottish history. Yet that’s exactly what happened in 1637 when King Charles I tried to overturn years of Scottish Presbyterianism by decreeing that the Book of Common Prayer should be used in Kirk services.
Almost 70 years ago, another chapter in the chronicle of mining tragedies was written in New Cumnock at BankNo 6 Pit.
THURSDAY September 7 was the anniversary of the tragedy the world called the Knockshinnoch Disaster. The Late BILL AITKEN, then Chronicle Chief Reporter, was on the scene at Knockshinnoch a few short hours after that fatal inrush of peat engulfed the pit bottom in 1950. Years later, he wrote an emotional account of the days and nights that still haunt New Cumnock.
IN Keir Hardie country, it is said, placing a red rosette on a donkey would be enough to ensure election.
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Overclocked: A History of Violence
Point and click adventures are the Cinderella of gaming. With your big name releases - GTA4, anything with 'Lego' in the name, or that comes with a shiny new Wii gadget taking all of our attention (and a great slice of disposable income) this summer, the smaller releases are increasingly lost in the noise.
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