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The environment minister said the project would ensure that "everyone will know who owns Scotland" A mapping project to work out who owns every part of Scotland is to be completed within 10 years.Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse announced the project, days after an expert group published a major report on land reform.
He said he agreed with the group that "a fundamental step on this journey must be having a clear understanding" of who owns land in Scotland.
He added that the move would benefit everyone.
He argued that land transactions were "more difficult and expensive" if land was not already registered.
Mr Wheelhouse added: "This is a vital underpinning step in Scotland's land reform journey and will ensure that at last everyone will know who owns Scotland."
Registers of Scotland has been asked to finish the register in a decade, with all public land registered within five years.
Land reform reviewThe Land Reform Review Group set out 62 recommendations in a report on Friday.
Among the suggestions, it called for a new law to limit how much land any single person can own in Scotland.
Continue reading the main storySetting a target for completing the register of land ownership will bring closer the day when there is a definitive answer to the question: 'Who owns Scotland?'”End Quote Dr Alison Elliot Land Reform Review Group It said councils should be given the right to force the sale of vacant or derelict plots.
The group, set up in 2012, wants the Scottish government to be "radical in its thinking and bold in its action".
The review group also said local government taxation needed to be modernised and that serious consideration should be given to introducing a system of land value taxation, which could be an alternative to the council tax.
Responding to the mapping project announcement, Land Reform Review Group chairwoman Dr Alison Elliot said: "We are pleased that the Scottish government has been so prompt in deciding to implement one of the recommendations made by the Land Reform Review Group.
"Setting a target for completing the register of land ownership will bring closer the day when there is a definitive answer to the question: 'Who owns Scotland?'.
"We hope that this momentum is maintained as the Scottish government gives consideration to our other recommendations."
The Scottish government appeared to rule out one recommendation on taxation within hours of the group's report being published.
Experts said there was no clear public interest in keeping a universal exemption of agriculture, forestry and other land-based businesses from non-domestic rates.
The government stated: "We can confirm there are no plans to make changes to the position of agricultural business rates relief."
Anne-Marie Drozdz is believed to be in her forties The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British national on the Indonesian island of Bali.Reports have named her as Anne-Marie Drozdz, who is thought to be in her forties.
Indonesian police suspect the woman was murdered, according to the AFP news agency.
The agency quoted police as saying she was found dead by the owner of a villa where she was staying in the tourist district of Ubud.
Police say the door to the property the woman was damaged and she had a black cloth over her face, said AFP.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in Bali on 22 May.
"We are providing consular assistance to the family."
Police said the door to the villa had been damaged A police spokesman told AFP: "She was found by the owner of the villa lying dead on the floor with a black cloth over her face.
"The door was damaged and there were dried up pools of blood on the floor."
Police also told the agency the woman had been renting the villa since 17 May.
Ida Bagus Putu Alitin, the head of forensics at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar on the island, told AFP that the woman's body showed bruises on the neck and around the mouth.
"But we will wait until permission from her family and police to carry out an autopsy," Alitin said.
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Violence has continued in eastern Ukraine, which is due to hold its presidential election on Sunday.
Clashes, particularly in Donetsk and Luhansk, have seriously disrupted preparations for the polls.
The frontrunner in opinion polls is billionaire chocolate tycoon Petro Poroshenko.
Daniel Sandford reports on the man who could be set to take on the current crisis.
The winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest has spoken of her performance as a "political statement", as countries across Europe vote in elections for the European Parliament.
Conchita Wurst sparked controversy in some countries, with Russia threatening to withdraw from the competition if she took part.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight, she praised the "tolerance" of the audiences across Europe who voted for her.
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The Papers Home World UK England N. Ireland Scotland Wales Business Politics Health Education Sci/Environment Technology Entertainment & Arts 25 May 2014Last updated at 00:01 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Election fall-out and cheap holidays feature on Sunday's front pages By Chris LansdownBBC News 
The fall-out from the local elections continues to feature on several front pages, with the Observer reporting UKIP is targeting a general election seats "hitlist" next year. It says leader Nigel Farage has identified 20 constituencies it believes it could win. 
The Sunday Times, meanwhile, suggests the prime minister is being urged by his MPs to call an early EU referendum. Tory David Davis, writing in the paper, says David Cameron's Europe policy lacks "both clarity and credibility". 
And it is the future of Lib Dem Nick Clegg which preoccupies the Independent on Sunday, which claims the deputy prime minister faces a bid to remove him as party leader, with candidates and officials signing a petition calling on him to resign. 
Away from elections, the Sunday Telegraph leads on the latest twist in the "escalation of hostilities" between the Kremlin and Clarence House, and President Putin's "withering" attack on the Prince of Wales over his likening of the Russian leader to Hitler. 
The Sunday Express says a "soaring pound and a competitive holiday market" mean families are "snapping up the cheapest breaks in five years", with Europe and the US "bargain-hunters' paradises". 
The Mail On Sunday says the student identified as the killer of six people in California carried out the attack "in revenge for being [a] virgin at 22" and that most of his victims were believed to be female students. 
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