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Tributes are being paid to a woman from Edinburgh who has been killed in Afghanistan. Jeni Ayris, who was 47, died in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul. A car packed with explosives was driven into a minibus with 12 people on board. Claims by Iain Duncan Smith that an independent Scotland couldn't afford to pay its welfare bill have been slammed as "offensive rubbish" by the First Minister. In other news - "Justice and a burial for my son". The hope tonight of a Perthshire mother as forensic experts continue to excavate a site where it's thought her son was buried 13 years ago. And finally in sport, Celtic kick-start their Champions League group stage campaign tonight against Benfica. Neil Lennon will be minus at least 3 first team players - Samaras, Ledley and Kayal are injured, but the Celtic Manager is confident his squad is strong enough to compete. This international version of STV News at Six is viewable world-wide. It has been edited for rights reasons, which also allows us to keep the programme online after the initial 24-hour broadcast window in the UK has passed. Viewers within the UK who want to watch the full episode 'as broadcast' should select the UK version of the programme.