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Sat 05 May 2007SNP to settle for minority governmentScotland:SNP leader Alex Salmond expects to become Scotland's first nationalist first minister next Wednesday - but as head of a minority administration rather than a power-sharing coalition in the Holyrood parliament.Mr Salmond scored a huge personal victory in last week's landmark elections, presiding over Labour's first defeat in Scotland for more than 50 years, albeit with a bare one-seat majority.