08-Aug-2012 23:00

What does Iran get for supporting al-Assad? - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/world/syria-iran-analysis/index.html

Boyfriend of Tia Sharp's grandmother leaves police station - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9463084/Boyfriend-of-Tia-Sharps-grandmother-leaves-police-station.html

Views differ on status of Salaheddine neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo battle - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/world/meast/syria-unrest/?hpt%3Dhp_t3

The failure of Lords reform is great news for British democracy - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/08/failure-lords-reform-great-british-democracy

In UK, a Backlash Over Standard Chartered Probe - Wall Street Journal :: http://stream.wsj.com/story/markets/SS-2-5/SS-2-43385/

Sinai raid could be start of a new bloody chapter - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19188421

Olympic triumph masks an altogether grimmer reality - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9462332/Olympic-triumph-masks-an-altogether-grimmer-reality.html

Anni Dewani killing: second man accuses husband of arranging murder - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/08/shrien-dewani-accused-wife-murder

Taxi murder victim mother of three - WalesOnline :: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2012/08/08/taxi-murder-victim-mother-of-three-91466-31580673/