20-Aug-2012 04:25

Can Labour learn to love localism? - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2012/aug/17/can-labour-learn-to-love-localism?newsfeed%3Dtrue

Camouflage bendy robot changes colour for disguise - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19286259

Paul Ryan's plan for America is not credible - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d45818a-e608-11e1-bece-00144feab49a.html

Plastic fork removed from man's stomach - Sky News Australia :: http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id%3D785023

Why sex could be history - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/17/sex-reproduction-aarathi-prasad

Travels with my teenager - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0d4e9aa2-e0a8-11e1-8d0f-00144feab49a.html

Man, 20, found dead at V Festival - Metro :: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/908988-man-who-died-at-v-festival-named-as-timothy-brockhurst

Backlash fear prompts Christian families to flee - The Express Tribune :: http://tribune.com.pk/story/424464/backlash-fear-prompts-christian-families-to-flee/

Children critically ill after hit-and-run in Leeds - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/children-critically-ill-after-hitandrun-in-leeds-8061646.html

Putin Opponents Draw Comparisons With 1991... - ABC News :: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-opponents-draw-comparisons-1991-coup-17037576

The Boyle effect: How Olympic singing stars took over the charts - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-boyle-effect-how-olympic-singing-stars-took-over-the-charts-8061659.html

US 'should hand over footage of drone strikes or face UN inquiry' - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-should-hand-over-footage-of-drone-strikes-or-face-un-inquiry-8061504.html

Salmond to select timing of Scottish referendum - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/salmond-to-select-timing-of-scottish-referendum-8061668.html

Fuelled by pain: Fergie ensures last day heartache is driving United - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2190735/Manchester-United-fuelled-pain-losing-title.html

Mars rover shoots rock with laser, set to drive to Glenelg soon - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-rover-curiosity-glenelg-laser-rock-mars-20120819,0,2166534.story?track%3Drss

Muslim community brings Ramadan to a close with Eid Al-Fitr - MiamiHerald.com :: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/19/2958942/muslim-community-brings-ramadan.html

Fall in house prices triggered by 'Olympics distraction and fears of another ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190764/Fall-house-prices-triggered-Olympics-distraction-fears-recession.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Syria's Assad makes rare appearance for Eid prayers - Reuters Africa :: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE86H18C20120819

Cancer In Elderly Set To Treble Says Charity - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/974602

Julian Assange row: Ecuador backed by South America - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19314618

Libya arrests Gaddafi loyalists over car bombings - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/20/libya-gaddafi-loyalists-arrested-bombings

South Africa miners face Lonmin dismissal deadline - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19314709

Sound Box / Singing the praises of protest - Haaretz :: http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/sound-box-singing-the-praises-of-protest.premium-1.459314

Senkaku Islands: Japanese protestors raise flag on Senkaku Islands angering China - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190567/Senkaku-Islands-Japanese-protestors-raise-flag-Senkaku-Islands-angering-China.html

Fan hurls urine at Cher lloyd at V Festival - NEWS.com.au :: http://www.news.com.au/national/fan-hurls-urine-at-cher-lloyd-at-v-festival-singer/story-fndo4bst-1226453920732

Emergency services work through the night to search for boy, 4, who is 'missing ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190807/Emergency-services-frantically-search-boy-4-missing-sea-Somerset.html

Missouri GOP Senate Candidate's Remarks On Rape Stir Controversy - NPR (blog) :: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/19/159273876/missouri-gop-senate-candidates-remarks-on-rape-stir-controversy

Sports News SCARY WIN FOR CITY - Gulf Daily News :: http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid%3D336259

Julian Assange appears clean cut, but drained, as he speaks from Ecuador ... - NEWS.com.au :: http://www.news.com.au/world/julian-assange-appears-clean-cut-but-drained-as-he-speaks-from-ecuador-embassy-in-london/story-fndir2ev-1226454039992

Bo Xilai scandal: Gu Kailai jailed over Heywood murder - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19312232

China's Gu Kailai gets death sentence with reprieve - witnesses - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/20/uk-china-trial-idUKBRE87I07620120820