09-Dec-2012 10:56

Can our Bad Santa blag his way through Santa School? - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/dec/07/bad-santa-school

'My true love' may have to think of some other gift ideas - New Zealand Herald :: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id%3D1%26objectid%3D10852694

Diplomatic credentials presented in cash - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/887a7ee0-3fa2-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html

Back in the swim - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9df071b4-3ece-11e2-87bc-00144feabdc0.html

Philip Green makes his greatest sale - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2afb74ea-407e-11e2-8f90-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcomment%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

How do you demolish a skyscraper? - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20535821

MMDA updates iOS app; new features include traffic incidents, weather - GMA News :: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/285581/scitech/technology/mmda-updates-ios-app-new-features-include-traffic-incidents-weather

Hamas Supporters Gather in Gaza for 25th Anniversary - Voice of America (blog) :: http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/12/08/hamas-supporters-gather-in-gaza-for-25th-anniversary/

Drink driving up this year: 3540 cases so far, to 3267 last year - Indian Express :: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/drink-driving-up-this-year-3540-cases-so-far-to-3267-last-year/1042567/

Alan Titchmarsh is 'a complete muppet,' says Cabinet minister - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/alan-titchmarsh-is-a-complete-muppet-says-cabinet-minister-8395966.html

Scandal of secret plan to axe thousands of hospital beds which doctors warn will ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245273/Scandal-secret-plan-axe-thousands-hospital-beds-doctors-warn-patients-risk.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Boy killed by car at caravan site - Liverpool Echo :: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-news/2012/12/09/boy-killed-by-car-at-caravan-site-100252-32390450/

Juan Manuel Márquez beats Manny Pacquiao - as it happened - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/dec/09/manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-live-4

Zeta-Jones fed up of talking about bipolar disorder - gulfnews.com :: http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/zeta-jones-fed-up-of-talking-about-bipolar-disorder-1.1116134

Why the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will break with royal tradition of nannies - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9731848/Why-Kate-Middleton-will-break-with-royal-tradition-of-nannies.html

Alex Salmond hits out at Washington Post's claims that independence would ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/alex-salmond-hits-out-at-washington-1480914

Protesters hold demos at Starbucks over tax payments - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/protesters-hold-demos-at-starbucks-over-1481010

Kate hoax call: Scotland Yard contacts Australian police - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20656911

He's back! Balls out...David Miliband in - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hes-back-balls-outdavid-miliband-1481078

Top Tories campaign for gay marriage - ITN :: http://www.itn.co.uk/UK/63549/top-tories-campaign-for-gay-marriage

Sunderland 1 Chelsea 3: On-form Fernando Torres hits deadly double in moral ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sunderland-1-chelsea-3-english-1480809

South Africans await word on Nelson Mandela's health - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/09/south-africa-mandela-health/1756637/

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20656441

Italian government to quit as Berlusconi returns - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9732559/Italian-government-to-quit-as-Berlusconi-returns.html

Seven-year-old boy killed by car at caravan site in Wales - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/09/seven-year-old-boy-killed-caravan-site

Ricky Burns: I never go into a fight looking to knock out an opponent but I'll finish ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/boxing/ricky-burns-i-never-go-into-a-fight-1480498

Alastair Cook demands one last push as England wrap up second Test - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/09/alastair-cook-demands-one-last-push-as-england-wrap-up-second-test-3308423/

Egypt president scraps decree that sparked protests - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/09/us-egypt-politics-idUSBRE8B30GP20121209

Injured officer out of hospital - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20657268

England wrap up seven-wicket win over India - DAWN.com :: http://dawn.com/2012/12/09/england-wrap-up-seven-wicket-win-over-india/

Pacquiao loss stuns nation still reeling from 'Pablo' - Inquirer.net :: http://sports.inquirer.net/75885/pacquiao-loss-stuns-nation-still-reeling-from-pablo-2