17-Dec-2012 15:09

US and UK refuse to sign UN's communications treaty - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20717774

Chai with the FT: Ratan Tata - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1ede394c-437e-11e2-a68c-00144feabdc0.html

Robert Parker, the American Bacchus - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d3d9d36-3fa1-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html

Piety gives way to secularism - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaaaf98a-45df-11e2-b7ba-00144feabdc0.html

Piltdown Man: A hoaxer still pursued - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20729785

Tesco hospitals: more surgeons need to work weekends, RCS admits - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9749706/Tesco-hospitals-more-surgeons-need-to-work-weekends-RCS-admits.html

Taxpayers to cough for Comet staff redundo - Register :: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/17/comet_taxpayer/

Andrew Mitchell 'Plebgate' leak: arrest of police officer may breach guidelines - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9750005/Andrew-Mitchell-Plebgate-leak-arrest-of-police-officer-may-breach-guidelines-says-Police-Federation.html

Amy Winehouse coroner's inquest to be reheard - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20757135

Sheen wants ball back from Efron - Celeb News, Independent Woman ... - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/sheen-wants-ball-back-from-efron-3328158.html

Sports Personality 2013: Who's in the frame to succeed Bradley Wiggins next ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sports-personality-of-the-year/9750091/Sports-Personality-2013-Whos-in-the-frame-to-succeed-Bradley-Wiggins-next-year.html

K-Stew Admits: "If You're Honest You'll Make Mistakes" | Kristen Stewart | News ... - MTV UK :: http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/kristen-stewart/371151-kristen-stewart-rupert-sanders-affair-mistake-rpattz

Minister on defensive as gay marriage protests grow - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20758397

Obama vows to press for gun reform - Sydney Morning Herald :: http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-vows-to-press-for-gun-reform-20121217-2bjfj.html

I'm A Celeb's Helen Flanagan at Winter Wonderland bash in Manchester - The Sun :: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4702069/im-a-celeb-helen-flanagan-winter-wonderland-manchester.html

Rail unions threaten wave of Christmas getaway strikes - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/9749895/Rail-unions-threaten-wave-of-Christmas-getaway-strikes.html

Relations with China important for Japan: Abe - Xinhua :: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/17/c_132046022.htm

Broken boiler halts project to reach sub-glacial Antarctic lake cut off from the ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/broken-boiler-halts-project-to-reach-subglacial-antarctic-lake-cut-off-from-the-world-for-a-million-years-8422487.html

Syrian troops mass outside Palestinian camp in Damascus (Reuters) - Haaretz :: http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-newsline/the-top-8-headlines-you-might-have-missed-haaretz-newsline-december-17-1.485419

Clegg leadership 'in trouble' - gulfnews.com :: http://gulfnews.com/news/world/clegg-leadership-in-trouble-1.1120198

'The Hobbit' Tops Box Office With Record-Breaking $84.7 Million - Music ... - MTV.com :: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1699018/hobbit-box-office.jhtml

Obama signals action following school shooting - The Seattle Times :: http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2019913823_apusobamaconnecticutschoolshooting.html

Newtown prepares to bury first victims of massacre as school's future becomes ... - National Post :: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/17/newtown-prepares-to-bury-first-victims-of-massacre-as-schools-future-becomes-unclear/

World expresses shock, some issue call-to-action after Newtown shooting - CBS News :: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57559507/world-expresses-shock-some-issue-call-to-action-after-newtown-shooting/

Hope Sachin Tendulkar continues to play, says MS Dhoni - Cricket News ... - Cricket Country :: http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Hope-Sachin-Tendulkar-continues-to-play-says-MS-Dhoni/21038

Court fines woman in Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' case - Chicago Sun-Times :: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/17067335-418/story.html

Google Apologizes To Customers Angry Over Nexus 4 Delays - San Francisco Chronicle :: http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Google-Apologizes-To-Customers-Angry-Over-Nexus-4-4123353.php

Apple, N.Y. manufacturing data in spotlight - MarketWatch :: http://stream.marketwatch.com/story/markets/SS-4-4/SS-4-17744/

Twin NASA Spacecraft to Plunge Into Lunar Mountain - U.S. News & World Report :: http://www.usnews.com/science/news/articles/2012/12/17/twin-nasa-spacecraft-to-plunge-into-lunar-mountain

Sandy Hook Viewpoint: Should Teachers Be Trained in Counterterrorism? - TIME :: http://nation.time.com/2012/12/16/sandy-hook-viewpoint-should-teachers-be-trained-in-counter-terrorism/

Tour de France: Chris Froome happy with Bradley Wiggins defence - BBC Sport :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20759575