25-Dec-2012 05:08

Day in pictures: 21 December 2012 - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-20809929

Gangnam Style hits one billion views - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20812870

NATO police advisor killed in Kabul attack - Xinhua :: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/24/c_132060299.htm

Christmas high-street spending is 'acceptable but not exceptional' - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/christmas-highstreet-spending-is-acceptable-but-not-exceptional-8430872.html

Three men killed in horror Christmas smash as woman driver is cut free from ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2252855/Three-men-killed-horror-Christmas-smash-woman-driver-fourth-man-escape-wreckage.html

'Thank God it didn't get too passionate': TV magician Paul Daniels tells of 'scare ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/thank-god-it-didnt-get-too-passionate-tv-magician-paul-daniels-tells-of-scare-after-kissing-schoolgirl-8430922.html

Flood fears heightened by new downpours - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20835094

Baroness Thatcher 'to spend Christmas in hospital' as she continues to recover ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2252695/Margaret-Thatcher-Baroness-spend-Christmas-hospital-continues-recover-minor-operation.html

Death of the high street looms again in 2013 - Channel 4 News :: http://www.channel4.com/news/christmas-sales-high-street-shops-critical-condition

SpaceX's newest rocket hovers above launch pad in test flight - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-spacex-grasshopper-reusable-rocket-20121224,0,3823929.story

Blackberry 10: Leaked images show what may be next generation of RIM's ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2252942/Blackberry-10-Leaked-images-generation-RIMs-mobile-devices.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Rodgers won't let signings dictate roles - Ninemsn :: http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id%3D8584896

Pope on Christmas eve: Find room for God - Jerusalem Post :: http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id%3D297198

Strictly Come Dancing 2012: week 12 live blog - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/dec/22/strictly-come-dancing-week-seven-12-blog

Backstabbing Tories are the real villains of 'Plebgate' - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2252326/Backstabbing-Tories-real-villans-Plebgate.html

Swansea City 1-1 Manchester United – as it happened - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/23/swansea-city-manchester-united-live-mbm

Obama's coming leap of faith on Europe - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7dcc2088-49ee-11e2-a7b1-00144feab49a.html

A year in a word: Grexit - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e59bcfc-4b74-11e2-88b5-00144feab49a.html

West Antarctic Ice Sheet warming twice earlier estimate - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20804192

Ill winds are not the end for renewables industry - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26988f84-4ad1-11e2-9650-00144feab49a.html

Girls Aloud, Gabrielle Aplin and Kylie Minogue: The best and worst Christmas ... - Yahoo! omg! UK :: http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/gossip/the-juice/girls-aloud-gabrielle-aplin-kylie-minogue-best-worst-205521377.html

US retailers hope late Christmas shoppers bring good cheer - The Star Online :: http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file%3D/2012/12/25/business/20121225075818%26sec%3Dbusiness

Doctors save man by using alcohol - The Nation :: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/25-Dec-2012/doctors-save-man-by-using-alcohol

Queen expected at Sandringham church Christmas service - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20840634

Twitter acts against child sex abuse accounts - TODAYonline :: http://www.todayonline.com/Technology/EDC121225-0000011/Twitter-acts-against-child-sex-abuse-accounts

Thousands Enjoy Merry Christmas in Bethlehem - TIME :: http://world.time.com/2012/12/24/thousands-enjoy-merry-christmas-in-bethlehem/

Calls to oust Morgan from US for anti-gun stance - TVNZ :: http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/calls-oust-morgan-us-anti-gun-stance-5303871

No Easy Route if Assad Opts to Go, or to Stay, in Syria - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/world/middleeast/no-easy-route-if-bashar-al-assad-opts-to-go-or-stay.html?pagewanted%3Dall

President Kibaki's Christmas Goodwill Message to Kenyans - AllAfrica.com :: http://allafrica.com/stories/201212241391.html

Django Unchained - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/django-unchained,1209972/critic-review.html

Firefighters shot dead in NY town were ambushed: police - CTV News :: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/firefighters-shot-dead-in-n-y-town-were-ambushed-police-1.1090743