17-Jan-2013 15:21

Qatar Direct: in pictures - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20804673

Corrie To Lose One Of Its Best-Loved Stars - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1036947

Ten 'almosts' of the Star Wars universe - Yahoo! Movies UK (blog) :: http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-editors/ten-almosts-star-wars-universe-200930116.html

Chinese shoppers are thriving - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c350d72-5c22-11e2-bef7-00144feab49a.html

Secret papers show extent of senior royals' veto over bills - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/14/secret-papers-royals-veto-bills

Sudden stratospheric warming responsible for UK's icy blast - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/20998895

Warning: Java Exploit Potentially Affecting More Than 850 Million Computers - Mashable :: http://mashable.com/2013/01/13/java-exploit/

UPDATE 2-Raid by Assad forces kills 106 people in Homs -report - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/17/syria-crisis-idUSL6N0AM3XN20130117

Fire on Gatwick Express causes chaos and closures at Victoria - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/fire-on-gatwick-express-causes-chaos-and-closures-at-victoria-8454918.html

Cowell rules out X Factor return - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/cowell-rules-out-x-factor-return-16262563.html

Gatwick Express: Victoria station is evacuated after fire on rush hour train - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263765/Gatwick-Express-Victoria-station-evacuated-rush-hour-train.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Matt Wood, the 'giant of a guy' who was killed by falling helicopter at Vauxhall - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3660202.ece

Obama unveils bid to tighten US gun control - Sydney Morning Herald :: http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-unveils-bid-to-tighten-us-gun-control-20130117-2cw33.html

Google denies killing donkey with Street VIew car - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9808584/Google-denies-killing-donkey-with-Street-VIew-car.html

Scottish Government accused of 'hurrying it through' with proposals to shorten ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-government-accused-of-hurrying-it-through-1539299

Immigration Flood Fears As Curbs Are Lifted - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1039353

Horse meat scandal: prosecutions possible, warns Government - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/horsemeat-scandal-prosecutions-possible-over-burger-contamination-warns-government-8454911.html

Radiohead's Yorke warns off British PM - RTE.ie :: http://www.rte.ie/ten/2013/0117/radiohead.html

Tesco apologies to customers over horsemeat scandal - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/tesco-apologies-to-customers-over-horsemeat-scandal-3355929.html

Britain braced for up to 25cm of snow - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/17/britain-braced-snow-temperatures-zero

Cycling: Three British stages to open 2014 Tour de France - Straits Times :: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/sports/story/cycling-three-british-stages-open-2014-tour-de-france-20130117

Rural US lawmen, state lawmakers push back against Obama's gun control ... - Montreal Gazette :: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Rural%2Blawmen%2Bstate%2Blawmakers%2Bpush%2Bback%2Bagainst%2BObamas/7832591/story.html

Federer and Serena make light of Melbourne scorcher - Reuters Canada :: http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCABRE90G0AM20130117

Cameron to tackle thorny issue of Europe - The Associated Press :: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gb69Ikoo8GVAJ1h-UTc7q6GybPeA?docId%3D06153a540cb444a895f3db993f432a15

UK Stocks Gain as AB Foods Climbs; Rio Tinto Drops - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-01-17/u-dot-k-dot-stocks-little-changed-before-data-rio-tinto-drops

Shakira goes online for baby shower - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Shakira-goes-online-for-baby-shower/articleshow/18063589.cms

Princess Beatrice Looks AMAZING (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/princess-beatrice-looks-amazing-photos_n_2494508.html

Movie review: Django Unchained - Prague Post :: http://www.praguepost.com/night-and-day/cinema/15244-movie-review-django-unchained.html

Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich move sends Spanish media into meltdown - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/jan/17/pep-guardiola-bayern-munich-media

Ethiopian Air grounds Boeing 787s as precaution - Atlanta Journal Constitution :: http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/ethiopian-air-grounds-boeing-787s-as-precaution/nTy6Q/

Kvitova upset in 2nd-round loss to Robson - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130117/ten-australian-open-kvitova-out/?utm_hp_ref%3Dmedia%26ir%3Dmedia