24-Aug-2013 04:28

Fracking Firm Halts Work Amid Protest Fears - Yahoo! News UK :: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fracking-firm-halts-amid-protest-fears-015655952.html

What's bugging America? - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fb795636-0abe-11e3-aeab-00144feabdc0.html

Nick Clegg queries whether police acted lawfully over David Miranda - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/23/nick-clegg-david-miranda

2 explosions kill 12 in north Lebanese city - Boston.com :: http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2013/08/23/explosions-kill-north-lebanese-city/qSJwXAWycsKhE3twvQ4hPM/story.html

Two healthcare assistants jailed for cruelty - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10262731/Two-healthcare-assistants-jailed-for-cruelty.html

The Arab Spring has failed because constitutional democracy needs nation-states - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100232225/heres-the-smell-of-the-blood-still-all-the-perfumes-of-arabia-will-not-sweeten-this-little-hand/

Ashes 2013: Are England flawed winners? - BBC Sport :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23749366

Fast moving snails spread deadly dog disease across UK - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23798012

Vegetarian suffering mad cow disease has just months to live - The Sun :: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5093072/mad-cow-disease-killing-vegetarian.html

Syria ally Russia urges cooperation with UN - Boston.com :: http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2013/08/23/fierce-clashes-near-syrian-capital/OMFmWJyBPNOdT81qdwmBnJ/story.html

MoD spends £40000 on talking clock despite imposing a 'ban' on the service - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401273/MoD-spends-40-000-talking-clock-despite-imposing-ban-service.html

Scores killed in bombings at Sunni mosques in Tripoli - The Australian :: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/scores-killed-in-lebanon-bombings-at-sunni-muslim-mosques/story-e6frg6so-1226703197408

'I was worried she would commit suicide': Tulisa's manager Jonathan Shalit ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2401274/Tulisas-manager-Jonathan-Shalit-reveals-singers-turmoil-drug-arrest.html

UK government given Tuesday deadline over David Miranda data - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/government-david-miranda-data

Rodgers: Football reasons not behind Willian's Liverpool snub - Goal.com :: http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3875/transfer-zone/2013/08/23/4207811/rodgers-football-reasons-not-behind-willians-liverpool-snub

Panda cub born to Mei Xiang at National Zoo - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-zoos-panda-in-labor/2013/08/23/98044f06-0b55-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html

Josie Cunningham had £4800 worth of breast enlargement surgery on NHS - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401271/What-waste-cash-Mother-5k-tummy-tuck-NHS-Julia-Roberts-blasted-wannabe-model-used-taxpayer-cash-36DD-breasts.html

Living standards are worse than 1980s, says Miliband - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political-news/living-standards-are-worse-than-1980s-says-miliband.21955815

Syria: Chuck Hagel suggests US is marshalling military forces - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/24/syria-hagel-us-marshalling-forces

Government: Prison Melee Leaves 30 Dead in Bolivia - ABC News :: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-10-dead-bolivia-prison-melee-20047477

Ashes 2013: England in good position at The Oval, says Joe Root - Cricket Country :: http://www.cricketcountry.com/Cricket-Video-Article/Ashes-2013-England-in-good-position-at-The-Oval-says-Joe-Root/4048

Microsoft CEO Ballmer Said to Set Departure in Motion in 2010 - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-08-23/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-said-to-set-departure-in-motion-in-2010

Obama warns of cost of action in Syria - Sky News Australia :: http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id%3D899704

Three missing after Shetland crash - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/three-missing-after-shetland-crash-29523750.html

Adam West, Val Kilmer weigh in on 'Batfleck' - CNN (blog) :: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/23/overheard-adam-west-advises-ben-affleck-on-playing-batman/

Fort Hood gunman Maj Nidal Hasan guilty on all counts - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23820880

Tall talks of reinvention when Mumbai is already dead - Daily News & Analysis :: http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1879042/column-tall-talks-of-reinvention-when-mumbai-is-already-dead

Trial shows greed, machinations of China's elite - Boston.com :: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/08/23/china-releases-video-ousted-politician-wife/kPbfMXYOEbCkanMfFo5BqO/story.html

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23815563

Helicopter crash passengers had 'few seconds' to escape - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23822012

Baby North West finally revealed - Herald Sun :: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-wests-baby-north-west-finally-revealed-as-grandma-kris-jenner-tweets-picture/story-fni0b8dw-1226703213018