09-Dec-2013 22:15

Parliament is being taken over by snooty backstabbers – and they're not all Tories - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100249590/parliament-is-being-taken-over-by-snooty-backstabbers-and-theyre-not-all-tories/

Technology firms seek government surveillance reform - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25297044

Iain Duncan Smith says welfare reform on track to 'change lives' - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6746894-5e86-11e3-a44c-00144feabdc0.html

MPs' pay rise opposed by NI representatives - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25297248

Gene testing company 23andMe 'not going anywhere' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25295339

Police crackdown on pirate site ads - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25299593

Fewer dotterel on Scotland's mountains, scientists say - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25302198

Metal 3D printing and six key shifts in the 'second industrial revolution' - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/09/metal-3d-printing-key-developments-second-industrial-revolution

Britain is entering an age of clashing ideologies - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ad5b6e6-60c3-11e3-b7f1-00144feabdc0.html

Teenager scammed into buying £450 photo of Xbox One on eBay gets given ... - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/09/teenager-scammed-into-buying-450-photo-of-xbox-one-on-ebay-gets-given-real-one-for-free-4223279/

UK grocers warn Scotland faces higher prices - Oman Daily Observer :: http://main.omanobserver.om/?p%3D37550

Science 'solves' riddle of strange mounds - Ninemsn :: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/12/10/05/12/scientists-have-solved-the-mystery-of-mima-mounds

Aron Ralston, '127 Hours' hiker, arrested in domestic violence case - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/nation/shareitnow/la-sh-aron-ralston-127-hours-hiker-arrested-20131209,0,5001114.story

How England can keep its first-class universities - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/517416c8-60c0-11e3-b7f1-00144feabdc0.html

Bolton house fire: Police treating blaze which killed businessman, wife and ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boton-house-fire-hassan-rafie-2909554

Google, Facebook, Apple pen open letter for tighter controls on snooping - CTV News :: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/google-facebook-apple-pen-open-letter-for-tighter-controls-on-snooping-1.1580699

Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on media - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/09/us-russia-media-idUSBRE9B80TF20131209

NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers evidence of freshwater lake on Mars - ABC Online :: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-10/nasa-rover-finds-remnants-of-freshwater-lake-on-mars/5145642

Susan Boyle announces she has Asperger's: More on the developmental disorder - CBS News :: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-boyle-announces-she-has-aspergers-more-on-the-developmental-disorder/

Yanukovich backs Ukraine compromise talks as tensions rise - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/09/uk-ukraine-yanukovich-idUKBRE9B80MR20131209

Tulisa to be charged with supplying Class A drugs to undercover journalist - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2520856/Tulisa-charged-supplying-Class-A-drugs-undercover-journalist.html

Universal credit failed IT system write-off increased by £6m - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/09/universal-credit-it-writeoff-iain-duncan-smith

North Korean leader's uncle ouster sends warning that no one is beyond party's ... - Fox News :: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/09/with-purge-own-uncle-nkorean-leader-sends-chilling-warning-no-one-is-beyond/

Vin Diesel rushed to comfort Paul Walker's mom after news first broke - Channel 24 :: http://www.channel24.co.za/Gossip/News/Vin-Diesel-rushed-to-comfort-Paul-Walkers-mom-after-news-first-broke-20131209

Ed Miliband calls for cross-party talks to stop 11% pay rise for MPs - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/09/ed-miliband-talks-stop-pay-rise-mps

Spies 'Infiltrated' World of Warcraft Game - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1180006

Patrick Vieira: I started Manchester United tunnel row, current Arsenal team lack ... - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/09/patrick-vieira-i-started-manchester-united-tunnel-row-current-arsenal-team-lack-leaders-and-i-nearly-joined-real-madrid-4224355/

Ukrainian police move against Kiev protesters - Channel News Asia :: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/ukrainian-police-move/917110.html

Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield wins appeal to stay in UK - after he claims ... - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/boat-race-protester-trenton-oldfield-wins-appeal-to-stay-in-uk--after-he-claims-australia-is-racist-8993626.html

NASA Rover Finds Signs of Freshwater Lake on Mars - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304014504579248392137853308.html

BBC receives 1350 complaints for 'excessive' Mandela coverage - New Zealand Herald :: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id%3D2%26objectid%3D11169985