13-Dec-2013 06:31

Speak English or lose benefits, warns Iain Duncan Smith - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10514786/Speak-English-or-lose-benefits-warns-Iain-Duncan-Smith.html

Uruguay is right to opt out of the world war on drugs - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0172e4e-005d-11e3-9c40-00144feab7de.html

Titan moon's colossal methane seas - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25360516

Osborne plays down claims of a bubble in UK housing market - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/business/world/osborne-plays-down-claims-of-a-bubble-in-uk-housing-market-29834221.html

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson Mandela's former wife, left, arrives for a ... - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/letters-29834328.html

HS2 rail project essential to UK's future, say MPs - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25355233

PA 'saw drugs signs at Lawson home' - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/pa-saw-drugs-signs-at-lawson-home-29833457.html

George Osborne says we still need to cut welfare by billions - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522926/George-Osborne-says-need-cut-welfare-billions.html

Hubble telescope captures spouting water vapour plumes on Jupiter's icy moon ... - ABC Online :: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-13/water-plumes-as-big-as-everest-shooting-out-of-jupiter-moon/5154490

The "original Ron Burgundy": "You stay classy, Piers" - CNN (blog) :: http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/11/the-original-ron-burgundy-you-stay-classy-piers/

Adidas's row with Sports Direct is daft. Football kits aren't designer clothes - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2013/dec/12/adidas-sports-direct-football-kits-designer-clothes

American missing in Iran for six years was 'working for CIA' - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10515117/American-missing-in-Iran-for-six-years-was-working-for-CIA.html

Pat Pilcher: The Pirate Bay sails to a new domain - New Zealand Herald :: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id%3D5%26objectid%3D11172176

Liver and let die: James Bond was an alcoholic - study - Bangkok Post :: http://bangkokpost.com/news/world/384654/liver-and-let-die-james-bond-was-an-alcoholic-study

Football: QPR unveil plans for new 40000-seater stadium - Straits Times :: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/sports/story/football-qpr-unveil-plans-new-40000-seater-stadium-20131213

Hacking trial: Police 'told to leave Queen's nuts' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25344656

Migrants face tougher questioning before claiming benefits - AFP :: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKa0eTgzURUyqWKoUmuMtynnFEQQ?docId%3Ddcfacb6a-b04a-4a82-9794-4b752df2d955

Leader's Uncle Executed as a Traitor, North Korea Says - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/world/asia/north-korea-says-uncle-of-executed.html

Queen 'upset' about snacking policemen, court hears - AFP :: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gN5ZliljvngZfKB9h9ehI81iWW2Q?docId%3De00487cd-e7e4-41a5-bf77-8775ef2a6dcf

UN inspectors in Syria suspect chemical weapons used in five areas - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-syria-chemical-weapons-20131213,0,7241253.story

Hobbit stocks to watch: Time Warner, Dolby, Imax - MarketWatch :: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hobbit-stocks-to-watch-time-warner-dolby-imax-2013-12-13

UN says Syria used chemicals multiple times - Al-Arabiya :: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/13/Syria-used-chemicals-multiple-times-U-N-.html

Now, robotic sperm to help fertilise eggs - Zee News :: http://zeenews.india.com/news/science/now-robotic-sperm-to-help-fertilise-eggs_896463.html

Bangladesh executes Islamist leader - iAfrica.com :: http://news.iafrica.com/articles/890964.html

Ridiculed Mandela Memorial Interpreter: 'I'm A Champion of Sign Language' - CNN (blog) :: http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/12/ridiculed-mandela-memorial-interpreter-im-a-champion-of-sign-language/

Most bizarre things being reported about North Korea - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/12/kim-jong-un-bizarre-facts/4005159/

Michael Clarke says debut Test 'still occupies mind more' than 'landmark' 100th ... - Daily News & Analysis :: http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-michael-clarke-says-debut-test-still-occupies-mind-more-than-landmark-100th-test-in-perth-1934312

Bangladesh executes opposition leader - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/12/bangladesh-opposition-execution-mollah/3999389/

Top Christmas gifts already sold out - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10511565/Top-Christmas-gifts-already-sold-out.html

Poisoned inheritance - The Economist :: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21591547-lack-folate-diet-male-mice-reprograms-their-sperm-ways?fsrc%3Drss%257Csct

Helicopters return to service - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/helicopters-return-to-service-9000686.html