16-Dec-2013 08:44

Threatwatch: Chikungunya virus spreads in the Americas - New Scientist :: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24757-threatwatch-chikungunya-virus-spreads-in-the-americas.html

Tibetans displaced within region 'amid rampant mining' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25359391

Books: on Britain's place in the world - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e203b8c4-60ca-11e3-b7f1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Flife-arts%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Person in the news - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a5dacd0-632e-11e3-886f-00144feabdc0.html

Ten reasons to be optimistic about 2014 - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100250647/ten-reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-2014/

Immigration cap 'would force Britain to quit EU' - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3950210.ece

Knowing Mandela, by John Carlin - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a7288316-61c8-11e3-916e-00144feabdc0.html

Paedophile rocker earns royalties despite conviction - New Zealand Herald :: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id%3D1501119%26objectid%3D11173342

Many 'think coffee causes cancer' - NEWS.com.au :: http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/many-think-coffee-causes-cancer/story-e6frfkui-1226784168291

Ed Miliband details plans to boost house building - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25396103

Google refuses to answer to British court over privacy lawsuit - South China Morning Post :: http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1381769/google-refuses-answer-british-court-over-privacy-lawsuit

Lebanese sniper kills Israeli soldier along border - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-1-soldier-killed-along-lebanon-border/2013/12/15/528c790e-65e5-11e3-997b-9213b17dac97_story.html

Commuter bus crashes off Philippine highway onto van, 22 dead-police - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/16/philippines-accident-idINL3N0JV0X920131216

Pensioners face care bill of £150000 - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10519511/Pensioners-face-carebill-of-150000.html

British police tell Romanians 'don't come without jobs' - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10518876/British-police-tell-Romanians-dont-come-without-jobs.html

Murder charge over missing Jayden Parkinson - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25395621

Lots of atheists, more Muslims, fewer Christians and Jews: this is the new America - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100250598/lots-of-atheists-more-muslims-fewer-christians-and-jews-this-is-the-new-america/

House prices in 2014 'above 3pc stamp duty threshold' - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/houseprices/10519727/House-prices-in-2014-above-3pc-stamp-duty-threshold.html

BBC payoffs damaged its international reputation, say MPs - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/16/bbc-payoffs-damaged-reputation-mps-public-accounts-committee

'Fast and Furious' star Paul Walker owned ' cool car collection' - Business Standard :: http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/fast-and-furious-star-paul-walker-owned-cool-car-collection-113121600250_1.html

'Homeland' finale: How that Brody twist changes everything - Entertainment Weekly (blog) :: http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/12/16/homeland-brody-twist/

'Cronyism' blamed for BBC pay-offs - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/cronyism-blamed-for-bbc-payoffs-9006488.html

UPDATE 3-Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine dead at 96 - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/16/people-fontaine-idUSL2N0JV04L20131216

'We will take Mandela's legacy forward', says Zuma - News24 :: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/We-will-take-Mandelas-legacy-forward-says-Zuma-20131215

21 dead as bus falls onto van in Philippines - Irish Examiner :: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/21-dead-as-bus-falls-onto-van-in-philippines-617271.html

China's lunar rover sends back first photos from moon - Hindu Business Line :: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/chinas-lunar-rover-sends-back-first-photos-from-moon/article5465347.ece

Villas-Boas takes blame for Tottenham hammering - ESPN.co.uk :: http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/266659.html

Kim Jong Un's aunt appears safe after husband's execution - NBCNews.com (blog) :: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/15/21909377-kim-jong-uns-aunt-appears-safe-after-husbands-execution

Acting giant Peter O'Toole dies aged 81 - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article3949866.ece

Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Daily News & Analysis :: http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-andy-murray-wins-bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year-1935828

Israel: Sniper killed soldier near Lebanon border - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/16/israel-soldier-killed/4037113/