18-Dec-2013 15:38

US retailers must cut stores to survive - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5df2eac-6443-11e3-98e2-00144feabdc0.html

Austria swears in EU's youngest foreign minister Sebastian Kurz - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/25407573

The mystery of Google's sudden robotics splurge - New Scientist :: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24764-the-mystery-of-googles-sudden-robotics-splurge.html

Japan needs to have a say on Abe's growing power - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4abc108-6642-11e3-aa10-00144feabdc0.html

Heathrow and Gatwick shortlisted for new runways - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/17/heathrow-gatwick-airports-expansion

Don't give up on mutuals quite yet - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/758cdb4c-5b72-11e3-848e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcomment%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Six Nato soldiers killed in plane crash in southern Afghanistan - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Six-Nato-soldiers-killed-in-plane-crash-in-southern-Afghanistan/articleshow/27540002.cms

Cattle are top global livestock emitters - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25416050

Refillable electronic cigarettes face EU ban - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/17/refillable-electronic-cigarettes-face-eu-ban

Italy's president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100026297/italys-president-fears-violent-insurrection-in-2014-but-offers-no-remedy/

Penguin Huddle VIDEO Reveals Surprising Physics Behind Group's Efforts To ... - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/penguin-huddle-video-physics-group-warm_n_4460795.html

Robot dragonfly: Smallest and lightest drone - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Robot-dragonfly-Smallest-and-lightest-drone/articleshow/27559833.cms

Saatchi 'threatened to destroy me' - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/saatchi-threatened-to-destroy-me-29845902.html

Lloyds share loss 'saved the financial system' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427241

Neville Neville claims sex attack accuser 'wanted newspaper article' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25426960

Celebrities who went the vegan way - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Hollywood/News-Interviews/Celebrities-who-went-the-vegan-way/articleshow/27596506.cms

Scene Last Night: DICaprio, JOnah Hill, Belfort at 'Wolf' - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-18/scene-last-night-dicaprio-jonah-hill-belfort-at-wolf-.html

Ian H Watkins Twitter silence after being trolled by fans mistaking him for ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ian-watkins-sentencing-steps-star-2939564

José Mourinho may rethink Chelsea tactics after defeat at Sunderland - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/18/jose-mourinho-chelsea-tactics-sunderland

UK unemployment rate prompts rate rise talk - Kansas City Star :: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/18/4700167/uk-unemployment-rate-drops-to.html

Ronnie Biggs, train robber, 1929-2013 - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/100cb9c6-67bc-11e3-8ada-00144feabdc0.html

Rigby accused 'agree over killing' - Jersey Evening Post :: http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/uk-news/2013/12/18/rigby-accused-agree-over-killing/

Arctic 30 and Pussy Riot members to be freed in Russian amnesty - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/arctic-30-and-pussy-riot-members-to-be-freed-in-russian-amnesty-9013096.html

Jobless Fall Raises Chance Of Interest Rate Rise - Key 103 Manchester :: http://www.key103.co.uk/news/business/20131218-jobless-fall-raises-chance-of-interest-rate-rise/

Value of internet currency Bitcoin tumbles - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/business/value-of-internet-currency-bitcoin-tumbles-29849874.html

Tough-talking Merkel urges EU treaty change in first speech of new term - euronews :: http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/18/tough-talking-merkel-urges-eu-treaty-change-in-first-speech-of-new-term/

Indian Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create Corruption Watchdog - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304773104579265932040165074.html

About one in two hundred women report having had virgin births, according to ... - National Post :: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/17/about-one-in-two-hundred-women-report-having-had-virgin-births-according-to-new-research/

EU benefits ban: legal advice taken - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/eu-benefits-ban-legal-advice-taken-29847645.html

The Allegations Against Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade - Wall Street Journal (blog) :: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/12/18/the-allegations-against-indian-diplomat-devyani-khobragade/

'Boris bike' charity ride trio home - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/offbeat/boris-bike-charity-ride-trio-home-29849887.html