18-Dec-2013 18:41

Israel's public paranoia masks private complacency - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4208ae0-641f-11e3-98e2-00144feabdc0.html

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

Five out of 10 folk haven't a clue - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e8befc6-6420-11e3-98e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcomment%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Chance to break UK's doleful cycle of airport planning failure - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3dfdd10-66f3-11e3-a5f9-00144feabdc0.html

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

The internet has always been a hunting ground for women-hating trolls - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/jamiebartlett/100011811/the-internet-has-always-been-a-hunting-ground-for-women-hating-trolls/

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

German defence minister bruited as possible successor to Merkel - The Globe and Mail :: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/german-defence-minister-bruited-as-possible-successor-to-merkel/article16014544/?cmpid%3Drss1

Women over 65 are drinking more regularly than those in their late teens and ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/women-over-65-are-drinking-more-regularly-than-those-in-their-late-teens-and-early-20s-ons-figures-show-9011589.html

Alan Brown's Ukip polling only tells half the story - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10524993/Alan-Browns-Ukip-polling-only-tells-half-the-story.html

LG announces first Google-powered Chromebase desktop PC - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25431836

Great Train Robbers Were A Bunch Of Villains - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1184231/great-train-robbers-were-a-bunch-of-villains

EU plans air quality laws to tackle 'invisible killer' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25431608

Councils face 2.9% cut in funding - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/councils-face-29-cut-in-funding-9013070.html

A bone to pick - The Economist :: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21591837-enthusiastic-amateur-suggests-work-how-dinosaurs-grew-wrong-bone?fsrc%3Drss%257Csct

The Wolf of Wall Street – first look review - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/17/the-wolf-of-wall-street-first-look-review

Video: Unemployment on the decline - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video-news/video-unemployment-on-the-decline-29850089.html

Bank of England Canvasses Britons for Banknote Candidates - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579266210566542476

Italy, EU, investigate treatment of migrants on Lampedusa after video - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/world/europe/italy-migrants-lampedusa/

Ian Watkins gets 35-year sentence for child sex crimes - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/18/ian-watkins-jailed-child-sex-crimes

Are drones the future of modern warfare? - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25424063

UK rushes through benefit curbs for EU migrants - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cfcb3c0-67d2-11e3-a905-00144feabdc0.html

Sky sources: Liverpool open talks with Luis Suarez over new contract - SkySports :: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9079118/sky-sources-liverpool-open-talks-with-luis-suarez-over-new-contract

Virgin Births Are Surprisingly Common: One in 200 Pregnant Women Claim ... - Slate Magazine (blog) :: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/12/18/_virgin_births_1_in_200_pregnant_women_claim_they_didn_t_have_sex.html?wpisrc%3Dburger_bar

Happy 50th birthday, Brad Pitt - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/brad-pitt-50th-birthday/

EU probes green charge exemptions for German industry - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/us-eu-stateaid-germany-idUSBRE9BH0EZ20131218

UPDATE 4-South Sudan president ready to talk as clashes spread - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/southsudan-unrest-idINL6N0JX1B720131218

British unemployment rate hits four-year low - Zee News :: http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/international/british-unemployment-rate-hits-four-year-low_90958.html

Pussy Riot and Arctic 30 amnesty is a Putin masterstroke ahead of Olympics - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/18/pussy-riot-arctic-30-amnesty-putin-winter-olympics-sochi

'Great Train Robber' and British folk hero Ronnie Biggs dies aged 84 - NBCNews.com (blog) :: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/18/21949787-great-train-robber-and-british-folk-hero-ronnie-biggs-dies-aged-84

British Lostprophets rock star jailed 35 years for child abuse - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/world/europe/uk-lostprophets-sentence/