18-Dec-2013 21:44

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

Don't give up on mutuals quite yet - Money Supply (blog) :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/758cdb4c-5b72-11e3-848e-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

Why Abenomics will disappoint - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf682d66-642c-11e3-98e2-00144feabdc0.html

Google Glass update lets users wink and take photos - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25426052

US doomsday preacher Harold Camping dies at 92 - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25424916

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

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

Woolwich Jury Urged To 'Use Common Sense' - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1184306

The day's news in pictures: December 18, 2013 - WalesOnline :: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/days-news-pictures-december-18-6428695

Government's latest cash cuts for councils target the nation's most deprived ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/governments-latest-cash-cuts-councils-2940891

Cameron to resist closer EU defence plans - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/uk-britain-europe-defence-idUKBRE9BH10120131218

Carney: Plastic bank notes 'more secure' - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10526373/Mark-Carney-Plastic-bank-notes-more-secure.html

'Strange Nativities': Scientists Find 45 'Virgin Births' (and Some Virgin Fathers) - ABC News :: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/unc-scientists-find-45-virgin-births-national-survey/story?id%3D21262729

India's parties unite in outrage at US - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05696940-6809-11e3-a905-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcomment%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

A Tighty-Whitey Marching Band and More: Wolf of Wall Street Behind-the ... - TIME :: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/18/wolf-of-wall-street-footage/

An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away, And Statins Do, Too - NPR (blog) :: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/18/255219148/an-apple-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away-and-statins-do-too

Lostprophets' Ian Watkins: "Tech savvy" web haul - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25435751

Ministers reject calls to reinstate patients' right to see GP within two days - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/18/ministers-reject-patients-gp-labour-overcrowded-ae

UK jobless rate plunges, turning up heat on Carney rate pledge - The Globe and Mail :: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/uk-jobless-rate-plunges-turning-up-heat-on-carney-rate-pledge/article16029648/

'Unworthy of a civilized country': Italy blasted for 'concentration camp'-like ... - National Post :: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/18/unworthy-of-a-civilized-country-italy-blasted-for-concentration-camp-like-conditions-in-refugee-video/

NSA: White House task force 'recommends surveillance curbs' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25439544

Dr Abbas Khan's mother accuses Syrian regime of killing son to spite Britain - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10526840/Dr-Abbas-Khans-mother-accuses-Syrian-regime-of-killing-son-to-spite-Britain.html

Novak Djokovic appoints Boris Becker as his new head coach and targets further ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-boris-becker-appointed-2939124

Prepare for Primate War With First Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Trailer - Wired :: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/12/first-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-trailer/

Federal reserve will trim stimulus payments in January because of economic ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2525992/Federal-reserve-trim-stimulus-payments-January-economic-growth.html

Ireland battered by high winds - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/18/ireland-battered-high-winds

South Sudan inches closer to civil war - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/south-sudan/10526852/South-Sudan-inches-closer-to-civil-war.html

Lostprophets pedophile gets 29 years' jail - NEWS.com.au :: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/lostprophets-pedophile-ian-watkins-gets-29-years-jail/story-fn907478-1226786288350