27-Dec-2013 19:14

Vincent Tan: Malky Mackay gamble raises stakes for Cardiff - BBC Sport :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25461616

Insurers may be at the centre of the next big crisis - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da020b3e-69c2-11e3-89ce-00144feabdc0.html

UK porn filter not so smart - iAfrica.com :: http://www.iafrica.com/articles/892166.html

Bad weather leaves many more without power - ITN :: http://www.itn.co.uk/UK/92149/bad-weather-leaves-many-more-without-power

NI state papers: Unionist protest at Gerry Adams hospital 'guard' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25451952

Footballer Needs Face Surgery After Attack - City Talk 105.9 :: http://www.citytalk.fm/news/uk-and-world/20131227-footballer-needs-face-surgery-after-attack/

UK Army head in Taliban attacks warning - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25525735

Poll reveals anger over politics - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/poll-reveals-anger-over-politics-29869271.html

Still Open All Hours is Boxing Day hit, attracting largest audience to BBC - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/27/still-open-all-hours-largest-audience-boxing-day

NHS apologises for 'inexcusable failings' at centre for rape victims - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/27/nhs-apologises-failings-centre-rape-victims-london

UK shopper numbers fall flat after Boxing Day rush - Taipei Times :: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/12/28/2003579943

Storms return to batter UK as thousands without power - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25524378

Footballer left needing reconstructive surgery after brutal assault - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/27/footballer-left-needing-reconstructive-surgery-after-brutal-assault-4243432/

Piers Morgan Gets Laid Out By Australian Fast Bowler (VIDEO) - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/27/piers-morgan-fast-bowler-brett-lee-cricket-ball-australia_n_4508331.html

South Sudan government has agreed to end hostilities, regional leaders say - CTV News :: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/south-sudan-government-has-agreed-to-end-hostilities-regional-leaders-say-1.1609048

Mountain rescuers searching for British hiker in New Zealand find body - Express.co.uk :: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/450642/Mountain-rescuers-searching-for-British-hiker-in-New-Zealand-find-body

Alan Turing, code-breaker castrated for homosexuality, receives royal pardon - CNN International :: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-royal-pardon/?hpt%3Dieu_t3

Beirut Car Bomb Kills Lebanese Critic of Syria - Voice of America :: http://www.voanews.com/content/beirut-car-bomb-kills-lebanese-critic-of-syria/1818735.html

Pussy Riot members vow to continue anti-Putin protests - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/927f4516-6f0c-11e3-bc9e-00144feabdc0.html

Facebook Is Dead And Buried, Says EU Study Lead - Forbes :: http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/12/27/facebook-is-dead-and-buried-argues-eu-study-lead/

NSA surveillance lawful, judge rules - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/25529677

Ashes 2013-14: At last, England find discipline with ball to rattle the Aussies - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/ashes-201314-at-last-england-find-discipline-with-ball-to-rattle-the-aussies-9026458.html

Alex Salmond 'hid legal reality of an independent Scotland's EU status' - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/alex-salmond-hid-legal-reality-of-an-independent-scotlands-eu-status-29869691.html

Kim Kardashian gets unique handbag as Christmas gift from Kanye West - Newsday :: http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/pop-cult-1.811972/kim-kardashian-gets-unique-handbag-as-christmas-gift-from-kanye-west-1.6680545

Global community determined to back Lebanon: Ban - The Daily Star :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Dec-27/242469-global-community-determined-to-back-lebanon-ban.ashx

5 things we learned from the new Miley Cyrus interview - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/27/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/miley-cyrus-new-york-times-interview/?hpt%3Den_c2

Icebergs, blizzards and a creaking ship: Antarctic explorers' tense wait for rescue - NBCNews.com (blog) :: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/27/22068563-icebergs-blizzards-and-a-creaking-ship-antarctic-explorers-tense-wait-for-rescue

Rodgers stands by Mason comments - Goal.com :: http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4179/england/2013/12/27/4506299/rodgers-stands-by-mason-comments

Greenpeace activists 'relieved' to be home - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10539841/Greenpeace-activists-relieved-to-be-home.html

Cameron vows to learn from UK storm response - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/weather/article3959201.ece

Premier League club Cardiff fires manager Mackay - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/europe/2013/12/27/premier-league-club-cardiff-fires-manager-mackay/4219121/