28-Dec-2013 04:23

Republicans tried to guard hospital after Gerry Adams shot - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/republicans-tried-to-guard-hospital-after-gerry-adams-shot-29868830.html

Last-minute Christmas shopping? Four UFOs filmed above US town - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/27/video-ufo-sighting-above-andover-in-massachusetts-2013-4243111/

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

This Week's Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible - Wired :: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/12/apple-rumors-december-27/

Lunch with the FT: Élisabeth Badinter - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2697285e-67e7-11e3-a905-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Flife-arts%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Sailing the oceans on a container ship - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e62c3c8-666d-11e3-aa10-00144feabdc0.html

First look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in 'The Imitation Game' - CNET :: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57616298-1/first-look-at-benedict-cumberbatch-as-alan-turing-in-the-imitation-game/

FOREX-Euro rises to more than 2-year high vs dollar; yen falls - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/27/markets-forex-idINL2N0K612820131227

Death Comes to Pemberley: episode 2, BBC One, review - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10537136/Death-Comes-to-Pemberley-episode-2-BBC-One-review.html

Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet - The Atlantic :: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-dark-lord-of-the-internet/355726/

Despair on the frontline of Britain's homelessness crisis - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/23/homelessness-crisis-shelter-charity-helpline

2013 - the year in review: The battle for the 2015 election started two years early - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/2013--the-year-in-review-the-battle-for-the-2015-election-started-two-years-early-9027131.html

PM 'harangued' by flood victims - front pages - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25531148

Growing exodus of A&E doctors to Australia adds to strain on NHS - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/27/exodus-nhs-doctors-australia

Front pages: PM 'harangued' by flood victims - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-25530919

Make smacking children illegal, says Government tsar Maggie Atkinson - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/smacking-your-child-law-offers-2965453

South Sudan's Government Commits to Ceasefire - Voice of America :: http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudans-government-commits-to-ceasefire/1819105.html

Judge Upholds NSA's Bulk Collection of Data on Calls - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/us/nsa-phone-surveillance-is-lawful-federal-judge-rules.html?hpw%26rref%3Dus

Rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/rise-in-antimuslim-hate-crimes-29869068.html

Smacking kids 'should be banned' - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/smacking-kids-should-be-banned-29870773.html

Ex-MI5 chief says US should offer Snowden a deal to stop leaks - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/exmi5-chief-says-us-should-offer-snowden-a-deal-to-stop-leaks-29870943.html

This Week, Mass Surveillance Wins - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/opinion/this-week-mass-surveillance-wins.html

US deal with Snowden possible, says ex-M15 chief - Irish Examiner :: http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/us-deal-with-snowden-possible-says-ex-m15-chief-253695.html

Facebook is 'dead and buried', replaced by simpler networks, says study - Sydney Morning Herald :: http://www.smh.com.au/world/facebook-is-dead-and-buried-replaced-by-simpler-networks-says-study-20131228-hv71l.html

Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese ex-minister, killed in Beirut bombing - CBC.ca :: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mohamad-chatah-lebanese-ex-minister-killed-in-beirut-bombing-1.2476861

Thai army hints at intervention - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/thai-army-hints-at-intervention.23039455

Woman gang-raped on Christmas Eve in India: reports - New Straits Times :: http://www.nst.com.my/latest/woman-gang-raped-on-christmas-eve-in-india-reports-1.447318

Rescue of icebound Antarctic ship faces setback - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/rescue-of-icebound-antarctic-ship-faces-setback/2013/12/27/206c459e-6f6d-11e3-a5d0-6f31cd74f760_story.html

The Ashes Live Score: 4th Test, Day 3 - IBNLive :: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/the-ashes-live-score-4th-test-day-3/441999-78.html

The 2013 news quiz of the year - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/22/2013-news-quiz-of-the-year

Two die as severe weather hits pre-Christmas travel - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25484998