18-Aug-2014 18:44

Joseph Safra, banker seeking a slice of the banana business - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2be9b84-23b0-11e4-be13-00144feabdc0.html

Iraq crisis: You can't win military campaigns without boots on the ground - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100283379/iraq-crisis-you-cant-win-military-campaigns-without-boots-on-the-ground/

Zoologger: The secret hop of the Californian flea seed - New Scientist :: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26066-zoologger-the-secret-hop-of-the-californian-flea-seed.html

Man given vasectomy by mistake instead of minor operation told it CANNOT be ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-given-vasectomy-mistake-instead-4069823

Experts clean Big Ben clock faces - expressandstar.com :: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2014/08/18/experts-clean-big-ben-clock-faces/

Nintendo responds to Robin Williams Zelda petition - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11041120/Nintendo-responds-to-Robin-Williams-Zelda-petition.html

Drug May Reverse Hair Loss in Alopecia Patients - TIME :: http://time.com/3136230/alopecia-drug-hair-loss-ruxolitinib-fda/?utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed:%2520time/topstories%2520(TIME:%2520Top%2520Stories)

iPhone 6: Sapphire glass – what is it and why you'll love it? - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/18/iphone-6-sapphire-glass-what-is-it-and-why-youll-love-it-4837133/

Sterling firm as Carney's comments offset soft housing data - Business Recorder :: http://www.brecorder.com/markets/fxmm/europe/189146-sterling-firm-as-carneys-comments-offset-soft-housing-data.html

Sainsbury's criticised after staff emptied Kosher shelves during Gaza protest - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sainsburys-branch-removes-kosher-products-from-shelves-over-antiisraeli-protest-outside-9675278.html

Home Office shoots down Julian Assange's claim about extradition law change - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/11041727/WikiLeaks-founder-Julian-Assange-to-leave-Ecuador-embassy.html

A Jewish-Muslim wedding - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/18/life-idUSRTR42TCC

Manchester United to offer Anderson to Sporting Lisbon in deal for Marcos Rojo - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2727925/Manchester-United-offer-Anderson-Sporting-Lisbon-deal-Marcos-Rojo.html

UPDATE 1-No sign of Gaza talks breakthrough as ceasefire nears end - Reuters Africa :: http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5N0QO30920140818

In 'cooled' London market, average home still costs almost $1 million - MarketWatch (blog) :: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/08/18/in-cooled-london-housing-market-average-home-still-costs-almost-1-million/

Dozens die as Luhansk refugee convoy hit by rocket and mortar fire - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ukraine-refugees-die-as-convoy-hit-by-rockets

Robot butlers 'a gimmick', says hotel workers' union - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28834773

Salmond desperate, claims Cameron - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2727470/Salmond-desperate-claims-Cameron.html

India tour of England 2014: India's loss sets off flood of angry criticism - Cricket Country :: http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/india-tour-of-england-2014-indias-loss-sets-off-flood-of-angry-criticism-173919

INTERVIEW-Soccer-Owen sees good times ahead for United and Liverpool - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/18/soccer-england-owen-idINL5N0QO2EC20140818

Afghan immigrants found in shipping container 'would have all died if they were ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2728056/Afghan-immigrants-shipping-container-died-30-minutes-later.html

¿220m bill over eBorders contract - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2727964/220m-bill-eBorders-contract.html

With Islamic State threatening region, can Iraq's peshmerga turn the tide? - Christian Science Monitor :: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0818/With-Islamic-State-threatening-region-can-Iraq-s-peshmerga-turn-the-tide

Life for Julian Assange beyond the Ecuadorian embassy: 60 second guide - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/11041768/Life-for-Julian-Assange-beyond-the-Ecuadorian-embassy-60-second-guide.html

Cameron says Britain won't 'put boots on the ground' in Iraq - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/cameron-says-britain-won-t-put-boots-on-the-ground-in-iraq-1.1900352

Police and BBC face Cliff grilling - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2727956/Police-BBC-face-Cliff-grilling.html

Missouri governor deploys National Guard to quell Ferguson unrest - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d071c44-269d-11e4-bc19-00144feabdc0.html

Israeli soldiers demolish homes of Palestinians suspected of the June ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727660/Israeli-soldiers-demolish-homes-Palestinians-suspected-June-kidnapping-killing-three-teenagers-West-Bank.html

Missouri governor sends National Guard to Ferguson - New York Daily News :: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/missouri-governor-deploys-national-guard-ferguson-night-clashes-article-1.1906990

Iraqi Kurds say they recapture strategic dam from jihadists - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/18/us-iraq-security-idUSKBN0GH0JL20140818

Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28797519