18-Aug-2014 19:45

'National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963', by Richard Vinen - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/df399412-1e3c-11e4-ab52-00144feabdc0.html

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?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcomment%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Row as horsemeat file shelved - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/15/official-report-horsemeat-scandal-delayed-new-food-safety-fears

River turtle mothers 'talk' to their hatchlings - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28807901

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/

The kosher controversy at Sainsbury's speaks to a profound problem ... - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100283382/the-kosher-controversy-at-sainsburys-speaks-to-a-profound-problem-acquiescence-to-anti-semitism/

British supermarket Sainsbury's removes kosher products during protest - Jewish Telegraphic Agency :: http://www.jta.org/2014/08/18/news-opinion/world/british-supermarket-removes-kosher-products-during-protest

Concerns raised for developers as interest in mobile apps dwindles - Inquirer :: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2360831/concerns-raised-for-developers-as-interest-in-mobile-apps-dwindles

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

Hitch-hiking robot ends 6000km journey across Canada - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-28837603

Wikileaks Founder To Leave Embassy 'Soon' - 4ni.co.uk :: http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id%3D185297

New iPhone to have sapphire screen - Taipei Times :: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2014/08/19/2003597716

India Cancels Talks After Pakistani Envoy Meets With Separatists - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/world/asia/india-cancels-talks-after-pakistani-envoy-meets-with-separatists.html

Judy Murray confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2014 - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/strictly-come-dancing-2014-judy-murray-to-take-to-the-dancefloor-9676000.html

Four members of far-right Jewish Lehava group arrested during protest against ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/four-members-of-farright-jewish-lehava-group-arrested-during-protest-against-intermarriage-of-mahmoud-mansour-and-morel-malcha-9677021.html

British, Especially London, Property Prices Start To Fall - Forbes :: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/08/18/british-especially-london-property-prices-start-to-fall/

Surgeon rendered patient infertile by giving him a vasectomy BY MISTAKE ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727998/Surgeon-rendered-patient-infertile-giving-vasectomy-BY-MISTAKE-minor-operation.html

Dozens killed in attack on convoy, Ukraine says; rebels deny firing rocket - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/18/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSKBN0GI0YK20140818

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

BCCI must demand answers from team management - Hindustan Times :: http://www.hindustantimes.com/comment/bcci-must-demand-answers-from-team-management/article1-1253516.aspx

Community Health Systems data hack hits 4.5 million - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28838661

Trio face jail over fatal shooting - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/trio-face-jail-over-fatal-shooting-30516707.html

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

Ken Early: Woodward could go the way of Moyes at Manchester United - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/ken-early-woodward-could-go-the-way-of-moyes-at-manchester-united-1.1899658

Petition asks Nintendo to name character after Robin Williams - CNET :: http://www.cnet.com/news/petition-asks-nintendo-to-name-character-after-robin-williams/

Israel destroys homes of suspects in teen killings - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-08-18/israel-destroys-homes-of-suspects-in-teen-killings

Islamic State Pushed Back in Northern Iraq - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204616804580099223914857604.html

Julian Assange might have been made ill after two years inside - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/julian-assange-might-have-been-made-ill-after-two-years-in-the-ecuadorian-embassy-9677132.html

Brown shot at least 6 times, says post mortem examination report - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d071c44-269d-11e4-bc19-00144feabdc0.html

Cancer Drug Tops List of Promising Baldness Cures - ABC News :: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cancer-drug-tops-list-promising-baldness-cures/story?id%3D25022325

The threat to Britain from terrorism is about the same as the threat from social ... - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100283310/the-threat-to-britain-from-terrorism-is-about-the-same-as-the-threat-from-social-insects-i-demand-a-war-on-wasps/