Here is the live daily report. 18 December 2011

BBC News (World): 

Nigeria arrests 'Islamist leader' bbc.in/tF2Pni

Guardian news: 

Burma's military junta accused of torturing and killing ethnic rebels gu.com/p/347bd/tw #Burma #longreads

Al Arabiya English: 

Rescuers spot a raft carrying around 15 possible survivors from Russia's oil rig disaster off of Sakhalin island in the Far East #alarabiya

BBC News (World): Many die in north India cold wave bbc.in/siyKYL

#BBC #Worldnews: Osborne to confirm banking split bbc.in/vo97uq

 Al Arabiya English

U.N.’s Ban ‘alarmed’ and Clinton ‘concerned’ as Egypt’s unrest enters 4th day goo.gl/7Sm0R

#AlArabiya: South Korea military placed on emergency alert goo.gl/wClac

cnni: ICC: Release Rwandan 'rebel leader' goo.gl/fb/3aDF3 

MarketWatch: Hong Kong stocks open weak, as European concerns weigh; Hang Seng Index down 1.5% on.mktw.net/v1gyny 

 The Associated Press: BREAKING NEWS: North Korea says supreme leader Kim Jong Il has died

BBCBreaking: President Asif Ali Zardari returns to Pakistan after visit to Dubai for medical treatment - officials

guardian #worldnews: Apple's struggle to defeat Amazon set to be exposed by European ebook inquiry gu.com/p/3472p/tw

Breaking #worldNews: More blizzard warnings issued for northeast NM; western and central KS - National Weather Service 1.usa.gov/sY4vMJ

Breaking #worldNews: RT MarketWatch: Japanese stocks open lower, with tech shares weak; Nikkei Average down 0.4% on.mktw.net/sfhycz

Telegraph #worldNews: Syrian government threatens to execute 21 rebels in the next 24 hours tgr.ph/vc42F6

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BBC #Worldnews: Somali piracy takes heavy toll on Philippine sailors bbc.in/sMhVVv

The Associated Press: VIDEO: Thousands rally in Russia's biggest cities in 2nd week of protests over fraud-tainted vote: apne.ws/t2UKUf -EF

 Guardian news: Burma's military junta accused of torturing and killing ethnic rebels gu.com/p/347bd/tf

Telegraph World News: Bishop arrested during Occupy Wall Street protests tgr.ph/s1mCS3

CNN Breaking News: An early winter storm in the Southwest could bring blizzard conditions and heavy snow accumulations. on.cnn.com/s5tiyr

Post World News: Man wearing uniform of Somali government soldier kills journalist in capital wapo.st/v23yjG

BBCBreaking: 1man dies&2 people are treated for minor injuries after2light aircraft collide near Leicestershire airport bbc.in/rwWWjQ

PressTV: Divide widens between #Thai rich, poor dlvr.it/114pgn 

PressTV: #Pakistanis rally against #NATO strike dlvr.it/114d1p 

AP: From dictators to innovators, movie stars to musicians, here's a look at the notable deaths of 2011 apne.ws/trixIX -EF

SkyNewsBreak: Two light aircraft have collided in the Great Stretton area of Leicestershire.

PressTV: #Syrians hold #pro-Assad rallies in #Paris dlvr.it/112jGY

Reuters: #Eurozone to push on with crisis steps, #Fitch doubts outcome reut.rs/vlAuka

guardiannews: Flower power gives #Bangladeshi women a way out of poverty gu.com/p/3478h/tf

cnnbrk: Man burns woman alive in New York elevator. Attack captured on surveillance video on.cnn.com/sXIy81

Reuters: Insight: Testing the limits of freedom in new #Myanmar reut.rs/tDOzfd

TheEconomist: Some Africans think they face demographic disaster, others think that they could reap a dividend econ.st/urTtw4

PressTV: German Pres. accused of financial fraud dlvr.it/113gD0 

Post #WorldNews: Thousands demonstrate at funeral of Bahrain man; witnesses say he died from tear gas wapo.st/soTj9A

PressTV: #Iran destroyer ends first global mission dlvr.it/113mCr

Reuters: House Republicans oppose Senate payroll tax bill reut.rs/tlCqOS

Qatar foreign minister says he has information that Syrian President Assad will sign Arab peace initiative, #alArabiya TV reports - #Reuters

 #AlArabiya: Yemeni general backs peace deal, 10 militants killed goo.gl/E1tKq #Yemen

Reuters: Analysis: U.S economy shedding debt but shackled by pessimism reut.rs/vMd6iT

Telegraph #worldNews: Climber killed in Snowdonia avalanche tgr.ph/sCgWVu

#AlArabiya: #Israel unveils tenders for 1,028 new settlement units in east #Jerusalem, #WestBank goo.gl/7Usvf 

AP: Israel finishes preparations to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in second and final phase of swap: apne.ws/sFGNjz -EF 

PressTV: Russia poll protests continue in Moscow dlvr.it/1120hT 

HuffPostWorld: #Bahrain: Police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting the death of 73-year-old man huff.to/uTReox

PressTV: #Iran releases two Kuwaiti nationals dlvr.it/112FHl 

AJELive: #Egypt pipeline carrying gas to #Israel and Jordan was bombed on Sunday - the 10th such attack this year aje.me/t76aFT

Telegraph #Worldnews: Rioting in west #Kazakhstan spreads to a second town tgr.ph/vu9NTd

Post #WorldNews: Oil platform capsizes in Russian Far East, 4 dead, 49 missing wapo.st/tIV0WJ

Reuters: As markets plunge, Asia's wealthy flock to art reut.rs/vVXv5t #worldnews

PressTV: #Syrians hold #pro-Assad rallies in #Paris dlvr.it/112jGY