• Mr Muller-Otvos said the V12-powered Wraith should help change attitudes towards Rolls-Royce, which currently sells the somewhat less agile and powerful Phantom and Ghost models.

    BBC: Rolls-Royce unveils 'most powerful' model

  • Schwarzer was again tested by Mascherano, who found space 25 yards out and looped a vicious half-volley towards goal which the keeper just managed to palm away to his right, as Liverpool threatened to run riot.

    BBC: Liverpool 0-0 Fulham

  • It follows allegations - which he contests - of inappropriate behaviour towards priests dating from the 1980s.

    BBC: Pope Benedict XVI amends Roman Catholic conclave law

  • The experience of many Catholics is that this love in which God dwells can be found in multiple forms, all working towards the faithfulness and self-giving commitment to which the sacrament of marriage points.

    BBC: Viewpoints: Successes and failures of Benedict XVI

  • Attention veered towards a much-anticipated Apple television which the company is rumored to be making.

    CNN: Apple CEO Cook guarded on AppleTV, bullish on Siri

  • It is widely agreed that a useful house-keeping job was done to help the UN move towards the next phase, which aims at a globally-encompassing agreement.

    BBC: Science & Environment

  • The letter says that under Labour AS-levels would continue to be building blocks towards A-levels and students would continue to choose which AS-level subjects they take as full A-levels.

    BBC: Labour would reverse Gove's A-level plan

  • The Education Committee (9.30am) has a session with members of the high-powered Academies Commission set up by the Royal Society for the Arts to look at the implications of the drive towards a fully academised system - and which questioned if it was justified by the evidence.

    BBC: Week ahead in committees

  • But he suggested the French government saw the deal as the first move towards wider European defence co-ordination - which may not find favour with some Eurosceptic Conservatives.

    BBC: Cameron and Sarkozy hail UK-France defence treaties

  • The country has made a first move towards changing its exchange-rate regime, which might eventually imply fewer reserves overall as well as some diversification away from dollar reserves, but nothing suggests that it is in any hurry.

    ECONOMIST: Forever free | The

  • However, the supporters of the repeal argue that it was really a first step towards modernising a system which had outgrown Glass-Steagall.

    ECONOMIST: The uneven contest

  • But this also means that Petrobras's borrowing counts towards Brazil's public-sector debt, which the government, under its deal with the International Monetary Fund, must curb.

    ECONOMIST: Petrobras

  • And despite the best efforts of Ramnaresh Sarwan (57) and Lendl Simmons (62), the required run rate climbed to 7.22 towards the end of a 125-run stand which soaked up 27 overs.

    BBC: England win after farcical finish

  • Or to put it another way, the Department made unrealistic assumptions about the growth of passenger numbers and inflation towards the back end of the franchise period - which had the effect of making First Group's bid seem significantly more attractive, because First Group was massively more optimistic about how passengers and revenues could grow after 2021 than was Virgin.

    BBC: What derailed the Transport Department

  • UN-led bandwagon which is apparently rolling towards a huge expansion of control strategies, and he positively cheers.

    ECONOMIST: A breakthrough moment in awareness of a terrible scourge

  • The European Commission's recommendation came after last Friday's general meeting of the ICAO, which agreed to move towards a market-based mechanism for emissions trading.

    BBC: EU suspends extension of plane emissions trading rules

  • The BBFC said it was working towards a new PG-12-style rating - which would shift the responsibility to the parents - but no final decision had been made or date set.

    BBC: Parents warned of Spider-Man violence

  • When Ochiai posted the email on his Twitter account and blog, he received hundreds of responses from the public - most of which were more critical towards the police than the real perpetrator.

    BBC: Japan crime: Why do innocent people confess?

  • Other announcements included an increase in the bank levy to 0.088% from 1 January and a 50% discount for social housing tenants who want to buy their own home - the proceeds of which would go towards building new affordable homes.

    BBC: Osborne confirms pay and jobs pain as growth slows

  • Neo-liberalism is a term used by the left to describe the modern school of economics which attempts to move the world towards free-markets (classical liberalism) and away from various forms of central control.

    FORBES: Is Jorge Bergoglio, The New Pope Francis, A Capitalist?

  • The shift towards a more pre-emptive form of regulation, in which a build-up of systemic risk is addressed before trouble hits, will probably mean telling borrowers that credit has been turned off for their own good.

    ECONOMIST: Financial regulators

  • Most of the sales are skewed towards the smaller, low-cost vehicles in developing countries which is hardly surprising since a majority of them are purchased by first-time owners or customers with limited earnings relative to the car prices.

    FORBES: GM Races To Sell Cheap Cars To China's Rising Middle Class

  • Executives insist that this does not presage a new Morgan Stanley but merely a rebalancing towards less volatile, client-facing businesses, many of which, such as merger advice and securities underwriting, were the firm's bread and butter before it contracted Goldman-envy.

    ECONOMIST: Morgan Stanley

  • And so down into the streets we went: the idea being to make our way towards the Grand Mosque at midday prayer time -- after which the faithful head for Mina from the buses, cars, mini-buses, mopeds and the like that ferried them there.

    CNN: Hajj diary: The great migration

  • The UK has welcomed plans set out by the European Commission to move towards a common "banking union" across the eurozone - which could allow central authorities to intervene before a bank gets into trouble to prevent taxpayers having to bail it out later on.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • In another twist, fellow American Bo Van Pelt had shot a 59 in the pro-am Wednesday, but it does not count for the record books, while Mickelson himself carded a 59 at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in 2004, a four-man invitational tournament which does not count towards the official money list.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The clash between Eastmond and Wigan stand-off Sam Tomkins will go a long way towards determining which club secures bragging rights.

    BBC: St Helens captain Keiron Cunningham eyes Wigan win

  • Although the English-language guidance was up-to-date, the Welsh-language version pointed Mr Roberts towards regulations from 2006, which were replaced by a new order in 2010.

    BBC: Motion to reinstate a disqualified AM

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