News Headlines - 20 August 2010

▽Lib Dems 'not damaged by coalition' - Press Association
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i3ilyPQNbWpWs_EZch0w771LgDJg
Nick Clegg has rejected concerns that the Liberal Democrats are being damaged by their alliance with the Tories - insisting no one would be taking "any notice" of the party if it was not in government.

▽Veterans jeer Blackpool woman who urinated on memorial - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258
A woman who urinated on a war memorial in Blackpool and performed a sex act nearby has been barracked by veterans on her way into court.

▽Reporter Ray Gosling facing wasting police time charges - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11039999
BBC television presenter Ray Gosling will be charged with wasting police time, following a claim he made on air that he smothered his terminally ill lover.

▽France expels Gypsies to Romania for second day - Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gv2_xRO_mIx6Y6d8yIXX2dBc9QJwD9HN9IV01
About 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight headed to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much criticized government crackdown.

▽Worst-Case Scenarios: Possible Strike Plans for Iran Involve Risky Options - FOXNews
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/19/worst-case-scenarios-possible-strike-plans-iran-involve-risky-options/
At some point, military leaders in the United States and in Israel will have to decide: Which is more dangerous -- an Iran capable of launching a nuclear weapon? Or an Iran that just got hit with tons of artillery and is out for revenge?