News Headlines - 20 November 2010

▽Russia to aid NATO on anti-missile network in Europe - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/20/AR2010112002542.html
Russia agreed Saturday to cooperate with NATO on building a U.S.-planned anti-missile network in Europe as part of what was described as a new era in security relations between the former Cold War enemies.

▽Pope says condoms sometimes permissible to stop AIDS - Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AJ1CC20101120
The use of condoms to stop the spread of AIDS may be justified in certain cases, Pope Benedict says in a new book that could herald the start of sea change in the Vatican's attitude to condoms.

▽Rescuers to drill hole to assist in New Zealand mine rescue - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11804699
Rescuers will start to drill a hole to assist in a rescue attempt at the New Zealand coal mine where 29 men are missing after a blast, officials say.

▽Plane crash liver op 'a success' - The Press Association
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jt0fjtlOCmm5C2FnGn4bWCBh-k7Q?docId=N0180181290272923804A
A transplant patient is recuperating in hospital after receiving a new liver just hours after the donated organ was involved in a dramatic plane crash.

▽OECD slashes UK growth forecast to 1.7% - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/19/oecd-slashes-uk-growth-forecast
Britain's pace of recovery will slow dramatically next year as the government's VAT rise and £81bn of public sector spending cuts drive up unemployment and hit consumer spending, a leading thinktank said yesterday.