News Headlines - 12 May 2011

News Headlines - 12 May 2011
▽EU moves to end passport-free Schengen travel - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8511019/EU-moves-to-end-passport-free-Schengen-travel.html
At a special meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels, a majority of member states backed changes that would allow individual nations to restore controls at their borders.

▽Nato air strikes hit Gaddafi compound in Tripoli again - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/gaddafi-airstrike-nato-libya-deaths
Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli has been hit by Nato rockets again, a few hours after the veteran autocrat appeared in public for the first time in almost two weeks.

▽Libyan rebel figure, in U.S., makes plea for money - Reuters
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFN1225798820110512
A Libyan opposition leader made a plea on Thursday for the United States to free up some of the billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets, saying the Benghazi-based rebels were in a financial crisis.

▽Weak industry output adds to recovery concerns - Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/05/12/uk-industry-growth-idUKTRE74B1E520110512
A disappointing performance by industry and a rise in the number of home repossessions dealt a blow to Britain's recovery prospects on Thursday, and doused any hopes for an upgrade to first-quarter growth.

▽Facebook Exposed, Hires PR Firm To Smear Google - ITProPortal
http://www.itproportal.com/2011/05/12/facebook-exposed-hires-pr-firm-to-smear-google/
According to new reports, social media juggernaut Facebook has admitted of having hired a PR Firm in order to malign Google by spreading negative publicity about its privacy features.
The matter came into the public domain after one blogger published the emails exchanged between him and a PR Firm on the issue.