News Headlines - 18 December 2011

▽Woman Is Burned Alive in an Elevator in Brooklyn - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/nyregion/woman-burned-alive-in-brooklyn-elevator.html
The surveillance video, its images disturbingly clear, ends with a woman being burned alive in the elevator of a Brooklyn apartment building on Saturday.

▽U.S. pullout leaves Iraq fragile, divided - Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/18/us-iraq-divisions-idUSTRE7BH09620111218
They are leaving a nation divided across sectarian and ethnic lines and still struggling with an insurgency and political uncertainty after sectarian slaughter drove the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-7.

▽WikiLeaks investigators 'feared Bradley Manning had links to foreign agents' - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/18/bradley-manning-wikileaks-investigators-foreign?newsfeed=true
Army computer specialist tells military court investigators initially thought overseas intelligence agency could be involved

▽Apple launches iTunes Match in UK - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/16/apple-itunes-match-uk
Apple has launched its music streaming and "cloud" storage service iTunes Match in the UK, allowing the technology giant and music industry to generate revenue from years of illicit downloads.

▽Barca beats Santos to win Club World Cup - FOXSports.com
http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/europe/story/barca-beats-santos-to-win-club-world-cup-121811
Lionel Messi scored two goals as Barcelona beat Brazilian side Santos 4-0 to win its second Club World Cup title in three years on Sunday.