News Headlines - 18 March 2012

▽Muamba facing critical 24 hours after he collapses on pitch - The Northern Echo
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9597793.Muamba_facing_critical_24_hours_after_he_collapses_on_pitch/
Bolton manager Owen Coyle admitted this morning that his player Fabrice Muamba is fighting for his life after collapsing during the match with Tottenham.

▽This American Life retracts report criticising Apple factory - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9149593/This-American-Life-retracts-report-criticising-Apple-factory.html
The programme aired on January 6, 2012, and became the most popular podcast in the history of the series.
Yesterday, Ira Glass, the host of the show, issued a statement saying that Daisey lied to him and to factcheckers before the show was broadcast.

▽Julian Assange to run for Australian senate - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/17/julian-assange-australian-senate-bid?newsfeed=true
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in Australia's senate next year despite being under virtual house arrest in the UK and facing sex crime allegations in Sweden.

▽Mystery over Labour office break-in - The Press Association
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jOQEtxIHiHoDbiVRSsaFb1NoFEVA?docId=B2984641332003194A00
Mystery still surrounds a break-in at the parliamentary offices of the Labour leadership as party sources indicated that it was "deeply concerned" about the security breach.

▽Syrian opposition to protest on one-year anniversary of uprising’s first big rallies - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-opposition-to-protest-on-one-year-anniversary-of-uprisings-first-big-rallies/2012/03/18/gIQAoBq9JS_story.html
Syrian opposition groups are calling for protests Sunday in the capital Damascus and elsewhere to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the first nationwide demonstrations of the country’s uprising.