News Headlines - 13 May 2013

▽BBC News - Tories to publish details of draft EU referendum bill

The Conservative Party will publish a draft parliamentary bill on Tuesday to legislate for an in-out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union to be held by the end of 2017.

▽Obama says Cameron should fix relationship with EU | Reuters

President Barack Obama intervened in Britain's emotive debate about its membership of the European Union on Monday, saying Prime Minister David Cameron should "fix" his country's relationship with the bloc before taking any steps to leave.

▽Bank Bailout Blues Stall U.K. Recovery - WSJ.com

Five years after rescuing one of the world's biggest banks, the British government still hasn't figured out what to do with it—a sign of the country's struggle to put its banking woes behind it.

▽Northern Ireland's top policeman gives wake-up call on paramilitaries - The Independent

Support for Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries will persist until politicians tackle endemic poverty and youth unemployment, the country’s most senior policeman has warned, ahead of a huge security operation to protect next month’s meeting of G8 world leaders.

▽BBC News - Japan WWII 'comfort women' were 'necessary' - Hashimoto

A prominent Japanese politician has described as "necessary" the system by which women were forced to become prostitutes for World War II troops.