Pyongyang slams US-South Korean manoeuvres

North Korea has warned that US-South Korean military exercises planned for this weekend will drag the region “to the brink of war.”The US is sending naval vessels, headed by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, to the Yellow Sea for joint exercises with the South Korean navy.The four-day manoeuvres, planned before this week’s attack, had already caused outrage in Pyongyang and angered the Chinese, a strong ally of the North.Meanwhile, South Korea has reported sounds of artillery fire from inside North Korea and witnesses claim that smoke can be seen rising from inland areas.Four people were killed during an artillery attack by the North on Tuesday marking one of the worst incidents between the two states since the end of the Korean war in 1953, which ended without...

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Honda Sets All-Time October Record for Auto Production in Asia and China

Production in Japan for the month of October 2010 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in ten months (since December 2009). Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the 12th consecutive month (since November 2009). This includes record production in Asia and China for the month of October.Worldwide production experienced a year-on-year increase for the 11th consecutive month (since December 2009).<Japan Domestic Market Sales> Total Japan domestic market auto sales for the month of October 2010 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the second consecutive month (since September...

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Nine die in Dominican Republic fire

Santo Domingo, Nov 26 (IANS/EFE) At least nine people died in a fire started by an explosion at a hospital in Dominican Republic, officials said.The fire engulfed a wing of the hospital that is still under construction late Wednesday in Santo Domingo Norte city, killing the people working inside, an official said.“We have recovered nine bodies,” Santo Domingo Norte fire department operations chief Leonardo Valdez Recio told EFE.Valdez said that firefighters confirmed the deaths of two women and seven m...

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Supply Data Now a Focus of Probe

Wall Street analysts have been left bewildered in recent days, as federal prosecutors begin to home in on insider-trading cases that appear to involve routinely published information about public-company supply chains.Case in point: Apple Inc., one of the hottest stocks of the past year, for which an entire industry of well-known and obscure analysts and "expert networks" scramble to report every detail of the company's undisclosed production plans.The proliferation of such research raises questions about where prosecutors will draw the lines that define insider trading.Where once insider-trading cases were built around a single tip about...

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Score Black Friday Deals Like a Style Expert

True deal shoppers know that Black Friday isn't just about finding holiday gifts for others. Oh no. True sales rack connoisseurs take every opportunity to find a great deal for numero uno as well. That's right. Find a great style deal for yourself this Friday! It's what any true clotheshorse deal seeker would do. Of course, to deem fashion finds as true deals, you have to make sure they're good buyswear-worthiness. A good deal has to be great, feel great, and look great or it's not a real deal at all. in terms of cost as well as in terms of Carol Tuttle, style expert and author of Dressing Your Truth: Discover Your Personal Beauty Profile, is here with us today with some amazing shopping advice. Read on for her tips for getting the most out of big sales this holiday season. 7 Black...

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Toyota trials winter weather tyre programme

Having the right tyres on your car when the weather turns treacherous provides more than just peace of mind, it makes a real contribution to road safety. With this in mind, Toyota has launched a trial winter weather tyre programme to help motorists be best prepared for the kind of Arctic conditions Britain has suffered over the past few years. The pilot scheme is targeting owners of some of Toyota’s most popular models: Auris, Avensis and Corolla, plus the Dyna and Hiace light commercials. Two Toyota centres are handling fitting, Currie Motors in West London and Ron Brooks Toyota in the East Midlands. The rubber compound used in...

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Gregoire asks unions to return to bargaining

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Chris Gregoire has called the state's unions back to the bargaining table in reaction to the state's growing budget deficit.Gregoire issued a proclamation Thursday asking to reopen existing contracts that run through 2011 for 25 unions. The unions don't have to agree to anything, and the state can't unilaterally impose any changes."The financial situation for our state is significant and will continue to require all of us to work together," Gregoire said in a statement issued Friday.Gregoire's budget director, Marty Brown, has also determined the eight collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards...

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Diwali and Christmas the same-Julia Roberts

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is all set to act in a gothic thriller ‘The Woman In Black’. James Watkins of ‘Eden Lake’ is helming this film. Jane Goldman of Kick-Ass Stardust is writing the script for this flick. The movie is based on the bestselling novel ‘The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story” written by Susan Hill and illustrated by John Lawrence. andRadcliffe is set to play the role of a young lawyer Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote pocket of Blighty to tend to a deceased client's papers. Kipps soon begins to uncover the ghostly secrets of the house and local villa. Hammer Films’ is making this flick. Radcliffe will...

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Vince Young Suffers Meltdown

It appears as if Vince young can not count on being the starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans from here on out. He was the top rated passer in the league earlier in the season, but has had problems in recent games, allowing fans to vent the frustration with boos as he left the field on a number of unsuccessful possessions. On one, play, he hit his thumb on an opposing players helmet and tore his flexor tendon, an injury that could potentially knock him out of the rest of the season. However, at this point, it doesn’t seem to matter if he is inured or not, because Coach Jeff Fisher made the announcement yesterday that Young would not be their starting quarterback from this point forward.Fisher, who had always been hesitant to start young because of a number of problems that...

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