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Friday, October 19, 2012

Morning Digest: North Korea threatens South over propaganda balloons

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10/19/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

North Korea threatens South over propaganda balloons

SEOUL (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea threatened on Friday to open fire on South Korea if it allows activists to go ahead with plans to drop anti-North leaflets on its territory, its most strident warning against its long-time foe in months..

Peace envoy Brahimi expected in Damascus on Friday

BEIRUT (Reuters) - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is expected in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to try to broker a brief ceasefire in the war between President Bashar al-Assad and rebels, a U.N. spokesman said..

Stock index futures mixed; eyes on GE results

PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.16 percent at 0832 GMT..

Rolling Stones rehearsing 70 songs for upcoming gigs

LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Mick Jagger said the Rolling Stones had rehearsed around 70 songs for a series of 50th anniversary concerts later this year, and guitarist Keith Richards assured fans the veteran British rockers would "deliver"..

Cardinals one win away from return to World Series

(Reuters) - The St Louis Cardinals moved within one win of returning to the World Series with an 8-3 romp over the San Francisco Giants that gave them a 3-1 lead in the National League Championship Series on Thursday..

Google results miss; shares dive after premature report

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's quarterly results fell well short of Wall Street's expectations after its core advertising business slowed, stunning investors accustomed to consistently rapid growth from the Internet giant and wiping more than 9 percent off its market value..

New planet discovered in Earth's back yard

LONDON/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers have found a new planet, the closest yet outside our solar system and just an astronomical stone's throw away at four light years, raising the chances of finding a habitable planet in Earth's neighborhood..

Vienna museum to cover nude male posters after outcry

VIENNA (Reuters) - A prominent Vienna museum has decided to cover the "intimate parts" of three naked male soccer players on big posters put up in the Austrian capital after they caused an outcry..