News Headlines - 28 September 2010

▽N. Korea Bolsters Kim’s Son and Sister - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/asia/29korea.html?src=me
A series of military promotions on Tuesday effectively rearranged the future leadership of North Korea, establishing the youngest son and a sister of Kim Jong-il as the principal power brokers in the Communist state.

▽Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov sacked - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/russianow/politics/8030721/Mayor-of-Moscow-Yuri-Luzhkov-sacked.html
The coinciding interests of opposition politicians and federal authorities provided Russia's capital with a rare political show not seen in years. Yet experts disagree over whether Yuri Luzhkov's departure from the Moscow mayor's office will improve the investment climate in Moscow

▽Labour ends three-year poll malaise - Politics.co.uk
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/opinion-former-index/legal-and-constitutional/labour-ends-three-year-poll-malaise-$21384302.htm
A YouGov poll has put Labour ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in nearly three years.
The poll for the Sun newspaper placed Labour on 40%, a point in front of the Conservatives on 39%.

▽Plant species in peril, report warns - CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/28/plant.extinction.threat.study/
Over one-fifth of the world's plant species are threatened with extinction according to a new study compiled by the UK's Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London.

▽Iphone’s ‘cool’ is thawing - Inquirer
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1735717/iphone-s-cool-thawing
1. Aston Martin
2. Iphone
3. Ipod
4. Blackberry
5. Bang & Olufsen
6. Harley-Davidson
7. Nintendo Wii
8. Google
9. Ferrari
10. Dom Perignon
11. BBC Iplayer
12. Vivienne Westwood
13. Apple
14. Tate Modern
15. Youtube
16. Mini
17. Chanel
18. Ray Ban
19. Alexander McQueen
20. Jimmy Choo