News Headlines - 19 December 2010

▽Residents of South Korean island fleeing ahead of military drills - CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/19/south.korea.yeonpyeong.island/
Amid South Korean plans to hold live-fire military drills this week and North Korean threats of retaliation, many residents of Yeonpyeong Island are evacuating, afraid of being caught in the middle.

▽Protesters try to storm Belarus government building - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belarus/8213011/Protesters-try-to-storm-Belarus-government-building.html
Thousands of opposition protesters in Belarus tried to storm the main government building following the country’s presidential election.

▽Abu Dhabi warn on London Stock Exchange takeover bid - Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340089/Abu-Dhabi-warn-London-Stock-Exchange-takeover-bid.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Speculation is mounting that the London Stock Exchange may face another takeover bid.
It follows reports the Middle Eastern emirate of Abu Dhabi is in talks to buy a 20 per cent stake in the LSE from Borse Dubai.

▽Snowy weather hits John Lewis sales - The Press Association
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jJn2TBNT0rHBPpnI3WFg7dzzyJ8w?docId=N0230711292783102717A
The amount of money the retailer took on Saturday was down by about 10% after Arctic weather conditions closed two of its 32 stores and deterred countless shoppers from trekking to the shops.

▽Royal Mail tries to beat snow with 2m evening deliveries - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/19/royal-mail-snow-evening-deliveries
The Royal Mail is putting unprecedented resources into last-minute postal deliveries as it tries to limit the damage inflicted on Christmas by the freezing weather.