News Headlines - 27 December 2011

▽Hundreds of thousands expected at Kim Jong-il funeral - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8978900/Hundreds-of-thousands-expected-at-Kim-Jong-il-funeral.html
Hundreds of thousands of North Korean citizens are expected to turn out on Wednesday for the funeral of Kim Jong-il, the man they have revered as The Dear Leader since he assumed power in 1994.

▽Boxing Day sales hit record-breaking levels as UK targets bargains - Metro
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/885863-boxing-day-sales-hit-record-breaking-levels-as-uk-targets-bargains
There were 'record-breaking' levels of trade on Boxing Day in the UK, as shoppers headed out to grab a bargain, early indications show.
Despite a Tube strike hitting the capital, high-end retailer Selfridges said it saw record first-hour sales at its store.

▽Sony sells its half stake in TV joint venture to Samsung - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/26/sony-smasung-tv-joint-venture
Sony has sold its nearly 50% stake in joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean company for $940m (£602m), as the Japanese company struggles to cut its losses at its TV business.

▽£10m cost of turning off wind farms - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/8978458/10m-cost-of-turning-off-wind-farms.html
The rules meant that some renewable energy companies were paid more to switch off their turbines than they would have received from ordinary operations.

▽Camera carrying insects set to aid search and rescue teams - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8962756/Camera-carrying-insects-set-to-aid-search-and-rescue-teams.html
Flying insects could soon be used in search and rescue missions to help locate survivors of earthquakes and other disasters, according to scientists.