News Headlines - 07 March 2013

▽New Sanctions Imposed on North Korea as It Warns of Pre-emptive Nuclear Attack - NYTimes.com

The United Nations Security Council approved a new regimen of sanctions on Thursday against North Korea for its underground nuclear test last month in a unanimous vote that came just hours after North Korea threatened for the first time to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States and South Korea.

▽Vicky Pryce convicted over Chris Huhne speeding points switch | guardian.co.uk

Vicky Pryce, a leading economist, and her ex-husband, the disgraced former cabinet minister Chris Huhne, both now face jail sentences after a jurycondemned her as a liar and convicted her of perverting the course of justice on Thursday.

▽Hugo Chavez's last words: 'I don’t want to die' - The Independent

Hugo Chavez expressed his desire to live, and his love of Venezuela, shortly before dying of a massive heart attack, the head of the country’s presidential guard has claimed.

▽Oxford Scientific Films produce PANDA’S 3D for Sky 3D | 3D News from 3D Focus

New 3D documentary will bring China’s endangered pandas to British homes Over the past year, Oxford Scientific Films, ONSIGHT and Inition have been capturing the highly endangered giant pandas living in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in the People’s Republic of China for the first time in 3D.

▽Eurozone risks Japan-style deflation trap as ECB stays tight - Telegraph

The European Central Bank has cut its eurozone growth forecast to minus 0.5pc this year and warned of glacially-slow recovery in 2014, but refused any fresh stimulus to mitigate the slump.