South Korea orders residents to take shelter.
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South Korea ordered residents of Yeonpyeong Island and four border islands to take shelter Monday as it prepared to start military exercises that have raised fears of a new conflict with North Korea.
In addition to Yeonpyeong, residents on Vaengnyeong, Daecheong, Socheong and Udo were ordered to take cover.
North Korea said over the weekend that the planned exercises were designed to violate the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 and "ignite war at any cost."
At the United Nations, nearly eight hours of emergency Security Council talks on the standoff ended Sunday without a unified statement on the issue, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters.
"Within hours there may be a serious aggravation of tension -- a serious conflict, for that matter," he said.
North Korea blamed the United States for allegedly egging on the South Koreans.
North Korea "will force the U.S. to pay dearly for all the worst situations prevailing on the peninsula and its ensuing consequences," the spokesman said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=T1
I guess with all the smack talk everyone can go back to sleep.