text:  South Korea has stepped up its propaganda broadcasts into North Korea as Pyongyang continues sending balloons carrying rubbish to the south. Using giant banks of speakers, the South Korean military is blaring out news, pop songs and messages urging North Korean soldiers to escape. A new power line bringing electricity from Turkey to parts of power-starved northern Iraq has begun operating. The line is supplying power to the three Iraqi provinces of Nineveh, Salah ad-Din and Kirkuk. Here's Mike Thompson.