Pyongyang, North Korea, Muharram 13, 1432, Dec 19, 2010, SPA -- At Russia's urging, the U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday morning aimed at defusing simmering tensions in the Korean peninsula. The meeting will take place at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, a day after Russia had originally wanted to meet, its ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said in a statement quoted by CNN. --SPA 12:02 LOCAL TIME 09:02 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/847036