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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Friday, 14 August, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Hopes fade for Taiwan survivors
Hopes fade that rescuers will be able to save hundreds trapped by mudslides and floods in Taiwan, six days after Typhoon Morakot.
US senator in landmark Burma trip
Senator Jim Webb arrives in Burma to meet military ruler Than Shwe, the most senior US politician to do so.
Australian man wins bid to die
In a precedent-setting ruling, an Australian court tells a quadriplegic man who wants to die he can have his care stopped.
TECHNOLOGY
Alarm sounded over game futures
Video game makers are under threat from spiralling licence costs and competition among consoles, warns analyst.
Sony to support open ebook format
Sony is dropping its own-brand standard for digital books in favour of an open format.
Microsoft backs long life for IE6
The venerable IE6 browser will be supported until 2014, despite a campaign to kill it, says Microsoft.

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