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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Friday, 09 October, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
New Philippine floods kill dozens
At least 160 people are killed in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain in the northern Philippines, say local officials.
Burma's Suu Kyi in diplomat talks
Burma's ruling generals allow democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Western diplomats for talks in Rangoon.
Six Vietnamese activists jailed
A court in Vietnam sentences six democracy activists to prison terms for "spreading propaganda" against the government.
TECHNOLOGY
Superfast broadband extends reach
BT says that its superfast broadband will be available to 2.5m homes by 2012, rather than its original 1m target.
Google hits back at book critics
Google's plans for the world's largest virtual library will not create a monopoly, argues co-founder.
One billion a day turn to YouTube
Video website YouTube says it now handles over a billion video requests a day, three years after being bought out by Google.

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