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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

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



ASIA-PACIFIC
Asian leaders eye EU-style bloc
Asian leaders meeting in Thailand are discussing plans to "lead the world" by forming an EU-style community.
Strong quake hits off Indonesia
A magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off the coast of Indonesia, with a tsunami alert issued and then withdrawn.
N Korea human rights 'abysmal'
A UN envoy criticises the rights situation in North Korea as "abysmal", saying a third of the population was going hungry.
TECHNOLOGY
Universal phone charger approved
A new charger that will work with all handsets has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union.
Europe backs down on piracy plans
The European Parliament has dropped an amendment that required member states to get court orders before cutting people off from the net.
Pirate Bay back in the courtroom
Filesharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to remove all links to the copyright material of a Netherlands-based group.

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