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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Saturday, 25 July, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Indonesia poll result challenged
One of the defeated candidates in Indonesia's presidential election is to challenge the result, a spokesman says.
Six die in China bridge landslide
Six people are killed as a rockfall hits a key bridge in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of last year's Sichuan earthquake.
China launches Arabic TV channel
China's state broadcaster, China Central TV, launches an Arabic-language channel, in order to present the "real" China.
TECHNOLOGY
Plug-pulling ISP changes policy
Hull-based internet service provider Karoo has changed its policy of cutting off suspected web pirates.
Voice technology firm hits back
Voice message transcription firm Spinvox responds to a BBC story that questioned its technology, privacy standards and finances.
Wall 'could stop desert spread'
The growing environmental threat of desertification could be stopped in Africa by solidifying dunes using bacteria.

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