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Monday, August 3, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Sunday, 02 August, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
China plague death prompts alert
Thousands of people are quarantined after a man dies of pneumonic plague in a remote area of north-west China.
Filipinos pay respects to Aquino
Hundreds gather to pay their respects to former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who died on Saturday.
Nissan rolls out new electric car
Carmaker Nissan unveils its first electric car, taking it closer to its aim to become the first car firm to mass produce the vehicles.
TECHNOLOGY
US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine
A US student is told to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.
Apple fix to iPhone security flaw
Apple releases a software patch to address a recently exposed security flaw in the iPhone.
Firefox passes billion milestone
The open-source web browser Firefox has been downloaded more than a billion times in its five-year history.

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