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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Monday, 03 August, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Xinjiang arrests 'now over 1,500'
Chinese police arrest another 319 people over last month's violence in Xinjiang, bringing the total detained to more than 1,500.
Chinese factory poisons hundreds
Hundreds of residents near a Chinese chemical plant are found to be contaminated by high levels of a metal used in batteries.
Cambodia cancels landmine pageant
Cambodia's government cancels a "Miss Landmine" beauty pageant, labelling the contest an insult to disabled people.
TECHNOLOGY
Call for debate on killer robots
A leading academic has called for an international debate on the ethics of using autonomous robots for war.
US file-sharer refuses donations
A US student ordered to pay $675,000 (£404,000) for sharing music online refuses his supporters' help paying the fine.
Google chief leaves Apple board
Google chief Eric Schmidt quits Apple's board of directors because the search giant's business is overlapping Apple's.
DON'T MISS
Panorama: Smugglers' Tales
Reporter Raphael Rowe reveals the endless struggle to keep drugs out of Britain's jails.
TONIGHT, BBC ONE, 8.30pm

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