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Friday, August 14, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Taiwan appeals for foreign help
Taiwan calls for international technical help as it struggles to rescue thousands of people stranded after a typhoon.
EU widens sanctions against Burma
The European Union extends sanctions against Burma after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to house arrest.
N Korea releases S Korean worker
North Korea frees a South Korean worker held since March for allegedly insulting the North's communist leadership.
TECHNOLOGY
Green domain sparks war of words
The battle to take control of the .eco internet domain aimed at green groups escalates.
Palm criticised over Pre privacy
Palm faces criticism over the discovery that its Pre handsets report the location and user patterns of users daily.
China scales back screening plan
China scales back its plans to install controversial net filtering software on all of its citizens' computers.

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