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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Monday, 17 August, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Japan's economy leaves recession
Japan follows Germany, France and Hong Kong out of recession by recording growth in the second quarter.
Taiwan receives international aid
International aid, including US military helicopters, arrives in Taiwan, more than a week after Typhoon Morakot hit the island.
China villagers storm lead plant
Hundreds of Chinese villagers break into a factory that poisoned more than 600 children, reports say.
TECHNOLOGY
DNA 'organises itself' on silicon
Researchers have shown that engineered, self-organising DNA chunks could be used to build smaller, faster computers.
Twitter tweets are 40% 'babble'
A study of messages sent by users of micro-blogging site Twitter finds that 40% of tweets are "pointless babble".
Alarm sounded over game futures
Video game makers are under threat from spiralling licence costs and competition among consoles, warns analyst.
DON'T MISS
Panorama
The stories of Afghan women risking their lives to create an equal society
TONIGHT, BBC ONE, 8.30pm

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