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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Friday, 21 August, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
N Korea envoys mourn Kim Dae-jung
Senior North Korean officials pay respects to late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, in a rare visit to Seoul.
NZ votes against child smack ban
New Zealanders vote by a wide margin to allow parents to smack their children, two years after a law banned discipline by force.
Japanese women 'still not equal'
A United Nations committee says Japan's measures to reduce discrimination against women are "insufficient".
TECHNOLOGY
Brighter idea for bendy displays
Flexible and bright transparent displays based on inorganic LEDs outpace their organic LED cousins, researchers say.
Microsoft previews new controller
Microsoft allows the public to get their hands on its new, hands-free games controller, dubbed Natal, for the first time.
Tech giants unite against Google
Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon will join a coalition to fight Google's efforts to create what could be the world's largest virtual library.

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