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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Tuesday, 29 September, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Typhoon leaves 31 dead in Vietnam
A powerful typhoon hits central Vietnam, causing floods and landslides which have killed at least 31 people.
Six jailed for Vietnam baby fraud
Six people are jailed in Vietnam over the fraudulent adoption of more than 300 babies, a court official says.
Powerful quake off Samoa islands
A 7.9-magnitude quake strikes to the south-west of the Samoa islands, triggering a tsunami warning.
TECHNOLOGY
Vodafone enters UK iPhone market
Network operators Vodafone and Orange reach an agreement to sell Apple's popular iPhone in the UK, ending O2's exclusive deal.
Freeview viewers face set retune
An upgrade on 30 September means 18 million homes must retune their Freeview set-top boxes or lose access to channel Five.
Microsoft launches free security
Microsoft has released its free computer security package to the public.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Monday, 28 September, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Australia how-to jihadist jailed
A Muslim man who authored a book on how to make bombs and bring down planes is jailed in Australia for 12 years.
Taiwan stops Uighur activist trip
Taiwan says it will not allow exiled Chinese Uighur Muslim activist Rebiya Kadeer to visit the island as she had planned.
Nigerian anger over China deaths
Nigerian MPs demand an audit of Chinese residents after a row over the cremation of dead Nigerian prisoners in China.
TECHNOLOGY
US 'to loosen' grip on internet
The US is set to loosen its control over how the internet is run when an agreement is signed with net regulator Icann.
LHC gets warning system upgrade
Engineers hope an early warning system being installed at the Large Hadron Collider could prevent incidents of the kind which shut the machine last year.
Orange announces UK iPhone deal
Network operator Orange has reached an agreement to sell Apple's popular iPhone in the UK, ending O2's exclusive deal.
DON'T MISS
Question Time
Question Time returns for a new series and celebrates 30 years of topical debate. Panellists include Harriet Harman.
THURSDAY, 10.35pm, BBC ONE and then online