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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Friday, 11 September, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Taiwan ex-leader jailed for life
Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on corruption charges.
Clinton stresses key China goals
The US sees ties with China as central to solving world problems, the US secretary of state tells a visiting China official.
Nine held over Xinjiang syringes
Chinese state media says nine people are arrested for mysterious syringe attacks in Xinjiang in western China.
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook strips down to Lite site
Facebook launches a new Lite version of the site, first outlined in August, for users with poor internet connections.
UK firm Spinvox 'put up for sale'
UK voice-to-text firm Spinvox has been "put up for sale", according to one of its investors, Invesco Perpetual.
PM apology after Turing petition
Gordon Brown says he is sorry for the "appalling" way World War II code-breaker Alan Turing was treated for being gay.
DON'T MISS
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