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Monday, October 19, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
China jails five over chef death
A court in central China gives five people prison sentences following riots that broke out after the death of a chef.
North Korea gulags 'hold 150,000'
North Korea holds more than 150,000 political prisoners in six prison camps across the country, a South Korean MP says.
Thailand covers Hitler billboard
Museum officials in Thailand cover up a billboard depicting Adolf Hitler saluting after complaints from Germany and Israel.
TECHNOLOGY
Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay
Uruguay has given 362,000 primary children laptops which run on a Linux desktop.
ISP in file-sharing wi-fi theft
TalkTalk has been an outspoken critic of UK government piracy plans and now it sets out to prove why.
Confused message on UK broadband
As Finland makes broadband 'a legal right' the UK government appears to toughen up its broadband plans.

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