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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Saturday, 26 December, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
Tsunami fifth anniversary marked
Countries across the Indian Ocean mark five years since the catastrophic tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people.
Anger over jailed China dissident
The jailing for 11 years by China of one of its leading dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, is met with international condemnation.
Death row clemency plea to China
The brother of a British man due to be executed in China for drug smuggling makes a desperate plea for mercy.
TECHNOLOGY
AI aims to solve in-game chatter
Prize-winning "chatbot" technology is being used in an attempt to solve one of "the last uncracked problems" in games design.
HP camera 'can't see' black faces
An online video comparing a webcam's facial recognition response to a white woman and a black man is a big hit on YouTube.
Military tracks Santa's journey
A 50-year old tradition has gone hi-tech as children track Santa via Google Maps, Facebook and Twitter.
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