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Monday, December 28, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

Sunday, 27 December, 2009, 19:00 GMT 24:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi



ASIA-PACIFIC
New ferry tragedy in Philippines
Three people are dead and 22 missing after the second ferry disaster to hit the Philippines in days, coast guards say.
Briton 'not told execution date'
Briton Akmal Shaikh, who faces execution in China, does not know he is to be killed within days, it has emerged.
South Korea wins nuclear contract
A South Korean consortium wins a contract to build four nuclear reactors in the United Arab Emirates.
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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Pit your wits against Paul Lewis and team and tackle their twenty ticklish teasers
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