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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC

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



ASIA-PACIFIC
Thai army deports Hmong to Laos
Thailand begins deporting thousands of ethnic Hmong back to communist Laos, despite international objections.
Vietnam dissident given jail term
A Vietnamese court sentences pro-democracy activist Tran Anh Kim to five-and-a-half years in prison for subversion.
'Last hours' for death row Briton
A British man found guilty of drug smuggling in China is facing what could be his final hours on death row as supporters make last-minute pleas for clemency.
TECHNOLOGY
Tech changes 'outstrip' netbooks
Netbooks are being superseded by more powerful alternatives, say industry watchers.
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.
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