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Friday, July 3, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC




ASIA-PACIFIC
China babies 'sold for adoption'
Baby girls removed from parents who broke China's family-planning laws have been sold for adoption overseas, it is reported.

North Korea 'test fires missiles'
North Korea test fires four short-range missiles off its eastern coast, South Korea's defence ministry says.

Japan envoy wins UN nuclear post
Japanese envoy Yukiya Amano is elected the next director-general of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, diplomats say.
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter followers 'can be bought'
Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service.

Innocents accused of net piracy
The crackdown on illegal file-sharers is catching innocent people alongside the pirates.

Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'
Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Your daily e-mail from the BBC




ASIA-PACIFIC
HK march calls for more democracy
Thousands in Hong Kong join a pro-democracy rally on the 12th anniversary of the handover to Chinese rule.

North Korean food need 'critical'
Millions of North Koreans, especially children, face food shortages, the UN's World Food Programme says.

Fiji constitution plan unveiled
Fiji's military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, unveils plans for a new constitution by 2013, ahead of elections in 2014.
TECHNOLOGY
Cash for Pirate Bay file-sharers
New owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files.

Cost of texting abroad comes down
A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time.

Cyber bullying case sentence due
The 50-year-old woman involved in the first federal cyber bullying verdict in the US, which led to a teenager's suicide, faces sentencing.
DON'T MISS
Law in Action: "Joint enterprise"
How the law deals with a gang killing when there's no evidence of who inflicted the fatal wound
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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