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China's ethnic tinderbox

BBC News - ‎The recent Urumqi and Lhasa riots have shattered the myth of a monolithic China, writes, China and Uighur expert Professor Dru Gladney.

 

Kindle 2 Price Plunge Signals E-Book Reader Market Competition

PC World - Melissa J. Perenson - ‎Today Amazon quietly lowered the price on its Kindle 2 e-book reader. That didn't take long: The Kindle 2 became available only about five months ago.

 

UK police investigate Murdoch paper hacking claims

Reuters - Peter Griffiths - ‎Coulson resigned as the paper's editor after royal reporter Clive Goodman was jailed a few months earlier for hacking into the phones of members of the ...

 

Commons launches News of the World investigation

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MPs likely to ask ex-News International chairman and Tory spin doctor for evidence

• Government and police 'unaware of hacking claims'
• Murdoch papers paid £1m to phone-hacking victims
• Live blog: the phone hacking scandal
• Henry Porter: News of the hacked
• The hacking scandal: who's involved

 

Met investigates phone hacking

Police to 'establish facts' of claims News of the World journalists used criminal methods to get stories

• Key questions Coulson needs to answer
• Met police authority members call for discussions
• Press watchdog reopens investigations
• Andrew Neil: 'NoW out of control'
• Trail of deceit under nose of Tory PR chief
• Cameron and Coulson: what the blogs are saying
• More on the phone hacking story

 

 

Harry Potter: the verdicts

The latest cinematic instalment has garnered lukewarm reviews and is dividing opinion among fans