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  1. Victoria Pendleton on track for Beijing glory – TimesOnline.Co.Uk

    “I wouldn’t have done it if I thought it was provocative or seedy or anything like that,” Pendleton, 27, says. “I thought it was artistic. I was flattered that they wanted me to replicate a picture Lance Armstrong did.

  2. Violent clashes welcome Olympic torch to San Francisco – TimesOnline.Co.Uk

    Police and protesters clashed on the streets of San Francisco today even before the Olympic flame had begun its six-mile journey. Hundreds of pro-Chinese demonstrators along the waterfront confronted Tibetan human rights activists.

  3. YouTube, MySpace blocked in Indonesia – SMH.com.au

    YouTube and MySpace, heeding a government order aimed at stopping people from watching a film critical of the Quran. The 15-minute film, by Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders, has been available online since March 27.

  4. Sri Lanka: Stop the War on Journalists – GlobalVoicesOnline.org

    International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), an organization which aims to protect and strengthen the rights and freedoms of journalists is calling for a Global Day of Action on the 10th of April, titled Stop the War on Journalists in Sri Lanka.

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  1. Chocolate bugs a fright and delight – JapanTimes.Co.JP

    Komatsuya Honten, the Akita-based confectioner that makes them, can’t keep up with demand since a news report about the tasty bugs — made of dark and white chocolate and orange peel

  2. Plane crash after safety conference kills 20 in Poland – TaipeiTimes.Com

    A military plane carrying officers home from a flight-safety conference crashed in a forested area in northwestern Poland, killing all 20 people on board, the prime minister said early yesterday.

  3. YouTube library open to mobiles – TaipeiTimes.Com

    The mobile site now allows owners of any wireless device that can handle video to view or post clips, just as they would from personal computers, YouTube product manager Hunter Walk said.

  4. Starbucks hopes to reel in costumers with cheaper brew – TaipeiTimes.Com

    Faced with growing competition from cheaper rivals, Starbucks Corp is selling small cups of drip coffee for US$1 with free refills as part of a test in its hometown. That’s about US$0.50 less than the normal charges for a 2 deciliter cup of joe.

  5. MySpace, BBC pair up to offer clips of selected programs – TaipeiTimes.Com

    The online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster’s programs to a worldwide audience in the site’s first global content deal involving a major network.

  6. Heath Ledger’s death triggers net meltdown – AsiaMedia.UCLA.Edu

    Heath Ledger’s shock death caused one of the biggest internet meltdowns since the death of Steve Irwin in 2006. Unique browsers on smh.com.au rose almost 250%, total page impressions jumped 60%, according to Nielsen NetRatings.

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