Heavy rain hits the UK, causing some localised flooding. Campers in the Lake District found their tents submerged and many were evacuated from the campsites. The Met Office says that their prediction of a 'barbecue summer' is now unlikely.
Tweeter in libel lawsuit. A twitter user is being sued for defamation by Horizon Group Management after she used the site to complain about mould in her rented Chicago apartment. Her tweet said "Who said sleeping in a mouldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon really thinks it's okay."
Yahoo! and Microsoft have joined together to take on rival search engine, Google. Microsoft will power Yahoo!'s search engine and in return Yahoo! will become advertisers for Microsoft's online services.
China is to cut the number of executions to "an extremely small number". A senior court official said that the country would impose more suspended death sentences. China carries out more executions than any other country but has already begun to take steps to reduce this number. However, the court offical said "it is impossible...to abolish capital punishment".
Heavy rain hits the UK, causing some localised flooding. Campers in the Lake District found their tents submerged and many were evacuated from the campsites. The Met Office says that their prediction of a 'barbecue summer' is now unlikely.
Tweeter in libel lawsuit. A twitter user is being sued for defamation by Horizon Group Management after she used the site to complain about mould in her rented Chicago apartment. Her tweet said "Who said sleeping in a mouldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon really thinks it's okay."
Yahoo! and Microsoft have joined together to take on rival search engine, Google. Microsoft will power Yahoo!'s search engine and in return Yahoo! will become advertisers for Microsoft's online services.
China is to cut the number of executions to "an extremely small number". A senior court official said that the country would impose more suspended death sentences. China carries out more executions than any other country but has already begun to take steps to reduce this number. However, the court offical said "it is impossible...to abolish capital punishment".
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