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1、ItwillblockallemailsandmessagesfromBlackBerrysmartphonesunlessthemanufacturersgiveitaccesstosecuredatabytheendofthismonth.AsMarkGregoryreports,IndiaisthelatestcountrytoexpresssecurityconcernsaboutBlackBerry'sSecureDataSystems.Theultimatumcameafterwha

2、twasdescribedasan"inconclusivemeeting"betweenIndia'sinteriorministerandtheCanadiancompanythatmakesBlackBerries.Thecompany,ResearchinMotion,isnowunderintensepressuretogiveIndiansecurityservicesunencryptedaccesstoitssecuremessagingsystem.Indiaisworried

3、thatBlackBerriesarebeingusedbyterroristsandcriminalstoswapsecretmessages.Othercountries,includingtheUAE,SaudiArabia,LebanonandAlgeria,haveexpressedsimilarconcerns.ThePresidentofPakistanAsifAliZardarihassoughttofendoffapublicoutcryoverhisresponsetothe

4、country'scatastrophicfloodsbyvisitingflood-affectedareasforthefirsttime.HevisitedSukkurinSindhprovincewherehehandedoutaidwhilebeingbriefedaboutthedamage.ThefirstUShelicoptershavearrivedinPakistantojointhereliefoperation,butmanypeoplearestillwaitingfo

5、rhelp.TheoilcompanyBPhasagreedtopayarecordfineintheUnitedStatesforfailingtoimprovesafetyataTexasrefinerywhere15peoplewerekilledinanexplosionin2005.HereisIainMackenzie.Thecompanywasoriginallyfined$21million-thatwasincreasedto50millionafteritwasfoundBP

6、failedtoimplementsafetyrecommendationsmadeaftertheexplosion.Thecompanyisstillcontestingafurther$30millioninfinesoveranevenmorerecentroundofsafetyviolations.FamiliesofthosekilledintheblasthavesaidBPshould’vebeenforcedtopayoutmuchmore.Thesettlementcome

7、sasthecompanyfacesfargreaterpayoutsovertheoilspillintheGulfofMexico.Forthat,BPhasagreedtosetaside$20billion.AsuspectedIsraelisecretagenthasbeenextraditedtoGermanyinconnectionwiththekillingofaleadingHamasfigureinDubai.Theman,UriBrodsky,wassenttoGerman

8、yfromPoland.GermanprosecutorsaccusehimofillegallyobtainingaGermanpassport.Here'sTristanaMoore.GermanprosecutorssaytheybelievethepassportwasusedinconnectionwiththeassassinationofaHamascommanderinDubaiinJanuary,andtheyaskthePolishauthoritiestohandovert