links for 2007-04-20
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From CCTV via Xinhuanet: China's arable land shrank to 121.8 million hectares by the end of last October, losing 306,800 hectares in the first ten months of 2006.
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Digital TV: World brief -- Finland will be the first country to migrate to digital TV when it switches off the analog signal in 2007, according to research by Informa Telecoms
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Digital TV: 24-hour channel skedded for fall launch -- PBS will launch a 24-hour digital broadcast channel this fall, targeted at early elementary-age school kids.
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Number of coal-fired power plants: Up, up, up.
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A telling snapshot of Indian economic development: Mobile phones with built-in flashlights.