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Good Morning Bit, TUE 23 Mar 2010    Google risks China's ire with slap to censorship Netanyahu in U.S.: Jerusalem not a settlement Stock futures signal gains; housing data eyed Cracks in Great Chinese Firewall, even without Google Virgin Galactic spaceship makes first test flight Jazz turn tables on Celtics with 110-97 victory Sarah Palin near deal for reality show Feminists slam cancer campaign as sexist Business Update: Google slips Bush and Clinton in Haiti Pakistan thwarts bomb plot TOP NEWS Google risks China's ire with slap to censorship March 23, 2010 05:38 AM ET BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc shut its mainland Chinese-language portal and began rerouting searches to its Hong Kong-based site, unleashing a blast of ire from Beijing and prompting concerns over its future business in China. Full Article WORLD NEWS Netanyahu in U.S.: Jerusalem not a settlement March 23, 2010 05:15 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Declaring "Jerusalem is not a settlement," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant note on Monday after new U.S. criticism of Jewish home construction in disputed territory in and around the city. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock futures signal gains; housing data eyed March 23, 2010 06:05 AM ET (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.21 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.21 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.15 percent. Full Article INTERNET NEWS Cracks in Great Chinese Firewall, even without Google March 23, 2010 05:40 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are out, but in China's vast and bewildering online universe you can freely read the New York Times or visit a favorite porn site. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Virgin Galactic spaceship makes first test flight March 22, 2010 06:51 PM ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A suborbital spaceship owned by aspiring space tourism operator Virgin Galactic was airlifted into the skies over California's Mojave Desert on Monday for its debut test flight. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Jazz turn tables on Celtics with 110-97 victory March 23, 2010 02:22 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Utah Jazz put the brakes on Boston's bid for a fifth successive win on Monday with a 110-97 victory over the Atlantic division leaders. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Sarah Palin near deal for reality show March 23, 2010 02:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Palin is close to a deal for her travelogue reality show. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Feminists slam cancer campaign as sexist March 22, 2010 03:14 PM ET WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish feminists have objected to a hospital's breast cancer prevention slogan which they say encourages workplace harassment, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on its website on Monday. Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers