Mr Mabhouh's brother claimed that he had been killed by an electrical appliance that was held to his head. The local police said he had been suffocated.

马哈茂德的弟弟声称马哈茂德是被扣在头上的电器电击致死，而当地警方认为死者是窒息而死。

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Later in the day, Lebanon's New TV broadcast a short interview of a man it identified as a Turkish appliance-company worker being held by the clansmen, who said he had been kidnapped after he left the airport in Beirut earlier in the day.

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We saw a number of Electric Imp demos and appliance ideas at the booth including a simple hand-held "detonator" toggle switch with LED, seven-segment counter, water level sensor, servo-controlled gauge, RGB light, power socket, Christmas light, power monitor, toy washing machine, 16x16 LED display and receipt printer (the latter two being combined to show the avatars and tweets of anyone mentioning the Electric Imp) -- all Internet aware.

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ViewSonic, a privately held manufacturer of flat-screen displays, is getting into the information appliance market.

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