MSN has updated its news search engine called MSN Newsbot.

MSN Newsbot

MSN Newsbot now groups similar stories together with a single summary and allows the reader to select the site where they want to read the full version.

They also give the list of the publishers indexed in MSN Newsbot (about 6900 publishers are listed there, but they mention only 4800 sources in their description).

In addition to the new UI features, the Newsbot team has been working hard on ways to get the important stories on the page faster and adding three new markets: Australia and both Canada (English & French).

Source: Todd Colby (Program Manager) - MSN Search blog