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| Piracy costs region Dh184 billion |
All |
| Piracy and counterfeiting are costing the Middle East more than Dh184 billion a year, a UAE Ministry of Economy official has revealed. |
UAE |
01/08/2008 |
CIB-7-3890 |
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| China confiscates 149 mln publications in 2007 |
Books |
| Chinese authorities confiscated nearly 149 million magazines, video disks and other publications in 2007 for being pornographic, pirated or otherwise unauthorised |
China |
01/07/2008 |
CIB-7-3882 |
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| Shades of gray in China’s ’black’ handset market |
Electronics |
| China’s booming handset market is a sprawling gray area where branded phones are often sold through less-than-legitimate channels and where counterfeits pop up overnight |
China |
01/10/2008 |
CIB-7-3898 |
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| Warning over fake drugs on the internet |
Pharmaceuticals |
| More than 2 million people in Britain regularly buy prescription drugs such as Prozac and Viagra on the internet, in spite of the risk that they could be sold fakes, research revealed yesterday. |
UK |
01/11/2008 |
CIB-7-3874 |
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