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| Pirate Party gains thousands of members |
Downloading |
| A new political party set up to campaign for legalised file sharing has gained support from thousands of people in its first few weeks in existence. |
UK |
8/27/2009 |
CIB-9-0432 |
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| Musician collapses as colleagues commence hunger strike to protest piracy |
Music |
| A musician, simply identified as "Yellow King" collapsed on Tuesday in Lagos, during a hunger-strike rally organised by coalition of musicians at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. |
Nigeria |
8/26/2009 |
CIB-9-0429 |
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| On the trail of counterfeit drugs |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Consumers expect the medicines they buy to be authentic, but it is possible that they are not. Good news is there are technologies that can effectively thwart counterfeiting in pharmaceutical manufacturing. |
International |
8/27/2009 |
CIB-9-0431 |
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| In the pursuit of easy money |
Currency |
| One in every fifty £1 coins is a fake, but the dark art of counterfeiting has been fascinating forgers for centuries. |
International |
8/18/2009 |
CIB-9-0423 |
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