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/ 23 November 2005
Hollywood negotiated an agreement on Tuesday with the creator of BitTorrent software, popular for downloading pirated movies over the internet, in a deal aimed at reducing illegal traffic in online films. The agreement requires 30-year-old software designer Bram Cohen to prevent his website, www.bittorrent.com, from locating pirated versions of popular movies.
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/ 23 November 2005
South Africa received a boost ahead of this weekend’s one-off Test with France as veteran fullback Percy Montgomery was freed to play after a hearing with the sport’s governing body, the International Rugby Board, in London on Tuesday. Montgomery was sent off in the Springboks’ victory over Wales last Saturday.
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/ 23 November 2005
Former champions Bayern Munich, Juventus and Ajax qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League on Tuesday, while Manchester United have to wait to see if they reach the final 16. Roy Makaay scored two goals for four-time champions Bayern in a 4-0 win at Rapid Vienna to advance from group A.
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/ 23 November 2005
Skinned and dissected, muscles, tendons and organs in full view, 22 bodies provided by a Chinese university have become one of the most controversial exhibitions seen in New York in recent years. The bodies have been placed in normal poses inside glass cases for people to gaze upon since Saturday.
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/ 23 November 2005
Old Mutual on Tuesday apologised for any confusion and hurt caused by the arguments used by its counsel in the Labour Court racism case brought by a company employee, Xolile Finca. Finca claims Old Mutual did not act properly against another employee who allegedly referred to him as a ”kaffir”.
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/ 23 November 2005
Malaria could encourage mother-to-child transmission of HIV, according to research on the Science and Development Network website.
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/ 23 November 2005
A Nigerian state governor was back in trousers and at his desk on Tuesday after dressing up as a woman and skipping bail in Britain on charges of laundering £1,8-million. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha returned to his home village a folk hero after apparently escaping Europe in a dress and on a forged passport.
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/ 23 November 2005
Nestlé, the world’s biggest food and drink company, on Tuesday ordered the recall of liquid baby milk in four European countries after the discovery that some of its products had been contaminated by a chemical used in the packaging. The products are not sold in the United Kingdom, the company said. But recalls had begun in Italy, Spain, France and Portugal.
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/ 23 November 2005
The International Press Freedom Awards for 2005 went to a Chinese editor still imprisoned in his homeland, a Brazilian reporter who could not travel to New York because he is pinned down by lawsuits, an Uzbek journalist in exile, and a Zimbabwean media lawyer. The laureates honoured by the Committee to Protect Journalists have endured beatings, threats and prison as a consequence of their work.
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/ 23 November 2005
Toyota’s Yaris super mini, which has done so well everywhere it’s been marketed, has never been available in this country, so news of the impending arrival here of the latest model — just two months after it was first shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show — stirred up loads of local interest. The perky little commuter slots in between the Tazz and the Corolla.