Topic: COPYRIGHT - on July 13, 2004 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
Piracy blitz unites film industry
Film companies in the UK have joined forces for the first time to convince movie fans that buying pirate DVDs funds terrorism and drug dealing.
The £1.5m Piracy is a Crime campaign, the biggest of its kind yet in the UK, was launched in London on Monday by broadcaster Jonathan Ross.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on July 13, 2004 at 11:01:00 AM CEST
Pirated Dvds 'More Lucrative Than Drugs'
DVD piracy is more profitable than drug trafficking, a new report claimed today.
One kilo of pirated discs is worth more than one kilo of cannabis resin.
Terrorists, people traffickers and paramilitaries are among the organised crime groups behind the £500 million industry, according to Interpol.
Now a new anti-piracy campaign has been launched to warn off consumers.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 13, 2004 at 10:39:00 AM CEST
Pot plot uncovered during Olympic torch relay
Greek police say they stumbled across a cannabis plantation during the Olympic torch relay through the island of Crete at the weekend.
The plantation, covering 185 metres, was spotted at the base of a gully in the north-east of the island from a police helicopter which was carrying out an aerial surveillance of the relay on Sunday.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on July 13, 2004 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
Colombian airport police find $47,500 cash inside passenger's stomach
A suspect swallowed nearly $50,000 in cash in a failed attempt to smuggle the funds out of Colombia, officials said Monday.
Bogota airport police said they X-rayed the suspect because he was acting nervous while preparing to board a flight for Lima, Peru. The X-ray showed dozens of latex-wrapped packets inside his stomach and police assumed it was drugs, since such a smuggling technique is used by traffickers.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 13, 2004 at 10:31:00 AM CEST
Paedophilia and Bestiality Images found as Scandal Rocks Austrian Church
As an investigation into a sex scandal at the Roman Catholic Sankt Poelten seminary in Austria continues, thousands of images depicting paedophilia and beastiality have been discovered on portable computers.
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Austrian Catholic Church Scandal Involves Orgies, Porn, Pictures
Priests 'In Orgy' at Seminary
Cache of child porn found at seminary
Porn discovered at Austrian seminary
Child porn found at seminary
Austrian bishop derides orgy claims
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Topic: health - on July 13, 2004 at 8:44:00 AM CEST
Man Loses Keys 16 Years Ago, Found Embedded In Leg
An Iranian man was suprised when he reunited with the keys he lost 16 years ago.
The 50-year old man fired a rifle 16 years ago by accident, which injured his leg. The bullet was removed, but the keys that were lodged in his leg were left there.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 13, 2004 at 8:41:00 AM CEST
Jadakiss: "Why did Bush Knock Down the Towers?"
A rap single by artist Jadakiss called "Why?" is attracting controversy because the rapper asks "Why did Bush knock down the towers." The Yonkers, NY, native says: "A lot of my people felt that he had something to do with it."
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