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...Fake Watch Two Americans went on trial in Shanghai last week charged with "conducting business illegally" after allegedly selling some 180,000 pirated DVDs over eBay and a Russian website. Arrested following the first joint Sino-American investigation on DVD piracy, they face up to 15 years in prison for running an "audio and video products" business without a proper license. The defendants argue that the law doesn't apply because they sold all their goods overseas. And as for the dodgy discs: "I bought the DVDs from licensed stores," said one, "so I took it for granted that they...
...plains, winding drainage channels, and dark pools that may contain liquid hydrocarbon. While it remains unclear whether the Huygens data on Titan, which has been likened to a frozen version of early Earth, can help answer the eternal question of how life evolved, scientists involved in the $3.3 billion joint effort between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Italy's space program (ASI) were ecstatic at the probe's successful landing. "It is a fascinating world," said Professor David Southwood, ESA's Director of science, "and we are now eagerly awaiting the scientific results...
...countries--many of whom have worked together in the aftermath of wars, natural disasters and terrorist attacks. But even the most seasoned forensic experts say they are overwhelmed. "We've never been involved in anything of this magnitude," says Johnie Webb, a senior adviser for the Hawaii-based Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, an agency set up to find and identify missing U.S. soldiers that is helping the Thai-led effort. "9/11 pales in comparison...
...revealed how it thinks Chery obtained the plans. But since Chery was once partly owned by GM's Chinese joint-venture partner, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., many suspect that GM's comrades passed along trade secrets. Regardless, Chery plans to build on its success at home to become the first Chinese automaker to crack the American market. It revealed plans to offer five models last week, including an SUV, at costs below anything riveted together by Detroit's Big Three. It has teamed with a legendary partner--Malcolm Bricklin, who brought the Subaru to America in the 1960s. Bricklin describes...
...Lawyersat the State Department and attorneys representing the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the military services opposed abandoning the strict reliance on Geneva, chiefly because it might endanger U.S. troops who could be captured and denied the Conventions' protection. In January 2003, owing to concerns from the Navy's top lawyer, Rumsfeld abruptly rescinded his December order, pending a study, and ordered that the tougher measures could only be applied with his approval. Three months later, the study group recommended the use of some of the new interrogation techniques at Guant??namo. Dropped from the list were hooding, nudity...