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Scientologists convicted of fraud in France
PARIS (AFP) - French judges fined the Church of Scientology almost a million dollars on Tuesday for fleecing vulnerable followers but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France.
Nations:France Russia People:Tom Cruise John Travolta Source:(AFP)
2009-10-27
Murdoch: Time for search engines to pay
The battle between old media and the Web gathered steam Friday, as two of the most prominent news publishers said it was time for Internet sites to pay for news content that now flows for free.
People:Rupert Murdoch Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-13
Wikipedia gets grant to lure new writers
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it won an 890,000-dollar grant to create ways to make it easier for people to add their knowledge to its widely-used Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-12-03
Wikipedia opens online library on human genes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-07-08
Facebook asks users to translate new versions for free
The three-year-old social networking phenomenon Facebook, worth more than $15 billion by many estimates, got a good deal on going global.
Nations:Germany U.K. South Korea Indonesia Sweden Netherlands
2008-04-19
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