本地新闻(消息来源 - Globe And Mail) Aug 30, 06

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Chinese dissident disputes organ-harvest allegations [/FONT]

Harry Wu, well-known Chinese dissident and labor-camp expert, is now questioning the reliability of the key witness of FaLun Gong’s recent allegation that Chinese government kills about 4500 ** Gong prisoners for their organs.

Based on his investigation on the existence of the labor camp and expertise on harvesting organs, he believes that the labor camp doesn’t exist and harvesting organs of as many as 120 people per month is impossible. Therefore, Mr. Wu has concluded that the witness is not reliable and the evidence was fabricated.

However, the human right lawyer says he is still convinced that large numbers of ** Gong members were probably killed by Chinese authorities after their organs were extracted.


Falling gas prices reflect break from adversity [/FONT]

Today, prices of gas have dropped to the lowest in the past five months. Meanwhile, price of crude oil is going down to less than $70 a barrel.

Because the hurricane was downgraded and didn’t make landfalls in TEXAS as previously expected, prices of gas might keep going down in the upcoming weeks.

Flood of pirated DVDs frustrates police efforts [/FONT]

Currently, about 90% of the pirated DVDs sold in Canada are from Toronto, which makes this lovely city the center of illegal movie copies. In Pacific Mall, people can get four or five DVDs for only 20 dollars.

Although police in Toronto successfully found and shut down several operations that are capable of manufacturing millions of illegal copies a year lately, the situation is getting worse, especially after federal Justice Department said it has no plans to change laws yesterday.

Citing lax copyright laws and weak enforcement, the U.S. Trade Representative this year placed Canada on its "watch list" of countries -- along with China and Russia -- that have become havens for pirated goods.

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