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Producers of Oscar-winning movie Hurt Locker have filed a copyright infringement suit against as many as 5,000 Internet users for pirating copies of the film.

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Piracy suit by Hurt Locker producers

LOS ANGELES: Producers of Oscar-winning movie Hurt Locker have filed a copyright infringement suit against as many as 5,000 Internet users for pirating copies of the film. Filed in US District Court in Washington,the suit does not name any of the defendants but rather is a first step toward obtaining their names,reported Variety online.

Heaviest Chinese too big for MRI

BEIJING: Chinas heaviest man,225 kg,can die any moment of multiple organ failure,doctors said after they failed to conduct tests on him as he was was too big for CT and MRI scanning machines. Liang Yong,30,who holds Guinness book record as the heaviest Chinese,was brought to Xinqiao hospital in a trolley for medical checkup.

 

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