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CINEMA
Bergman fans line up for relics of the master
A Munch lithograph, a photography by Irving Pen (picture) and Golden Globe awards are among the items belonging to late Swedish film legend Ingmar Bergman that have attracted a host of collectors at an auction in Stockholm.
AUTO INDUSTRY
China's BAIC backs Swedish company to buy Saab
Koenigsegg, a Swedish sports car maker, is hooking up with China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co Ltd (BAIC) to take over the General Motors brand Saab. Under the deal, BAIC becomes a minority owner in Koenigsegg, who will own 100 % of Saab.
INTERNET
The Pirate Bay sailing anew after 24h shutdown
Popular file-sharing platform The Pirate Bay was back online on Tuesday afternoon, a day after a Swedish court had ordered Black Internet to stop providing bandwidth to the disputed website.
25/08/2009 - Top Story

Netanyahu in Europe: under pressure

Benjamin Netanyahu begins a short visit to Europe today against a background of a simmering row with Sweden.
INTERNET
Swedish court shuts down filesharing website The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing websites, was off the Internet Tuesday. The day before, a Swedish district court ordered its bandwidth supplier Black Internet to stop providing services to the popular website.
INTERNET
Swedish police probe Pirate Bay suitor
Swedish police say they are investigating allegations of insider trading at Global Gaming Factory, the Swedish company that said it would buy and transform The Pirate Bay, a hugely popular illegal downloading website.
Press Review

In the Papers

A daily look at some of the stories in the international papers.
DIPLOMACY
Sweden must condemn 'body-snatching' article, says Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his ministers the Swedish government should clearly condemn a local press report accusing Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians to sell their internal organs as "anti-Semitic".
THE WEEK IN THE MAGHREB
Lockerbie bomber Al-Megrahi back in Tripoli
In this edition: the freed Lockerbie bomber Al-Megrahi arrives to a hero's welcome in Tripoli; a suicide bombing hits the French embassy in Mauritania; Algerians are concerned that Ramadan has cut this year's tourist season short.
DIPLOMACY
Israel slams Sweden over organ trafficking tabloid article
Israel has lodged an official complaint to Sweden after it refused to condemn a local press article accusing some Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians in order to steal and sell their internal organs.
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