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Booming Nigerian film industry hurt by sex scandal (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Fury over a sex video in Muslim northern Nigeria has all but finished a flourishing local film industry that employed thousands of people, but was under scrutiny by clerics and officials.

Beach students receive industry certifications (The Virginian-Pilot) - VIRGINIA BEACH More than 1,000 city high school students earned an industry certification or license last year, mostly outside traditional areas such as automotive repair and cosmetology. Beach students also are earning credentials in Web site development, drafting software, computer networking ...

Iraqi Minister of Industry confirms Iraq Development Program as official hosts for investment summit in Dubai (AME Info) - Iraq's Minister of Industry & Minerals HE Fawzi Hariri has formally confirmed the appointment of the Iraq Development Program as official organisers of the Ministry's forthcoming Commercial Investment Summit in Dubai, to take place on 19-20 April 2008.

UAE travel industry vows to turn green (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — The UAE travel industry is seeing an eco-friendly transformation but it risks being stereotyped as the ‘anything goes’ destination for all things ‘big’, industry experts said .

Unregulated industry opens door to corruption (Jamaica Gleaner) - WITH NO regulatory framework in place, the multimillion-dollar wrecking business is wide open to corruption, with many players in the industry raking in huge sums.

Aquaculture Industry Gets a Boost (Voice of the Common Man) - The aquaculture industry on the south coast of Newfoundland will receive a significant boost thanks to federal and private sector investments of $24 million.

Auto industry sees positive impact (The Hindu) - The Budget has evoked mostly a positive response from the automobile industry.

Industry group sues China search engine (AP via Yahoo! News) - China's top search engine, Baidu.com, has been sued by a music industry group in China over an alleged copyright violation, according to a statement released by the Music Copyright Society of China.

Warren Buffett warns tells insurance industry 'the party is over' (Times Online) - BILLIONAIRE investor Warren Buffett warned of tough times ahead for the insurance industry in his annual letter sent to shareholders this weekend.

Government won't bail out auto industry: minister (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The government is willing to help the automotive sector adapt to growing competition and environmental concerns, but Industry Minister Jim Prentice warned on Friday that it will not offer bailouts.