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South Korean director Kim Ki-duk sounds alarm over local film industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - South Korean director Kim Ki-duk warned that his country's film industry is threatened by a new quota law at the Karlovy Vary International film festival.

Russia Pirate Industry Is Booming (ABC News) - Russia's Pirate Fighters Running to Stand Still As Illicit Industry Booms

Wool Industry Network Board Appointments (Scoop.co.nz) - The Board of Directors of the Canterbury-based Wool Industry Network was announced today. The Network is a major initiative to develop a market-led fresh approach to New Zealand’s $1-billion wool industry.

Turkey ‘covers up bombings’ to protect tourist industry (Times Online) - TURKISH officials have been accused of covering up a terrorist bombing campaign in an attempt to safeguard the country’s lucrative tourist industry.

China's anti-dumping investigations focus on chemical industry (People's Daily) - China's chemical industry is the sector that is most vulnerable to dumping from foreign exporters, with 68.8 percent of the country's anti-dumping investigations focusing on this area, a senior commerce official said on Friday.

Bingo industry demands £10m of tax breaks to cope with smoking ban (Sunday Herald) - THE Scottish bingo industry is demanding emergency tax breaks of £10 million a year to help it adapt to Scotland’s smoking ban.

Tamil industry in the grip of dadas? (Deccan Herald) - The Tamil film industry has never known to be in the grip of the underworld. It has always had a hero who has been larger than life and producers who have been powerful. With the dividing line between films and politics being so thin, there was no scope for the underworld to flex its muscles.

Russia pirate industry is booming (AP via Yahoo! News) - When "The Da Vinci Code" premiered in Moscow, Konstantin Zemchenko started his count.

S Iswaran sworn in as Minister of State for Trade and Industry (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News) - Mr S Iswaran was officially sworn in as Minister of State for Trade and Industry at the Istana on Saturday afternoon.

Could St Paul save the tourism industry? (Malta Star) - Tourism stakeholders are saying that the industry is in dire straights. The government is impotent in front of this situation. But one saint, father of Maltese Christianity St Paul, can save the day for Maltese tourism.