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China Blocks iTunes After Tibet Album Goes on Sale

Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album. ...full story at digg

from digg on Sat, Aug 23 2008

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