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Harry Potter novels to become ebooks, but no sequel

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The seven Harry Potter novels will be available in ebook form in October, author J.K. Rowling said on Thursday at the launch of a new interactive online website Pottermore (www.pottermore.com) that will allow readers to navigate through the boy wizard stories.

Pottermore disappoints fans?

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Pottermore is finally up and running ending the speculation regarding what the website has in store. Though, the promised content hasn't been made available, J K Rowling has announced that Pottermore will offer new material about characters, places, and objects along with digital version of the Harry Potter books.
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Live Blog: Pottermore

Good morning, Harry Potter fans. Check here for live blog coverage of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore announcement.
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Pottermore Countdown - Ready for Giant Treasure Hunt?

With the 30 owls on Pottermore's Youtube page, the whole world awaits J.K. Rowling's announcement that will break the silence within the next hour.It's been a long week ever since a mysterious message has appeared from J.K. Rowling on the Pottermore website. With the coming soon, two owls on Pottermore.com redirect the viewers to a Youtube page that counts down the time till the official announcement of J.K. Rowling's new project.
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G20 close to farm deal, seen mild on regulation

G20 farm ministers were closing in on a deal on Thursday to tackle food price volatility in what was expected to be a watered-down declaration that could still back France's call for better regulation of commodity markets.
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FBI targets two scareware rings in U.S., Europe

Police in the United States and seven other countries seized computers and servers used to run a scareware scheme that has netted more than $72 million from victims tricked into buying fake anti-virus software.
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Britain: Thirty Years After The Race Riot Summer

Thirty years ago this July, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.
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Airbus orders pile up as Boeing stalls

Airbus put on a show of force at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, securing a $16 billion deal for 180 aircraft from India's IndiGo and saying more deals were near, leaving rival Boeing in the shade.
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Who is LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary?

The suspected LulzSec hacker 19-year-old Ryan Cleary could face up to ten years in jail in the US if he is found guilty of hacking into the CIA and US Senate websites, it has been reported.

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