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You will never have your sins forgiven online, the Vatican said. A top Vatican official told Italian media that in a document to be issued by the Pontifical Council for Social Communication the Roman Catholic Church would rule out the possibility of giving confessions over the Internet. "The Internet is a wonderful instrument for evangelisation and pastoral service, but it will never be possible to confess online," Archbishop John Foley, the president of the special council, was quoted as saying. He said the document would say confession must always be carried out within the sacramental context of face-to-face meetings. Rolex sues eBay EBay Inc. said its European subsidiaries have been sued by Rolex watchmaker Montres Rolex SA alleging the Rolex trademark was infringed when counterfeit Rolexes were sold on eBay’s German Web site. In a quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, eBay, an online auctioneer, said the suit was filed on April 25 in Cologne, Germany, against eBay GmbH and eBay International AG. It also alleged unfair competition. Montres Rolex, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is seeking an order stopping the sale of its watches on the eBay Web site as well as unspecified damages, eBay said in the filing. US growth slows down The US high-tech industry grew at its
slowest pace since 1995 last year but technology firms still doubled
their exports and continued to add jobs at a healthy rate, according to
a report issued on Wednesday. Despite dot-com bankruptcies and plunging
stock prices the high-tech sector as a whole remains fundamentally
healthy, the American Electronics Association said in a report issued in
conjunction with the Nasdaq stock market. High-tech firms added 235,000
new jobs last year, the report said, a 4.6 per cent increase over 1999
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