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    Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz commits suicide

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    4 months ago, euronews Videos

    Internet activist and programmer Aaron Swartz has taken his own life at the age of 26. The tech whizz helped create the web feed system RSS, working on it from the age of 14. Swartz was facing criminal charges in the US, accused of computer fraud.
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