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Sunday, 2 February 2003
< 2:29:43 AM>.
Lord of the Ring Thirty years ago, a Canadian researcher invented the modern mobile telephone, and 20 years ago this month, Canada beat the United States in bringing the concept to the marketplace. Little did anyone suspect then what a profound impact it would have on their lives, DOUG SAUNDERS writes, as he juggles calls from Washington to Bangladesh
I didn't know that!
< 2:19:20 AM>.
Seven dead in B.C. avalanche
Seven people are dead Saturday following an avalanche near Revelstoke,
British Columbia.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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AI's CWoB: YellowText 'No doubt there are people siezing the opportunity, scrambling at this very moment to assemble reports and PowerPoint presentations, preparing an argument of how manned space flight can be gradually phased-out over the next eight years...freeing billions for unmanned exploration, or possibly invading Canada.
(Their ways are weird, many of them are bearded, not only do they have oil BUT they have great beer and no religious mandate against soldiers drinking it; what the hell are we waiting for?)' This is mostly a serious article about the Columbia disaster. But this being Andy he can't help but drop in a hilarious line or two. Count me amongst the bearded ones!
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