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2002

Saturday Jan 5, 2002
TOBIN SUPPORTER SAYS MINISTER ACTIVELY SEEKING LIBERAL LEADERSHIP cp
A key supporter of Industry Minister Brian Tobin has admitted publicly that Tobin is building a campaign team to seek the prime minister's job.

see also W-N on Softwood-Lumber

2001

Thursday, December 6, 2001
Liberal Senator Sheila Finestone retires co
A retiring Liberal senator known for her work in an international campaign against landmines said farewell to her colleagues Friday.
She served as secretary of state for multiculturalism and the status for women from 1993 to 1996, before her Senate appointment by Prime Minister Jean Chretien in 1999.
In May, she was reappointed as special adviser on anti-personnel landmines to Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley, continuing her work to enforce a 1997 global ban on the devices.

Thursday, December 6, 2001
Your tax $$ up in smoke co
The great heating rebate scandal: All the chilling details By GREG WESTON -- Sun Media ....What kind of idiots would come up with a $1.4-billion government handout scheme that gives more than 80% of the money to all the wrong people, including thousands of dead ones?

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 Grits snuff debate on terror bill
OTTAWA - The federal government moved last night to shut down Commons debate on its far-reaching anti-terrorism legislation, drawing outrage even from the bill's supporters on the opposition benches.

Saturday Nov 24, 2001 NDP delegates vote against new party
by Juliet O'Neill The Ottawa Citizen
WINNIPEG -- New Democratic Party delegates voted against launching a new leftist political party yesterday after a fierce debate during which members of Parliament quarreled over how "mushy" the party has become and some people were left in tears at the party's national policy convention.

Saturday Nov 24, 2001 Federal NDP rejects shift to far left; plans to forge ahead with renewal
WINNIPEG (CP) - Tears flowed freely after a coalition seeking a hard left turn lost a floor fight Saturday at the New Democratic ty's national convention. Delegates voted 684-401 to reject the New Politics Initiative,which would have seen the NDP disband to create a more radical entity.

Saturday Nov 24, 2001 REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS A WASTE: ECONOMIST
RURAL A Saskatchewan economist says government programs aimed at revitalizing the rural economy are counterproductive, and a waste of money.

15/Nov/2001 CANADA SPENDING TO BOOST TOURISM
The Canadian government is launching a $20-million campaign to boost tourism across the country. Industry Minister Brian Tobin says the campaign is needed to give Canadians more confidence to travel following the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

8/Nov/2001 GROUP DEMANDS AIRLINE PASSENGER WATCHDOG
A consumer advocacy group wants the Canadian federal government to create a national organization for airline passengers.

8/Nov/2001 CBC, PRIVATE TV MUST CO-OPERATE: COPPS
Private and public TV networks will have to form partnerships to keep Canadian content from being seriously eroded across the country, Heritage Minister Sheila Copps said Thursday.
"I see that as an innovation," she said. "I see that as a way of the public broadcaster being present in the regions without necessarily having to establish the whole infrastructure."
Recent layoffs at five CTV stations in northern Ontario could be dealt with in the same way, according to the minister. She suggested CBC TV, which has no reporters in the region, could strike a deal with the private broadcaster. "Wouldn't it make sense to be able to take some of the CBC personnel and actually have them working in CTV stations in true partnering?" [Makes sence! DTN]
The NDP, however, has doubts about the proposal, suggesting it may be used as an excuse by the government not to restore funding to the CBC.
The Commons committee will spend the next 18 months [thats one year and a half!] reviewing possible changes to the Broadcasting Act. [Better yet shut the CBC down and give us all a tax cut. Or if we were offered CBC for a very small fee very few would subscribe and it woulh have to close DTN]

7/Nov/2001 Liberals eye $3B in new spending
OTTAWA - The Chrétien government is looking at new spending in next month's budget of at least $3-billion, $1-billion of which will go toward beefing up the military and national security.

Fri 10/19/01 TEACHERS TO DEBATE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HISTORY
National standards for teaching history could remedy the embarrassing state of Canadians' knowledge, or make the subject so mind-numbing it will only get worse.

15/Oct/2001
Genetically modified foods bill before Commons worries industry, consumers
A federal bill calling for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods is worrying industry and consumers groups, who say it is seriously flawed and could have an extremely detrimental effect. [waist of timr & $]

15/Oct/2001
Genetically modified canola grows in salty soil, U of T researchers find
Scientists have come up with a way to genetically modify canola seed so the plants can be grown in salty soil, a development that could allow crops to grow in many places previously not arable.

7/Oct/2001 We must play bigger role: Manley
OTTAWA - John Manley, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday Canada will have to take on a more prominent role in world affairs in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as the opposition seized on remarks he made to the National Post pointing to shortcomings in policies relating to foreign aid, defence and intelligence gathering.

6/Oct/2001 TALIBAN FIRES AT PLANE, BRACES FOR WAR
As U.S. President George W. Bush delivered the strongest hint yet that a military strike on Afghanistan is imminent, the ruling Taliban shot at an aircraft high over the skies of Kabul Saturday.

5/Oct/2001 LIBERALS UNDER FIRE OVER SECURITY FUNDING REMARK
The Opposition pounced on Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley Friday for backing away from earlier comments about the weakness of Canada's spy service and military. [may be the only worth while comment he has made & he gets hell! dtn]

5/Oct/2001 LIBERALS UNDER FIRE OVER SECURITY FUNDING REMARK
The Opposition pounced on Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley Friday for backing away from earlier comments about the weakness of Canada's spy service and military.

5/Oct/2001 We don't pull our weight: Manley
Canada shows 'glaring inadequacy' in time of crisis: 'You can't just sit at the G8 table and then, when the bill comes, go to the washroom'

4/Oct/2001 CELLUCCI SEES AUTOMATED BORDER WITH SECURE PERIMETER
While three Canadian premiers have vocally supported his calls for a continental security perimeter, the U.S. ambassador to Canada has some ideas about how cross-border trade could be speeded up.

Mon 10/1/01 MANLEY TO HEAD FEDERAL ANTI-TERRORISM COMMITTEE
Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley will chair Canada's new cabinet committee on domestic security and terrorism. It will co-ordinate the government's response to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Sat 9/29/01 Sept. 11: The end of Canadian nationalism Global National poll favours U.S. President Bush over P.M. Chretien
Friday, Sept. 28 -- Tonight, Global National presents our second national poll since the tragic events of three weeks ago, and it reveals that Canadians think U.S. President George Bush is doing a far better job of leading in this crisis than our Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Global National's Troy Reeb reports.

Sat 9/29/01 Sept. 11: The end of Canadian nationalism by Michael Bliss National Post
Whatever happened between Prime Minister Chrétien and President Bush in Washington on Monday, the aftermath of Sept. 11 is having a catalytic effect on Canada's relationship with the United States. It is driving us further and faster along the road we had already chosen, the road of continental integration. Thu 9/27/01 CANADA'S FORCES FALL SHORT: REPORT Canada's forces are woefully inadequate to fight a war, according to a new report by a leading pro-defence group.

25/Sep/2001 GOVERNMENT TOLD TO FIND MONEY TO FIGHT TERRORISM
Pressure is growing for the federal government to cut spending in order to re-allocate funds to combat terrorism. cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/09/25/deficit010925

25/Sep/2001 OTTAWA FREEZES ASSETS OF TERRORIST GROUPS
Ottawa has frozen the assets of any groups identified by the U.S. as having links to terrorism.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/09/25/assets_ott010925

25/Sep/2001 OPPOSITION WANTS GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE ASSETS IN CANADA
Opposition MPs are demanding the minister responsible for Canada's financial institutions give more details about action the government is taking against suspected terrorist organizations.

Mon Sep 24 2001 MANLEY TO HEAD FEDERAL ANTI-TERRORISM COMMITTEE
SOME DELAYS AT CANADA-U.S. BORDER Heightened security on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border has caused some changes to the normally easy crossing. FULL STORY:

Mon 9/24/01 Tory National Council backs Joe Clark's efforts to expand coalition with DRC RICHMOND HILL, Ont. (CP) - The Progressive Conservative grassroots have given Leader Joe Clark the green light to proceed further with the parliamentary coalition with the Democratic Representative Caucus.
The coalition was forged earlier this month, when eight renegade Canadian Alliance members and the Tories formed the parliamentary Progressive Conservative Democratic Representative Coalition.

Saturday, September 22, 2001 Diverted passengers claim refugee status
Some of the foreign travellers diverted to Canadian airports last week due to the terrorist attacks in the United States have refused to leave the country and are applying for refugee status.

Saturday, September 22, 2001 Canada unprepared for biological, chemical terrorism, experts say
TORONTO (CP) - This month's horrific attacks on New York and Washington have raised the spectre of potential terrorist strikes using biological and chemical weapons on North American soil.

Tue 8/14/01 7 Will U.S. learn from errors of the past?: Bush should heed Britishforeign-policy gaffes
Byline: GUY STANLEY
What with our major treaties put on ice, the emerging U.S. foreign policy under the George W. Bush administration might look like policy with the foreign left out.
www.geocities.com/davidnicholson_99/Stanley.htm

2001

Fri 9/21/01CHRÉTIEN SAYS BUSH DIDN'T SNUB CANADA
U.S. President George W. Bush's failure to mention Canada in his address to Congress Thursday night was not a snub, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's office told reporters Friday.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/09/21/snub010921

22/Sep/2001 National Post Undecided overtake opposition: poll
OTTAWA - National opposition parties have sunk so low in public esteem that undecided voters are now more numerous than the combined supporters of the NDP, Canadian Alliance and Tory parties, a new poll suggests.

Thu 9/20/01 IS MARTIN'S 'NO MORE DEFICIT' PLEDGE SAFE?
Faced with added costs and a slowing economy in the aftermath of last week's terrorist attacks, Finance minister Paul Martin's assurances that Canada won't run any more budget deficits aren't sounding quite so unequivocal any more.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/09/20/deficit200901

19/Sep/2001 COLLENETTE STILL EXAMINING AIRLINE BAILOUT PACKAGE
Transport Minister David Collenette said Thursday the federal government is still examining whether to offer a financial bailout to Canada's airlines.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/09/20/bailout_01920

19/Sep/2001 Feds won't push for anglo rights: Dion by ELIZABETH THOMPSON
Municipal mergers, bilingual health services basically outside our jurisdiction, minister says

National Post Monday, September 17, 'Canada at war': Manley
'Shoulder to shoulder': Says government will stand with U.S. even if our soldiers die in battle
OTTAWA - Canada will "unambiguously" join U.S. military action in striking back at terrorism, even if Canadian lives are lost, John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday.
[Not as 'wishie washie' as the PM DTN]
"Canada is at war against terrorism," he said in an interview concerning the government's response to Tuesday's attacks. "The world changed in some very real ways as a result of those events and that is going to force us to look at all aspects of what we do."

Fri 9/7/0 CAW LEADER SAYS MCDONOUGH'S TIME IS UP
The president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, Buzz Hargrove, says it's time for NDP leader Alexa McDonough to move on.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/09/07/hargove010907

Thu 8/30/01 Public pays for federal payroll mess By: BRIAN KAPPLER
It's hard to know whose side to be on in the current dispute between federal civil servants and the government. On the one hand, you have 301 members of Parliament who just three months ago voted themselves a breathtaking 20-per-cent raise. And a cabinet that approved an 8.7-per-cent pay boost for 3,300 civil-service executives. Now, these same bosses have ordered their negotiators to offer 2 per cent a year - less than the increase in the cost of living - to the rank and file. It's enough - almost - to make a taxpayer sympathize with the union.

Tue 8/14/01 7 The next step has to be free trade within Canada
By: BRIAN KAPPLER Quebecers, Bernard Landry likes to remind us, are big free-traders. No country in the world, Pierre Pettigrew often notes, depends more than Canada on foreign trade. And the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement has lifted just about all boats. Canadian exports doubled between 1992 and 1998.
So why has total trade within Canada only limped along, showing just 4.7-per-cent annual growth in that period, while foreign trade grew by almost 12 per cent a year? What's wrong with this picture?

Monday, August 6, 2001 Cellucci wasn’t responding to Manley’s criticisms of U.S.
Speechwriters know his comments were planned well in advance, have been said before
To recapitulate. From his vantage point in Hanoi, on July 25 FM John Manley reportedly criticized the U.S. for refusing to support a proposed inspection protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention of 1972. Likewise, he spoke strongly against weapons in space, said that the U.S. should ratify a nuclear test ban treaty, evidenced concern about U.S. “tendency toward unilateralism,” and desired that we be “collaborative and cooperative, especially with... friends and allies.” Good enough; we have heard Mr. Manley, but unfortunately for even the most articulate, to be heard is not always to be agreed with.
Latest View from Washington by David Jones page

Mon 8/6/01 9:58 AM Canada is disappearing By: ROBERT SIBLEY Ottawa Citizen
You might remember all the huffing and puffing when former premier Lucien Bouchard declared in 1996 that Canada was "not a real country." Such a furor, it was. Indeed, Bouchard eventually retracted his remarks.
He shouldn't have. Five years later, evidence mounts that even the federal Liberal Party is slowly abandoning the idea of Canada as a genuinely sovereign nation-state, and has embarked on a propaganda exercise to convince Canadians the country's disappearance is both inevitable and good.

Wed 8/1/01 6:57 AM Haves vs. have-nots in Victoria By: L. IAN MACDONALD
Every August, the provincial premiers get together for their annual conference, where they always blame their problems on Ottawa and demand that the feds hand over more money. This week, in Victoria, there's an interesting new twist. The premiers are fighting among themselves. About money. What else?

Wed 8/1/01 6:57 AM Flying the flag By: DON MACPHERSON
Apparently, Premier Landry is not alone in being provoked at the sight of the federal government having so many Canadian flags flown in Quebec. He has some sympathy from outside the province, as well. When it was reported recently that 84 per cent of federal sponsorship money in the last fiscal year went to this province, there was the usual huffing and puffing out of Quebec City.

Mon 7/30/01 6:57 AM Canada chooses its battles By: L. IAN MACDONALD
Canada is officially worried about unilateralism, not to say isolationism, in the conduct of foreign policy by U.S. President George W. Bush.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley has developed a checklist of Canadian concerns, including the U.S. refusal to ratify the revised Kyoto accord on global warming and its balking at inspections of biological plants to enforce a convention against germ warfare.

Sun 7/29/01
Canadians are comfortable with the Liberals By: TOMMY SCHNURMACHER
A growing number of our political pundits appear to have developed problems with both arithmetic and geography. These days, you can't pick up a newspaper or watch a public-affairs show without some columnist nattering on about how Canada has become a one-party state.

Mon 7/23/01 7:00 PM ALBERTANS NOT ALL HAPPY WITH G-8 SITE SELECTION Some residents of Kananaskis, Alberta, are anything but excited by the prospect of hosting next year's G-8 summit.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/07/22/g8_kananaskis010722

Tue 8/7/01 7:27 AM A symbol of France By: DON MACPHERSON
It's no wonder that somebody finally drew the country's attention to the fact that the English version of the national anthem discriminates against half the population. The wonder is that it took so long.
For more than 70 years now, English-speaking Canadians have been mindlessly asking in song that their country command true patriot love "in all thy sons," but not its daughters.

Thu 8/2/01 6:57 AM O Canada, ...O God we waist a lot of time in this country! Former prime minister Lester B. Pearson used to grumble about it. Vincent Massey, a former governor-general, once called it "banal, repetitious." They were referring to the English-language lyrics of O Canada, which have been the subject of sporadic episodes of criticism for decades. Now there's a new rap on the national anthem. It's sexist, too.
Jeanne d'Arc Sharp, wife of Mitchell Sharp, mentor and adviser to prime minister Jean Chretien, helped launch a petition drive this week on Parliament Hill to get rid of the phrase "in all thy sons command" and replace it with a variation of "in all of us command" or "in all of our command" or "in all our lives command."

Mon 7/23/01 7:00 PM GROUP PUSHES FOR EQUALITY IN O CANADA! A Liberal senator and an Alberta-based feminist group are not happy with one line in the national anthem. They say girls are being exluded when Canadians sing,
"True patriot love in all thy sons command."
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/07/23/anthem010723

Sat 7/21/01 8:57 AM Canada endorses Kyoto pact
Canada strongly backed a proposed treaty against global warming yesterday, dispelling any notion that its support depends on the United States and rejecting U.S. arguments that the pact is flawed.
"We do not believe the Kyoto Protocol is flawed, as the Americans have said," Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray told a press conference shortly after arriving at the 178-country meeting to discuss the treaty's rules.

Fri 7/20/01 7:00 PM CANADA WANTS CONCESSIONS BEFORE RATIFYING KYOTO Canadian negotiators at the climate change talks in Germany are pushing for action on a controversial issue that could break the negotiations.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/07/19/kyotoa010719

John Manley

15/Jul/2001 9:14 A lack of vision
By: GEOFFREY P. JOHNSTON Freelance
Lacking a coherent vision of international relations under Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley, Canada is ill-prepared to meet the challenges posed by the dynamic Bush administration.
Upon assuming the U. S. presidency, George W. Bush launched a general review of foreign and defence policies, altering long-standing strategies. [Is this our next leader?]

8/Jul/2001 CANADA BACKS CONTINUED WORLD BANK REFORMS Finance Minister Paul Martin joined colleagues from some of the world's richest countries Saturday to discuss efforts being made to better help the planet's poor. cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/07/07/martin_g7010707

Tue 7/3/01 Are Canadians ready for euthanasia debate? By: ASHOK CHANDWANI
Eight times I have done this and it gets better every time, even when we have rain. Prime Minister Jean Chretien, speaking at Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing and reported in The Gazette yesterday, indicates that 75.5 per cent of Canadians (the figure rises to 84.1 per cent in Quebec) oppose prosecuting someone who helps end the life of a person suffering from a painful, incurable illness. ...since the high-profile cases of Sue Rodriguez and Robert Latimer. ...- Humanist in Canada is available at the Double Hook bookstore on Greene Ave. in Westmount. The Web address for the magazine is humanists.net/hic

Tue 7/3/01 Canada ranks No. 3 in Net use: poll
Canadians are the third-most-frequent users of the Internet in the world, topping the rate of use in the United States, according to a newly released study that covered 36 countries. Sixty per cent of Canadians polled this spring said they use the Internet, compared with 57 per cent of U.S. residents. >

Thu 6/28/01 7:00 PM BRONFMAN TAX CASE BACK IN FEDERAL COURT The federal government was back in court on Thursday, fending off a legal challenge to its decision to give a huge tax break to a wealthy Canadian family.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/06/28/bronfman010628

22/Jun/2001 The future of Jean Chretien By: GRETTA CHAMBERS The retirement of Jean Pelletier, the formidable former mayor of Quebec City who has been Jean Chretien's chief of staff and alter ego for the last 10 years, was newsworthy enough to prompt Radio Canada's Le Point to broadcast a live interview with the man known in Ottawa as the "gentleman executioner," noted Le Journal de Montreal's Michel C. Auger.
Pelletier's remarks made headlines the next day. He said Chretien had intended to retire at the Liberal Party convention more than a year ago, but the "deplorable" manoeuvring by Paul Martin supporters made him change his mind. [nonsence it was 'his pepise wife' we hear. DTN

Wed 6/6/01 8:00 PM VETERANS DETERMINED TO BUILD CANADIAN D-DAY MEMORIAL It was 57 years ago that 15,000 Canadian troops poured onto the beaches of Normandy, France. 2,000 died there. [better to give the Vets the money to live better]
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/06/06/dday010606

Wed 6/6/01 8:00 PM BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE MIGHT BOOST ARMY RECRUITMENT The Canadian Armed Forces is hoping young people turned on by the movie Pearl Harbor may be enticed into enlisting.
montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/06/06/army010606

Thu 5/24/01 6:59 AM Free trade begins at home
Here's the great irony in Canadian trade policy. While Canada supports a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas that would stretch from Alaska to Argentina, it's not even able to ensure free trade from Bonavista to Victoria. When it comes to protectionism, nobody does it better than our provincial governments.

Thu 5/24/01 6:59 AM Want to be more prosperous? Copy Ireland By: JAY BRYAN The Gazette
As governments in Canada begin to focus on the need to boost living standards and productivity, a big motivator is the undeniable fact that this country has lagged farther and farther behind our neighbour and dominant economic partner, the U.S.
There is pressure on the Chretien government to pay more attention to how things are done in the U.S., with its lower tax burden, better innovation record and higher productivity growth. And, of course, there is countervailing pressure not to "Americanize" Canada by worrying too much about how things are done across the border.

Tue 5/22/01 7:00 PM MANNING TO JOIN CONSERVATIVE THINK-TANK
Former Reform party leader Preston Manning will join the Fraser Institute when he leaves politics at the end of the year.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/05/22/manning_fraser010522

Sat 5/19/01 7:00 PM CONRAD BLACK TO RENOUNCE CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP Media tycoon Conrad Black has announced that he's giving up his Canadian citizenship in order to claim a British peerage title that Prime Minister Jean Chrétien blocked in 1999. [Chrétien is Dumb & Canada is the loser. DTN]
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/05/19/black_010519

Sat 5/19/01 7:00 PM CANADA NO LONGER NEEDS QUEEN: MANLEY A senior federal cabinet minister is once again calling on Canada to break its historic ties with the British monarchy. [another non event for MANLEY DTN]
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/05/18/monarchy_010517

Mon 5/21/01 6:59 AM Time for a look at Canada's left By: L. IAN MACDONALD
At a staff Christmas party last year, Desmond Morton was thinking out loud about his next, and last, conference at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC).
"Ed Broadbent wants me to do one on the future of the left in Canada," mused Morton, an eminent historian and author or editor of three dozen books.

Thu 5/17/01 7:00 PM FEDS TO PAY OFF $15 BILLION FROM NATIONAL DEBT: MARTIN The federal government will use the entire budget surplus to pay down at least $15 billion of the national debt this year - $5 billion more than originally planned - Finance Minister Paul Martin announced
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/05/17/martin_010517

Thu 5/17/01 7:00 PM ENERGY AND FOOD BOOST INFLATION RATE TO 3.6% Canada's inflation rate soared to 3.6 per cent in April - its highest level in almost 10 years - leading some to wonder whether the Bank of Canada will be quick to match Tuesday's half-percentage point rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
cbc.ca/cgi- bin/view?/news/2001/05/17/inflation2010517

Thu 5/17/01 7:00 PMDEBT DETAILS BUT NO BUDGET DATE FROM MARTIN Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin did some declaring and defending Thursday, announcing a record surplus while arguing there is no need to table a full budget right now.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/05/17/martin_bas_010517

Thu 5/17/01 8:00 PM DEBT DETAILS BUT NO BUDGET DATE FROM MARTIN Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin did some declaring and defending Thursday, announcing a record surplus while arguing there is no need to table a full budget right now.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/05/17/martin_bas_010517

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