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From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
I suspect the Bougainvillians (Bougainvillains?) have a few more urgent topics to attend to. The island's only significant asset is a huge copper mine which has been closed since 1989 when the civil war started. If they can't figure out how to both get the mine open again and to deal with the environmental mess left by the former operator, they won't have much of a country.
Well, sure, but with the copper deposit measured in double-digit billions, it seems sane to assume they've got a plan there... Though given .TV's benefits to Tuvalu, and the number of Scandahoovian businesses that are BVs... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274