Or so Sierra Leone's detained rebel leader, Foday Sankoh, told journalists on March 9th, after talking to religious leaders and, reportedly, to rebels in the field by radio-telephone.

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This bill would prohibit a social networking Internet Web site, as defined, from displaying in a designated text field, to the public or other registered users, the home address or telephone number of a registered user of that Internet Web site without consent, as defined.

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The competition between cable, satellite and telephone companies remains fierce and it is conceivable that Apple could come in and mix up the playing field.

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