Thanks for the link. I'll visit it again. I usually get timely world news from Reuters, through the Excite portal. There are always stories of importance that don't make American news, so I wouldn't consider this a "blackout." Cold, starving refugees amidst dead bodies are always infected with something "rare." But thanks for the lead. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Harris [SMTP:PaulHarris at Bigfoot.com] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:29 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] News blackout? Seems unlikely - there is some mention of it at the BBC: http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/results.pl?q=Congo+Fever+Iran+Pakist an&scope=news&sortby=sortdate&tab=news and Janes is a British company, so that reduces the likelihood (not because the British are more reputable, just because it would have to be controlled in two countries). Speaking as a biased Brit, I find it often helps to go to news.bbc.co.uk for a broader view. Cheers, Paul --- "Is this an honest-to-god news blackout that I am witnessing? Anyone else heard of this story?" _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list