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To: Ilaine who wrote (4233)	12/16/2002 11:47:07 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 6901

Daily Brickbat Absurd news bites, served fresh every day. By Charles Oliver When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Get There in the Next Decade (12/16) Nepal's Padma Maya Gurung was recently released from jail, where she had been serving time for murder since 1993. Actually, the Supreme Court had commuted her sentence in 1997. So why was she released only this year? The letter containing the court's order finally reached the prison where she was held in June. Gurung says she is very unhappy with the postal service and is suing for compensation.

To: Ilaine who wrote (4233)	12/16/2002 12:36:01 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6901

Agreed.... something is going on...Maybe someone has captured him, and with him, his computer.... Speaking of Maersk Lines, I found this.... pilotonline.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>The United States lost two of its major flagship carriers in the late 1990s. One was Oakland-based APL Ltd., which merged with Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines. The other was Sea-Land Service Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., which was acquired by Maersk Line, a division of the Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller. ``It tells us that it's not a profitable business,'' said Dorto, the Virginia terminals' manager. But other countries haven't been so willing to surrender their flags. Some foreign governments nurture their shipping lines as a matter of pride, economic development or national security. China Shipping Container Line, for example, the world's 17th-largest carrier, is a wholly state-owned enterprise. China Ocean Shipping Co. or Cosco, which ranks seventh, has subsidiaries controlled by the Chinese government. Other Asian nations are closely allied with their home-grown carriers as well. Governments don't have the same profit motive as private enterprises.*** Observers say China's shipping industry exists largely to support a booming export trade, the key to that nation's breathtaking growth and development. <<<<<<<< ***How's that statement for a MASTER UNDERSTATEMENT????