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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47776)	2/11/2005 6:29:43 PM
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Today in history-February 11: National Foundation Day in Japan 1873 - King Amadeo I of Spain abdicated, proclaimed at the Cortes Generales that Spanish people were "ungovernable," and left the country. 1919 - Friedrich Ebert became the first Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic. 1929 - The first Lateran treaty was signed, establishing Vatican City as an independent sovereign state within Italy. 1963 - The Beatles began recording for their first album, Please Please Me. 1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, and eventually became the Supreme Leader of the Islamic republic. February 11: National Foundation Day in Japan

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47776)	2/12/2005 5:59:10 AM
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The redback is one of the most common of Australia's seemingly endless supply of poisonous pests. A distant cousin of the American black widow, it is distinguished by a red stripe on the shiny black, thumbnail-sized body of the larger female. Scientists describe the redback's existence as "amoral" because of their unique mating behavior in which males give themselves up to the deadly females to be killed and eaten after mating. "It's all about foreplay. If he doesn't have the moves, she's not going to be interested," said Sydney Taronga Zoo exhibit supervisor Warrick Angus, who said he kept a redback as a pet.