----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Levine" <jo...@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 j...@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
