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Web Addiction Gets Conscripts Out of Army (Reuters)







Web Addiction Gets Conscripts Out of
Army (Reuters)

Web Addiction Gets Conscripts Out of
Army (Reuters)
08/03/2004 09:23 AM

Reuters - A number of Finnish conscripts have been excused their full term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet, the Finnish Defense Forces said Tuesday.




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