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Web addicts escape army conscription (Reuters)







Web addicts escape army conscription
(Reuters)

Web addicts escape army conscription
(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 Defence Forces says.




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