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Internet, SMS shortly ease pain of SARS.  

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╨╧рб▒с>■  8:■   7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ье┴5@ Ё┐0 +bjbj╧2╧2 (<нXнXr н      ИЪЪЪЪЪЪЪоооо8ц Є4оMv22222222╠╬╬╬╬╬╬$├R┌ЄЪ22222ЄЪЪ22ЪЪЪ2Ъ2Ъ2╠Ъ2╠ЪЪмЪЪм2& РМьpПС╟о2^м╠0Mмя Р я мооЪЪЪЪя Ъм 22Ъ22222ЄЄЪInternet, SMS shortly ease pain of SARS Author: (LI WEITAO) The deadly SARS virus plaguing China appears to have been a god-send for the nation's mobile message and Internet service providers. As people reduce their face-to-face contacts with others, or hide at home from the disease, e-communications are booming. Many people are surfing the Net for information about the mysterious, and highly contagious virus and using e-mail to keep in touch with friends and family. "TV and the Internet have become the major sources of information for me during the SARS epidemic," said Gu Nan, an employee with a multinational's Beijing branch. The contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has in recent weeks claimed hundreds of lives worldwide and left thousands in hospitals. Gu and his colleagues have been forced to work in shifts from home to try to prevent SARS' spread. "I prefer...

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