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Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Canadian finance minister John Manley brings down a budget, the last and one of those with the most expenditures in the career of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. It uses money from the federal surplus to replace a portion of the amount the Liberals cut from a variety of programs during their mandate, partially funds the implementation of the Romanow report on health care, and increases military spending.
The World Health Organization confirms that a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Republic of the Congo killed 64. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2776719.stm
An arsonist destroys a train in Daegu, South Korea, killing more than 190.
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