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emad

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Mon Apr-26-04 10:31 AM
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Last Updated: Monday, 26 April, 2004, 13:31 GMT 14:31 UK

From BBC News
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A Qatari diplomat has been recorded driving at three times the speed limit in the tunnel linking France to Italy.

The man - who has not been named - is believed to have broken the record for the fastest time recorded in the Mont Blanc tunnel.

His car was doing 214 km/h (125 mph) in a 70 km/h limit.

Speed limits are strictly enforced since the tunnel reopened in 2002, after a vehicle fire turned it into an inferno, killing 39 people.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3660105.stm

Maybe he had Saddam in the back...isn't Qatar the place he's being held?

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Frederic Bastiat

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Mon Apr-26-04 10:38 AM
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1. Has to be a Porsche

It would be dumb to push a factoy model car such as a BMW/Merc/Audi through a tunnel at that speed.

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Mon Apr-26-04 10:41 AM
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2. Please fix your subject line

Thanks

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