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April 1, 2005
Reuters Reports the Pope has Died, But No SMS Text Message Yet
Reuters is now reporting that Pope John Paul II has passed away, according to CNN. The network has not confirmed this yet, though, noting that their correspondents have not received an "automatic message" on their mobile phones from the Vatican, which sounds like there's an SMS text messaging system in place to automatically alert credentialed journalists that the Pope has indeed died. Only time will tell if Reuters jumped the gun or not, though.... -andy
Posted by acarvin at April 1, 2005 1:31 PM
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