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The separatists of Quebec finally saw their dream come true, with 68% of the electorate voting to secede from Canada. Observers credit the swing to the falling birthrate among the province's English-speaking communities. Campaigners from the No camp predicted Quebec's economy would suffer once French became the official language. But Henri Dumas, professor of economics at McGill University in Montreal, said their claims were exaggerated. MF The US has deployed its space-based laser for the first time in war, destroying Saudi Islamic Front targets in the Dhahran region. SIF sources admitted to casualties running into the hundreds as the Euro-American alliance carried out its threat to use the new hybrid laser/particle beam system. Repeated strikes from the system forced SIF units into retreat as Saudi divisions began to take the offensive. PR Since Britain decreed four years ago that all cars should be built with devices that prevent them exceeding the speed limit (developed for long-distance lorries in the 1990s), there has been a brisk trade in black-market 'chipped' cars that have been altered to enable them to achieve their maximum speed. The most popular models are sports cars. Last year alone Essex police confiscated 6,000 illegal vehicles. DJ