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"It's an invasion! Let us alone!" That was Pierre Rondot's reaction last Thursday to a flight attendant's announcement that, as part of a three-month experiment, passengers were free to use their cell phones to make voice calls during Air France flight #2142 between Paris and Geneva. Full story

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