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Dialog Announces European InfoStar Winners

LONDON (4 December, 2002) — Dialog, a Thomson (NYSE, TSX: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced the European winners of its Quantum2 InfoStar Awards.

The three European InfoStars are:

Dialog made the announcement at Online Information 2002, the world's largest gathering of information industry professionals.

As part of its Quantum2 programme offering professional training and career development services to information professionals worldwide, Dialog is recognising a select group of information professionals from around the world as InfoStars. The awards are given to individuals whose creativity and innovation are inspirational to others in the information field.

"We had a number of outstanding candidates nominated from Europe, and it was a difficult process to narrow them down to just three," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional market development. "The three winners have demonstrated originality and leadership in their work. They have made great contributions to their organisations and to our profession. We're delighted to honour them."

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About Dialog
Dialog, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law.

Today, Dialog's online services — offered through the Dialog®, Dialog Profound®, Dialog DataStar™, NewsEdge and Intelligence Data brands — give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data.

Corporate librarians, knowledge managers, other information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Based in Cary, N.C., USA, Dialog has operations in 31 other countries worldwide. For more information about Dialog, please visit www.dialog.com. Or, please call (U.S./Canada) 800-3-DIALOG or (U.S.) 919-462-8600. Dialog's London office may be reached at (44) (0) 207-940-6900.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of US$7.2 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

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