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Dialog Seeks Asian Pacific Applicants for 2004 Roger K. Summit Scholarship

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA (10 November 2003) — Dialog, a Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today said that it is seeking applicants from Asian Pacific countries for its second Roger K. Summit Scholarship to be awarded in the region.

The company will award a scholarship of AU$5,000 (or equivalent in local currency) to a student enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences course in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, The Philippines, Vietnam or another Asian Pacific country.

The deadline for applicants is Friday, 27 February 2004. Applications are available online at gep.dialog.com/scholarship/. The winner will be announced in March 2004.

Dialog awards three Roger K. Summit Scholarships annually, one each in North America, Europe and Middle East, and in the Asia Pacific region. A panel of local information professionals and educators selects the regional winners after reviewing academic achievement, interest in electronic information services, proficiency using the online services offered by Dialog, and faculty recommendations.

In 2003, Dialog awarded its first Asian Pacific Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Wei Ping Yu of the University of New South Wales. That announcement was made at the 11th Information Online Conference and Exhibition in Sydney, organised by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

The scholarship program is part of an array of Dialog initiatives in support of professional development. It is named in honour of Dr. Roger K. Summit, Dialog founder and a well-known pioneer in the online information field. Summit is chairman emeritus of Dialog.

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

Today, the online services provided by Dialog — 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. Information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organisations 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. Dialog (www.dialog.com) is a business of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). With 2002 revenues from continuing operations of US$7.5 billion, Thomson (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.

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