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the late show with steven colbert i next.lia, the ming company rio tinto has apologized for losing a radioactive capsule. the highly poisonous capsule is only 6 millimeters in diameter and could be anywhere in an 87870-mile stretetch of the australilian outback.. this comes on the heels of numerous other controversies involving rio tinto, which has been trying to clean up its image. >> we have more on this lost radioactive capsule story.

the late show with steven colbert i next. good night. >> look at it run >>>> in west australia, the ming company rio tinto has apologized for losing a radioactive capsule. the highly poisonous capsule is only 6 millimeters in diameter and could be anywhere in an 87870-mile stretetch of the australilian outback.. this comes on the heels of numerous other controversies involving rio tinto, which has been trying to clean up its image. >> we have more on this lost radioactive capsule story. we go now live to bill dundee, spokesman for rio tinto, at the site. how is the search going, bill? >> we feel confident we'll locate this aspirin-sized capsule lost in 850 miles of arid desert wasteland quickly. >> what does the recovery effort look like so far? >> we are doing everything possible to find what we've codenamed baby chernobyl, including boots on the ground, as well as these milk cartons "have you seen me? if so, alert your local crematorium immediately." >> what about the radioactive threat to all living things? >> i'm here to

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