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CDC LIFE SCIENCES <LSI.TO> STAKE SOLD
  Canada Development Corp <CDC.TO> said it
  agreed to sell its 25.2 pct interest in CDC Life Sciences Inc
  to Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, the provincial
  pension fund manager, and Institut Merieux, a French biological
  laboratory company, for 169.2 mln dlrs.
      It said the caisse and Institut Merieux will each buy 2.75
  mln common shares of the company for 30.76 dlrs a share.
      It said following the transaction the caisse will hold
  about 19.3 pct of CDC Life Sciences. Canada Development said
  the purchasers do not plan to acquire the remaining
  publicly-held shares.