Spilled tea on iBook, help!

My daughter knocked over a cup of tea onto my laptop, and I can't get it to start up again. Not much liquid got onto the computer, and what was visible, I dried immediately.
I tried booting it off the install CD, but it can't find the hard drive. Restarting shows the folder with the flashing question mark. I also tried resetting the PRAM, to no avail.
Is there anything I can do? Last backup was on the 8th, so several days would be lost. Help! Thanks.

It's very important the machine thoroughly dries, otherwise corrosion will occur on the circuitry.
As the previous poster suggested remove the keyboard. If you know how to remove the RAM, it would be helpful to do so and dry it, as well as the socket its inserted into (gently dabbing both with a paper towel).
This is a good, albeit painful, lesson in keeping liquids away from the computer. Two computers ago I spilled a fruit smoothie onto my desktop's keyboard - not a pretty sight.

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