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• InI 10:33 on February 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Climate Refugees ( 2 ), India ( 156 ), Iran ( 252 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Patriot Act ( 8 ), Vanunu ( 12 )   

  CounterCurrents Newsletter 27 February, 2010 — Going Local 

  Giant Iceberg Breaks Free From Antarctic In Collision By Steve Connor
  An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken away from the Antarctic continent and is drifting towards an area of the Southern Ocean that plays a critical role in driving the world’s ocean circulation – the global “conveyor belt” of circulating sea water
  http://www.countercurrents.org/connor270210.htm

  White Lie By Uri Avnery
  This coming Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Israel will consider an application by a group of Israeli citizens to compel the Interior Ministry to register them as belonging to the “Israeli nation”.The Israeli Interior Ministry recognizes 126 nations, but not the Israeli nation. An Israeli citizen can be registered as belonging to the Assyrian, the Tatar or the Circassian nation. But the Israeli nation? Sorry, no such thing
  http://www.countercurrents.org/avnery270210.htm

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• InI 10:17 on February 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Danny Schecter ( 21 ), democrats ( 15 ), republicans ( 6 )   

  RECONCILE THIS By Danny Schechter 

  28 February, 2010 — Mediachannel

  Reconciliation is one of those words that sounds great when used in another country

  Right-wing whites along with the rest of the world embraced South Africa’s peace and reconciliation process as a way to put apartheid crimes on the record without a punitive witch-hunt that would intensify racial and political tensions. Archbishop Desmond Tutu chaired a panel to hear evidence without the power to execute or imprison or execute wrongdoers.

  The idea was to disclose the truth while attempting to bring a dangerously polarized society together. Forgiveness, it was thought, could help the country move on.

  In the US, at least these days, reconciliation has another meaning and purpose; to allow legislators to find compromises in enacting legislation by reconciling Senate and House versions of the bill.

  Republicans used this tool to pass the Reagan budgets and Bush tax cuts that benefited the wealthy and arguably helped bankrupt the economy. Their legislative maneuver was justified as a necessary method of getting done what they wanted done. There was no moralizing about it, no shame.

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• InI 08:14 on February 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Afghanistan ( 431 ), Binyam Mohamed ( 7 ), Blackwater ( 28 ), Free Gaza ( 45 ), Iraq ( 493 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Kandahar ( 19 ), MI5 ( 13 ), Mossad ( 47 ), NATO ( 873 )   

  URUK Net 26 February, 2010: Israeli forces commemorate Goldstein Massacre with tear gas and sound bombs 

  Updates on the Iraqi “Elections”
  Layla Anwar
  UPDATE 26th February 2010 – … A martial law/curfew will take effect in all of Iraq, starting on the eve of the 6th of March and that for 48 hours. That will include the closing down of ALL borders, airports, streets, etc…(some democracy huh !) – Killings continue in Baghdad and its provinces. In Baghdad,- Hurriya district, 4 women gunned down by the silencer, Baghdad’s morgue is receiving more bodies – total number so far 70, killing of a judge by the famous silencer and the number of judges killed since 2003 according to the puppet police is 15. – a cheap ploy by Al.Maliki’s government in encouraging 20’000 members of the ex-Iraqi army to apply for jobs in the government. A cheap ploy and a dangerous one because last time a similar offer was made, about 2 years ago, hundreds of ex army officers presented themselves for their pension and were murdered in broad daylight in front of the ministries. So if any of you are reading this – make sure you don’t fall in this trap, however difficult your situation is now…

  Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=63682

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• InI 07:36 on February 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

  Military Resistance 8B18 28 February, 2010: Up Close And Personal 

  Obama’s War
  These remarkable combat photos begin when a U.S. army armored vehicle is hit by an IED Feb. 23, 2010. The photos were taken minutes after the attack by AP photographer Brennan Linsley in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

  Military Resistance 8B18-280210

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• InI 07:29 on February 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

  Military Resistance 8B17: KIA 27 February, 2010 – Defectors From Taliban Betrayed And Abandoned 

  “They Idle Away The Days Debating Whether To Return To The Insurgency, As Some Already Have” “If I Have No Choice, I Have To Become A Talib”

  Military Resistance 8B17-270210

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• InI 12:55 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: F. William Engdahl ( 17 ), Federal Reserve ( 29 ), gold ( 11 )   

  Unsustainable Deficits and Bond Boycotts: Panic at the Fed or Back to Financial Normalcy? By F. William Engdahl 

  24 February, 2010 — Global Research

  The decision of the US Federal Reserve to raise its key interest rate was definitely not a sign of confidence in the US economic recovery or a signal that Fed policy is slowly returning to normal as claimed. It was rather a signal of panic over the weakness in US Government bond markets, the heart of the dollar financial system.

  Financial markets have reacted with jubilation, by buying dollars and selling Euros, at the decision by the Fed to raise rates for the first time since 2006 for its so-called Discount Rate, going from 0.5% to 0.75%. The Discount Rate is the interest rate charged for banks to borrow from the central bank. At the same time the Fed left its more important short-term Fed Funds rate unchanged and historically low — between 0.0% and 0.25%. In its official statement the Board of Governors said the rate move was intended to push private banks back into the private inter-bank borrowing market and away from reliance on Federal Reserve subsidized money which had been provided since the financial crisis began in August 2007.

  The decision, in plain words, was framed so as to give the impression of a return to business as usual. At the same time, financial players like George Soros continue to speak openly about the fundamental weakness of the Euro. This has the effect of taking speculative pressure away from fundamentally worse economic and financial fundamentals within the dollar zone at the expense of the Euro. The reality is that the dollar world is anything but returning to normal.

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• InI 12:07 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 911 ( 49 ), Avatar ( 4 ), Climate ( 52 ), Dubai ( 27 ), Egypt ( 327 ), Haiti ( 182 ), India ( 156 ), Iraq ( 493 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Mossad ( 47 )   

  CounterCurrents Newsletter 26 February, 2010 – The Economics Of Happiness 

  9/11: The Road To Armageddon By Paul Craig Roberts
  The morons in Washington are pushing the envelope of nuclear war. The insane drive for American hegemony threatens life on earth. The American people, by accepting the lies and deceptions of “their” government, are facilitating this outcome
  http://www.countercurrents.org/roberts260210.htm

  Listen To The Heroes Of Israel By John Pilger
  In his latest column John Pilger reminds us of the struggle by an extraordinary few in Israel against the repression and lawlessness of the occupation of Palestine. They are the inspiration to break the loud silence in the Jewish diaspora
  http://www.countercurrents.org/pilger260210.htm

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• InI 11:58 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 911 ( 49 ), Bill Gates ( 3 ), Climate ( 52 ), Ethan Bronner ( 6 ), Iraq ( 493 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Mossad ( 47 ), Nakba ( 33 ), New York Times ( 88 )   

  CounterCurrents Newsletter 25 February, 2010 – Global Sweatshop Wage Slavery 

  Mainstream Media Questions Inaccuracies In 9/11 Story
  By Tim King
  The mainstream press is showing interest in a taboo, however glaring subject; the inconsistencies in the Bush White House 9/11 account.The Washington Times published yesterday a story questioning official account
  http://www.countercurrents.org/king250210.htm

  The Truth About 9/11 By Elizabeth Woodworth
  In the past year, in response to emerging independent science on the 9/11 attacks, nine corporate, seven public, and two independent media outlets aired analytic programs investigating the official account. Increasingly, the issue is treated as a scientific controversy worthy of debate, rather than as a “conspiracy theory” ignoring science and common sense. This essay presents these media analyses in the form of 18 case studies
  http://www.countercurrents.org/woodworth250210.htm

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• InI 11:53 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Big Pharma ( 8 ), Che Guevara ( 2 ), Darfur ( 10 ), Dubai ( 27 ), Gaza ( 834 ), Haiti ( 182 ), Iran ( 252 ), Iraq ( 493 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), NATO ( 873 )   

  CounterCurrents Newsletter 24 February, 2010 – The Darfur Crisis: Blood, Hunger And Oil 

  Darfur Deal Signed By Aljazeera
  A number of Darfur’s armed groups have begun informal talks in Qatar, attempting to find a common platform to engage the Sudanese government in a move towards ending the seven-year conflict. Discussions were under way on Wednesday between the Justice Equality Movement (Jem) and some of the smaller Darfur factions, a day after Jem signed a ceasefire deal with the government
  http://www.countercurrents.org/aljazeera240210.htm

  The Darfur Crisis: Blood, Hunger And Oil By Mohamed Hassan
  Is the first genocide of the 21st century happening now in Darfur? This Sudanese province is the theater of a conflict on which the international opinion is rallying. As for any struggle on the African ground, we receive the same images of misery: men are tearing, children are crying and blood is flowing. Africa is however the richest continent in the world. Mohamed Hassan unveils the origins of the African paradox and remembers us that if Sudan shelters different ethnics and religions, it has above all an abundance of oil
  http://www.countercurrents.org/hassan240210.htm

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• InI 10:44 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: BRIC ( 7 ), India ( 156 ), Iskander ( 2 ), NATO ( 873 ), Pakistan ( 285 ), Ukraine ( 39 )   

  Strategic Culture Foundation 21-26 February, 2010 

  2010-02-23
  Anatoly ALIFEROV
  The Iskander Missiles as the Guarantee of Normal Coexistence of Russia and Europe
  Russia went public with the plan to deploy the Iskander missiles at its western frontier – in the Kaliningrad region or on the territories of neighboring countries, but the process of probing into Washington’s reaction is clearly taking too long. In politics, failure to appreciate the importance of acting quickly invariably creates problems, the above situation being a vivid example. The Iskanders are a remarkably potent weapon but it appears that Moscow risks playing the card as a minor element in the diplomatic game…” read more…
  http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=2798

  2010-02-21
  Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India)
  India-Pakistan Talks after 26/11
  “On 25 February 2010 India and Pakistan are going to resume foreign secretary level of talks after almost a hiatus of more than one year… The last year meeting between Indian Prime Minister and Pakistan President at Yekaterinburg in Russia at the sidelines of the BRIC summit, and later the meeting between Indian and Pakistan Prime Ministers at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt virtually produced nothing in substance…”
  http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=2799

  2010-02-26
  Hannes HOFBAUER (Austria)
  Ukraine: Post-orange challenges
  “After ten months of tricky tactical games playing on electoral procedures and acknowledgements, the orange period of the post-communist Ukraine finally came to an end… After the acknowledgement of Yanukovych ‘s victory, Ukraine could come back to normality. The obstacle to a normal development is the bare and narrow manner of the outcome. The country – still – is divided… The biggest challenge of Yanukovych‘s presidency is the economic one. If he fails here, social and political unrest are likely to regain the situation…”
  http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=2812

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• InI 10:14 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Building 7 ( 3 )   

  Mainstream Media Questions Inaccuracies in 9/11 Story By Tim King 

  27 February, 2010 — Palestine Think Tank – Salem-News.com

  The Washington Times publishes story questioning official account.

  

  Newly released photos of New York on September 11, 2001 by the NY Police Association

  The mainstream press is showing interest in a taboo, however glaring subject; the inconsistencies in the Bush White House 9/11 account.

  As The Washington Post reports today, “A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000 tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center.”

  The problems with the official federal stories are endless and according to some of the world’s top minds, the suggested account is impossible[1].

  When we first began to write about these seemingly pressing questions, our Web Designer Matt Lintz caught the U.S. Air Force attempting to hack into Salem-News.com[2].

  One person who has never let the matter fade away is Richard Gage. He’s a San Francisco architect and founder of the nonprofit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.

  Gage told The Washington Times, “In order to bring down this kind of mass in such a short period of time, the material must have been artificially, exploded outwards.”

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• InI 09:48 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Israel ( 1,983 ), propaganda ( 83 ), the Observer ( 7 ), Zionism ( 366 )   

  Ibrahim Hewitt – The Observer, Israel and the language of war 

  26 February, 2010 — Palestine Think Tank [Also in Spanish below]

  A leader writer in the Observer newspaper (“Israel can accelerate peace by exercising restraint” 21 February) really must be taken to task over the language that was used in the column. In seeking to analyse the Israel-Palestine situation the writer slipped into the sort of terminology that serves to highlight the difficulties of discussing this issue in a non-partisan fashion. Being particular about the terminology used is not mere semantics, for it can and does reveal an underlying mindset. Nowhere is the old saying “one man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter” more accurately applied than in discussions about the conflict in the Holy Land.

  The Observer claims that “Israel and the Palestinians are in a state of perpetual war”, so it is surely unreasonable and inaccurate for the writer to refer subsequently in the same article to Palestinian “terrorists”. Wars have combatants on opposing sides but the post-9/11 American-led narrative – with the “war on terror” – has blurred the distinction to the extent that it is now acceptable – indeed, de rigueur – to refer to anyone struggling against Western hegemony as a terrorist. It is surprising that a newspaper like the Observer has fallen for this deception. It is equally surprising that the conflict between the Israeli occupiers and the occupied Palestinians is actually described as a “perpetual war”, implying that this is a conventional confrontation between two sides each having some degree of equivalence in terms of military capabilities; it isn’t and they don’t. Israel is a nuclear state with an army equipped with the most up-to-date technology imaginable. The Palestinians are a largely civilian population; even a future Palestinian state will, if Israel has its way (which it no doubt will), be forbidden from having its own army beyond lightly-armed “security” forces whose task is and will remain, according to the Oslo accords, to uphold the security of Israel first and foremost.

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• InI 09:34 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Gaza ( 834 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Operation Cast Lead ( 370 ), war crimes ( 101 ), Zionism ( 366 )   

  Tzipi Livni: "the ONLY targets are Military targets" A Video by Shadi Nassar 

  27 February, 2010 — Palestine Think Tank

  A truly outstanding video by Shadi Nassar that shows clips of Tzipi Livni and others, during the Israeli wanton destruction of Gaza known as “Operation Cast Lead”. Her words contradict the actions of her government and army.

  more about “Tzipi Livni: “the ONLY targets are Mi…“, posted with vodpod

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• InI 09:20 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: NATO ( 873 ), Ukraine ( 39 )   

  Ukraine: Post-orange challenges By Hannes HOFBAUER 

  26 February, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

  After ten months of tricky tactical games playing on electoral procedures and acknowledgements, the orange period of the post-communist Ukraine finally came to an end. As if the elections of 2004 were repeated, the electorate again voted for Viktor Yanukovych. This time the attempts to complain about falsifications were not successful; no tents were seen in the streets of Kiev, no social, no national protest heard. And Yulia Tymoshenko gave up to ask for a repetition 12 days after the results were published when she withdrew her appeal against the election result, which had been approved by the court in the meanwhile.

  Before her confession of her own defeat, numerous attempts to extend the orange period were undertaken. The first serious attempt was done by Viktor Yushchenko in May 2009 when he overthrew a parliamentary decision from the 1st of April 2009 that fixed the date for the presidential elections for the 25th of October 2009. 400 out of 450 parliamentarians voted for this date, nevertheless Yuchchenko postponed the process till the 17th of January 2010. In the meanwhile his former partner from orange times, Yulia Tymoshenko worked on a de-democratisation of presidency by trying to change the constitution, so that the electorate would be excluded from future presidential elections. The measure of Yushchenko aimed at gaining time not so much for himself – he lost all the chances to get re-elected long before –, but for a successor supporting the same Western pro-NATO-policy than he did. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, ex-foreign minister and high-degree Westerner could not profit from this postponement. The measure of Tymoshenko aimed at a possible parliamentary post-orange majority to avoid a dangerous public election that could have discredited the orange revolution post mortem. As it afterwards did. After the acknowledgement of Yanukovych ‘s victory, Ukraine could come back to normality. The obstacle to a normal development is the bare and narrow manner of the outcome. The country – still – is divided.

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• InI 09:09 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Europe ( 59 ), Iskander ( 2 ), Russia ( 181 ), Strategic Culture ( 9 )   

  The Iskander Missiles as the Guarantee of Normal Coexistence of Russia and Europe By Anatoly ALIFEROV 

  23 February, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

  Russia went public with the plan to deploy the Iskander missiles at its western frontier – in the Kaliningrad region or on the territories of neighboring countries, but the process of probing into Washington’s reaction is clearly taking too long. In politics, failure to appreciate the importance of acting quickly invariably creates problems, the above situation being a vivid example. The Iskanders are a remarkably potent weapon but it appears that Moscow risks playing the card as a minor element in the diplomatic game. One gets an impression that the threat to deploy the missiles in the Kaliningrad region has been aired too long for NATO on the whole or even Poland and the Czech Republic to take it seriously.

  If this is the case and the powerful weapon is depreciated due to the evident lack of determination to use it, the adversary has reasons to conclude that the threat is nonexistent. In other words, NATO feels free to go on expanding east in line with its strategy and to disregard Russia’s objections as verbiage.

  Recently Russian Minister of Defense and vehement proponent of the army reform A. Serdyukov inadvertently contributed to NATO’s resolution to make inroads into the post-Soviet geopolitical space. He said in Finland on February 19 that if Europe poses no threats to Russia there would be no Iskanders in the Kaliningrad region – they would be deployed only if threats emerge.

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• The Editor 08:49 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Goldstone ( 35 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Palestine ( 495 ), VTJP ( 51 ), VTJP Palestine ( 52 )   

  VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 February, 2010: PCHR expresses 'grave concern' over UNGA action on Goldstone 

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• InI 08:49 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Goldstone ( 35 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Palestine ( 495 ), VTJP ( 51 ), VTJP Palestine ( 52 )   

  VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 February, 2010: PCHR expresses ‘grave concern’ over UNGA action on Goldstone 

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• InI 08:16 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Blackwater ( 28 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Palestine ( 495 )   

  URUK Net 25 February, 2010 Part 2: Senate Panel Blasts Blackwater Over Theft of Assault Weapons, Civilian Deaths 

  Challenging History: Why the Oppressed Must Tell Their Own Story
  Ramzy Baroud
  February 25, 2010 – When American historian Howard Zinn passed away recently, he left behind a legacy that redefined our relationship to history altogether. Professor Zinn dared to challenge the way history was told and written. In fact he went as far as to defy the conventional construction of historical discourses through the pen of victor or of elites who earned the right of narration though their might, power and affluence. This kind of history might be considered accurate insofar as it reflects a self-seeking and self-righteous interpretation of the world by a very small number of people. But it is also highly inaccurate when taking into account the vast majority of peoples everywhere. The oppressor is the one who often articulates his relationship to the oppressed, the colonialist to the colonized, and the slave-master to the slave. The readings of such relationships are fairly predictable…

  Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=63666

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• InI 08:15 on February 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Bernanke ( 17 ), Blackwater ( 28 ), Dubai ( 27 ), Iran ( 252 ), Iraq ( 493 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Mossad ( 47 ), Yemen ( 134 )   

  ICH 26 February, 2010: Weekend Edition – An American Cry for Help 

  A “Good” Terrorist Captured by Iran
  By Ray McGovern
  If this kind of scenario is allowed to play out, hostilities with Iran will make the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan look like volleyball games between Mount Saint Ursula and Holy Name high schools. Can President Obama be so naïve as to be unaware of the stakes here?
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24878.htm

  Democrats Pull Provision on Penalizing Intel Personnel for Interrogation Methods
  By The Associated Press
  The House approved an intelligence agency bill Friday after Democratic leaders hastily removed a provision that would have imposed prison sentences for personnel using “cruel, inhuman and degrading” interrogation techniques.
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24880.htm

  The Road to Armageddon
  By Paul Craig Roberts
  If the U.S. government can murder its citizens abroad it can murder them at home, and has done so.
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24872.htm

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• InI 17:13 on February 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Iraq ( 493 ), Israel ( 1,983 ), Mahmoud al-Mabhouh ( 4 ), Mossad ( 47 ), Nakba ( 33 ), Torture ( 79 )   

  URUK Net 25 February, 2010: Tormenting the dead 

  US Using Iraqi Political Discord to Justify Continuance of Occupation
  Dahr Jamail
  February 25, 2010 – As Iraqi national elections on March 7 approach, violence and political discord in the country have escalated dramatically. On February 22, Gen. Ray Odierno, the top US commander in Iraq, announced that the US was preparing contingency plans to delay the withdrawal of all combat forces from Iraq if violence or political instability increases after the national elections scheduled for March 7.There are approximately 96,000 US military personnel in Iraq. Under President Obama’s current plan, which is a continuation of George W. Bush’s policy in Iraq, the stated intention is to cut the number of US troops in Iraq to 50,000 by August 31. The US government plans to keep at least 50,000 troops in Iraq indefinitely, as a so-called training force for Iraqi security forces…

  Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=63650

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