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Today's Reuters World News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Clinton highlights democracy on last day of Myanmar trip Al Qaeda says group kidnapped American in Pakistan Army official sees Egypt's foreign reserves plunging Egypt awaits poll results, Tahrir protest planned Qaeda's Zawahri says group kidnapped American in Pakistan Analysis: Confusion not progress expected at Afghan meet EU may study oil embargo on Iran; China urges calm Sarkozy says governments must keep control of EU Chavez plans first post-cancer trip to Argentina Clinton offers Myanmar first rewards for reform Croatia center-left to take power as economy sinks Syria on cusp of civil war, death toll 4,000: U.N. Second Afghan security handover starts Guinea Bissau president Sanha hospitalized in France Factbox: Main parties, issues in Croatia election Factbox: Next EU member Croatia votes for government Yemen opposition says government agreed, 12 killed in Taiz Italy recalls its ambassador from Iran: Minister Greeks strike over government's "starvation" budget Bomb, gunmen kill 18 as Iraq marks U.S. withdrawal EU Commission extends bank aid rules, cites market tensions Yemeni forces shell city of Taiz, 5 killed Barak says no Israeli attack on Iran anytime soon NATO attack could hurt war on terror: Pakistan NATO attack could hurt war on terror: Pakistan Gbagbo's ICC court appearance set for Monday Tibetan Buddhist leader shies from mantle of power China, southeast Asian neighbors to patrol Golden Triangle Bomb targets official in Pakistan's Peshawar: police In world's biggest democracy, parliament doesn't work U.S. denies NATO attack on Pakistani troops deliberate Analysis: As Indonesia strikes it rich, workers start to strike Factbox: Transparency International's global corruption index Global corruption index reflects Arab Spring unrest Egyptians await poll results, Islamists see gains NATO attack on Pakistani troops not deliberate: U.S. Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq Iraq mulling U.S. bid to keep custody of detainee EU to blacklist Syrian oil firm: diplomatic sources Congo's Kamerhe withdraws call to annul elections Clinton highlights democracy on last day of Myanmar trip Thu,1 Dec 2011 07:15 PM PST Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a final meeting with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday as she wrapped up a landmark visit to Myanmar which saw the new civilian government pledge to forge ahead with political reforms and re-engage with the world community. Clinton and Suu Kyi - the Nobel laureate who has come to symbolize the pro-democracy aspirations of Myanmar's people - held a private dinner on Thursday and met again on Friday at Suu Kyi's lakeside home, effectively her prison until she was released last November after years in detention. ... Full Story Top Al Qaeda says group kidnapped American in Pakistan Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:08 PM PST Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries in exchange for his freedom, according to an Internet statement. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri also said in an audio recording issued on Islamist websites late on Thursday that a senior al Qaeda leader based in Pakistan known as Attiyatullah had been killed in a U.S. air strike in August. ... Full Story Top Army official sees Egypt's foreign reserves plunging Thu,1 Dec 2011 03:21 PM PST Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's foreign reserves will plunge by a third to $15 billion by the end of January and the budget deficit will grow, possibly leading to a review of sensitive subsidies, an army official said on Thursday. Reserves have tumbled since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak as foreigners have fled and tourists packed their bags, hurting two of Egypt's main sources of hard currency. The central bank put reserves at $22 billion at the end of October, down $2 billion from a month earlier and showing a faster fall than in previous months. ... Full Story Top Egypt awaits poll results, Tahrir protest planned Thu,1 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties look set to win on Friday, and protesters have called a rally to remember 42 people killed in clashes with police last month. Islamist success at the polls in the most populous Arab nation would reinforce a trend in North Africa. Moderate Islamists lead governments in Morocco and post-uprising Tunisia after election wins in the last two months. Egyptians voting freely for the first time since army officers ousted the king in 1952 seem willing to give Islamists a chance. ... Full Story Top Qaeda's Zawahri says group kidnapped American in Pakistan Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries in exchange for his freedom, according to an Internet statement. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri also said in an audio recording issued on Islamist websites late on Thursday that a senior al Qaeda leader based in Pakistan known as Attiyatullah had been killed in a U.S. air strike in August. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Confusion not progress expected at Afghan meet Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:48 PM PST Reuters - KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Next week's Bonn conference on Afghanistan was supposed to offer a chance to renew Western commitment to stabilize the Asian nation as foreign troops head home after a decade battling the Taliban. Instead it looks set to be a high-profile reminder of the West's tortuous ties with a country where they have sunk billions of dollars, and of Afghanistan's uncertain future as NATO nations facing economic crisis at home try to pull loose from a costly war some believe can no longer be won outright. ... Full Story Top EU may study oil embargo on Iran; China urges calm Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:25 PM PST Reuters - BRUSSELS/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The European Union tightened sanctions against Iran on Thursday and laid out plans for a possible embargo of its oil in response to mounting Western suspicions that Tehran plans to build nuclear weapons. China, the biggest buyer of Iranian crude, stepped in to warn against "emotionally charged actions" that might aggravate the row over the storming of Britain's embassy in Tehran. Top U.S. officials said they wanted to sanction Iran's central bank in a calibrated manner to avoid roiling oil markets or antagonizing allies. Their approach clashes with that of U.S. ... Full Story Top Sarkozy says governments must keep control of EU Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST Reuters - TOULON, France (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy, under pressure from a spiraling euro zone debt crisis five months before a presidential election, told France on Thursday the euro bloc needs closer and stricter coordination of national budgets to survive. Seeking to reassure the public ahead of a Franco-German push to redraw the European Union's founding treaty, Sarkozy promised that reforming Europe would mean closer inter-governmental cooperation, not handing control to a supra-national body. ... Full Story Top Chavez plans first post-cancer trip to Argentina Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:46 PM PST Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he would travel to Argentina this month on his first official trip abroad since cancer treatment and a further show of vigor prior to a re-election run. "I want to go, I will go to Buenos Aires for the assumption of power," Chavez said of the scheduled December 10 swearing-in of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez for a second term. Apart from trips to Cuba for medical treatment, the normally globe-trotting Chavez has not been abroad since surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his stomach in June. ... Full Story Top Clinton offers Myanmar first rewards for reform Thu,1 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - The United States will support more aid for Myanmar and consider installing an ambassador after an absence of some two decades, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, offering the first rewards for reform. Clinton said she had "candid, productive" conversations with President Thein Sein and other Myanmar ministers and told them Washington stood ready to support further reforms and possibly lift sanctions. ... Full Story Top Croatia center-left to take power as economy sinks Thu,1 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST Reuters - ZAGREB (Reuters) - A center-left opposition bloc is on course to take power in Croatia on Sunday but faces a tougher fight to revive the ex-Yugoslav republic's flagging economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. Voters look set to punish Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's conservative HDZ for corruption scandals and rising unemployment. The opposition bloc, led by the Social Democrats (SDP) of former diplomat Zoran Milanovic and known as Kukuriku, is forecast to win a majority of the 151 seats in parliament, according to a poll on Wednesday by Ipsos Puls. ... Full Story Top Syria on cusp of civil war, death toll 4,000: U.N. Thu,1 Dec 2011 11:41 AM PST Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria is on the cusp of civil war as rebel soldiers and others take up arms against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the top U.N. human rights official said on Thursday. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told a news conference 4,000 people were already known to have died in the unrest in Syria this year. "But really the reliable information coming to us is that it is much more than that," she added. ... Full Story Top Second Afghan security handover starts Thu,1 Dec 2011 11:38 AM PST Reuters - CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Foreign troops began the second stage of a security handover that aims to put Afghans in charge of the whole country by the end of 2014 with a ceremony on Thursday in a small town on the plains north of Kabul. This new phase of a years-long transfer program will extend Afghan security coverage to half the population, and move beyond the largely showpiece areas chosen for the first stage. ... Full Story Top Guinea Bissau president Sanha hospitalized in France Thu,1 Dec 2011 10:43 AM PST Reuters - BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanha, who has suffered health problems since taking office in 2009, has been hospitalized in France, a source at Guinea Bissau's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The president of the tiny former Portuguese colony on the West African coast, had been placed in an artificial coma, said the source, although this was not confirmed officially. "President Malam Bacai Sanha is in a coma so he can withstand the treatment doctors are giving him," said the source, who asked not to be named. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Main parties, issues in Croatia election Thu,1 Dec 2011 09:57 AM PST Reuters - ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia holds a parliamentary election on Sunday dominated by economic woes and government corruption. Here are details about the political parties vying for power and the main economic issues facing the country as it moves towards membership of the European Union in July 2013: MAIN PARTIES * CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (HDZ) After Ivo Sanader took over the centre-right HDZ in 2000 and purged the party of hardliners, shedding its nationalist image and adopting a pro-Western agenda, he won two successive terms. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Next EU member Croatia votes for government Thu,1 Dec 2011 09:52 AM PST Reuters - ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia holds a parliamentary election on Sunday dominated by economic woes and government corruption. A centre-left opposition bloc known as Kukuriku is ahead in the polls and almost certain to beat the ruling conservative HDZ. Following is a brief profile of Croatia which broke from Yugoslavia in a 1991-95 war and is set to join the European Union in mid-2013. POPULATION: 4.3 million (according to the 2011 census), more than 92 percent of them Croats, who are Roman Catholic Slavs. Minorities include Serbs, Italians, Muslims, Hungarians, Slovenes and Albanians. ... Full Story Top Yemen opposition says government agreed, 12 killed in Taiz Thu,1 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's opposition said it agreed the lineup of an interim government Thursday with outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh's party, under a deal to end a struggle over his fate that has brought the country close to civil war. However, progress on the deal crafted by Yemen's Gulf Arab neighbors showed no signs of ending the bloodshed that has stained 10 months of protests against Saleh. At least 12 civilians, government troops and anti-Saleh gunmen died overnight in the country's commercial capital Taiz, a hotbed of demonstrations against Saleh, residents and officials said. ... Full Story Top Italy recalls its ambassador from Iran: Minister Thu,1 Dec 2011 08:08 AM PST Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy has recalled its ambassador to Iran for consultations as it considers whether to close its embassy in Tehran, Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said on Thursday. "We have decided to recall the ambassador for consultations," Terzi told reporters. Students assaulted the British embassy in Tehran earlier this week, prompting the British government to evacuate all its staff. Terzi had said on Wednesday that Italy may close its embassy and would be seeking Iranian guarantees for the safety of Italian diplomats. (Reporting By Francesco Guarascio) Full Story Top Greeks strike over government's "starvation" budget Thu,1 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Emergency staff ran hospitals, schools closed and thousands of austerity-weary Greeks took to the streets on Thursday in a 24-hour general strike that tested the resolve of a national unity government. Chanting "Get out, take the budget and get out of here!," Greeks poured into the square in front of parliament to protest a new dose of austerity medicine prescribed by foreign lenders as the price for bailout loans. European leaders approved an 8 billion euro ($10. ... Full Story Top Bomb, gunmen kill 18 as Iraq marks U.S. withdrawal Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:15 AM PST Reuters - KHALIS, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 10 people and gunmen executed eight more in Iraq's restive Diyala province Thursday as the government hosted Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony in Baghdad to mark the departure of American troops. The bomb tore apart a produce market in the mainly Shi'ite town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, leaving the street strewn with vegetables, body parts and blood, hours before Biden hailed the end of the war at the ornate al-Faw Palace in the capital. ... Full Story Top EU Commission extends bank aid rules, cites market tensions Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:14 AM PST Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union regulators extended looser rules allowing governments to bail out troubled banks until market conditions improve, citing the sovereign debt crisis and banks' resulting funding difficulties for the move. New guidelines, valid from January 1, will make it easier for governments to help struggling banks as the 27-country EU grapples with a credit squeeze, a capital shortfall and the sovereign debt crisis. "My intention had been to put an end to the crisis regime... ... Full Story Top Yemeni forces shell city of Taiz, 5 killed Thu,1 Dec 2011 03:24 AM PST Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni government forces shelled the city of Taiz overnight, killing at least five civilians, residents and medics said on Thursday. After the shelling, gunmen allied with opposition parties clashed with government forces, killing five soldiers and wounding 15 others, a security source said. President Ali Abdullah Saleh was eased out of office last week under a Gulf-brokered plan, after 10 months of anti-government protests, handing power to his deputy. ... Full Story Top Barak says no Israeli attack on Iran anytime soon Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:21 AM PST Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday an Israeli attack on Iran is not imminent but all options remain open to stop what Israel sees as an Iranian bid to develop nuclear weapons. "We have no intention, at the moment, of taking action, but the State of Israel is far from being paralyzed by fear," Barak told Israel Radio. "It must act calmly and quietly -- we don't need big wars." Iran says its nuclear energy program is wholly peaceful. The U.N. ... Full Story Top NATO attack could hurt war on terror: Pakistan Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:06 AM PST Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan, enraged by a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers, could withdraw its support for the U.S.-led war on militancy if its sovereignty is violated again, the foreign minister suggested in comments published on Thursday. The South Asian nation has already shown its anger over the weekend strike by pulling out of an international conference in Germany next week on Afghanistan. It stood by that decision on Wednesday, depriving the talks of a central player in efforts to bring peace to its neighbor. "Enough is enough. ... Full Story Top NATO attack could hurt war on terror: Pakistan Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:02 AM PST Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan, enraged by a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers, could withdraw its support for the U.S.-led war on militancy if its sovereignty is violated again, the foreign minister suggested in comments published on Thursday. The South Asian nation has already shown its anger over the weekend strike by pulling out of an international conference in Germany next week on Afghanistan. It stood by that decision on Wednesday, depriving the talks of a central player in efforts to bring peace to its neighbor. "Enough is enough. ... Full Story Top Gbagbo's ICC court appearance set for Monday Wed,30 Nov 2011 11:23 PM PST Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the International Criminal Court next Monday, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002, officials said. Gbagbo, 66, was flown from Ivory Coast to the Netherlands on Wednesday and transferred to a detention centre in The Hague. The ICC has charged Gbagbo with crimes against humanity, including murder and rape. ... Full Story Top Tibetan Buddhist leader shies from mantle of power Wed,30 Nov 2011 07:43 PM PST Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tibet's Karmapa Lama is revered by followers as a 900-year-old soul in the body of a youth, and tipped to assume the mantle of Tibetan spiritual leadership when the present Dalai Lama dies. But the 26-year-old who is the current embodiment of the Karmapa Lama, a sacred role in Tibetan Buddhism, shies from the expectations that surround him. ... Full Story Top China, southeast Asian neighbors to patrol Golden Triangle Wed,30 Nov 2011 07:23 PM PST Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China and southeast Asian neighbors will start coordinated patrols of the violence-troubled Mekong River by mid-December, China's Ministry of Public Security said, after a meeting that also agreed to let Beijing send advisors to Myanmar and Laos. The announcement followed an uproar after 13 Chinese sailors were killed on the river in October, when their two boats were attacked in the "Golden Triangle," where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet in a region notorious for drug smuggling. Nine Thai soldiers later turned themselves in over the killings. ... Full Story Top Bomb targets official in Pakistan's Peshawar: police Wed,30 Nov 2011 06:57 PM PST Reuters - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near the office of a regional government official in the often restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early on Thursday, police officials said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. A wall of the district coordination officer's building collapsed after the blast, which was heard throughout Peshawar, the last major city on the route to Afghanistan. ... Full Story Top In world's biggest democracy, parliament doesn't work Wed,30 Nov 2011 06:38 PM PST Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's parliament has always been a boisterous and chaotic place that, like the country itself, still somehow worked: these days, it's not even muddling through. Proceedings have been abruptly called off every day so far since the 21-day winter session of the bicameral parliament opened last week because of the din raised by legislators bawling at each other across the floor of the house. Open debate is treasured in the world's largest democracy. However, patience with members of parliament who head off for the day after a few minutes of bellowing is wearing thin. ... Full Story Top U.S. denies NATO attack on Pakistani troops deliberate Wed,30 Nov 2011 06:34 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer on Wednesday denied allegations by a senior army official in Islamabad that a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was a deliberate act of aggression. Islamabad has reacted angrily to the attack last weekend, which threatens to set back peace efforts in Afghanistan, by pulling out of an international conference in Germany next week on Afghanistan's future. It stood by its decision on Wednesday despite German hopes to the contrary. ... Full Story Top Analysis: As Indonesia strikes it rich, workers start to strike Wed,30 Nov 2011 06:11 PM PST Reuters - JAKARTA (Reuters) - When the Jakarta governor offered a hefty pay rise last week to workers, he successfully headed off a major strike. But almost immediately, workers went on the rampage in another part of the country demanding a wage hike too. It is another illustration of the most recent and, for investors, troubling risk they face in what has become one of the darlings of the emerging economies. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Transparency International's global corruption index Wed,30 Nov 2011 04:04 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - In the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, New Zealand came first, with Denmark and Finland tying for second place. Sweden was fourth with Singapore dropping to fifth in 2011. Norway came sixth. All the top six had a score of 9.0 or above. Germany came in at 14th, one notch better than 2010 and tied with Japan which came in 17th in 2010. The United States ranked 24th in 2011, two notches lower than 2010. China ranked 75th, three notches higher than in 2010. The 2011 index ranked 183 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. ... Full Story Top Global corruption index reflects Arab Spring unrest Wed,30 Nov 2011 04:02 PM PST Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Awareness of corruption has risen in some Arab countries in the wake of their uprisings earlier this year, a global league table released by Transparency International showed on Thursday. North Korea was included in the Berlin-based watchdog TI's annual corruption perceptions index (CPI) for the first time and was judged the most corrupt country, along with Somalia, putting them at the bottom of the table. Tunisia fell to 73rd place from 59th last year, with its CPI score dropping to 3.8 from 4.3 in the 183-nation index, which is based on independent surveys on corruption. ... Full Story Top Egyptians await poll results, Islamists see gains Wed,30 Nov 2011 03:22 PM PST Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power of the generals. The Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest and best-organized Islamist group, hopes its new Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) will secure a solid platform in parliament, saying it hopes to form a coalition government once polls are over in January. ... Full Story Top NATO attack on Pakistani troops not deliberate: U.S. Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:51 PM PST Reuters - ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer on Wednesday strongly rejected accusations from Pakistan that NATO deliberately killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last weekend. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Reuters that he was trying to discuss the incident with Pakistan behind closed doors. "Candidly we don't want to try to resolve this issue through the media. No offense," he said in an interview as he flew back to Washington after a trip to London. ... Full Story Top Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:41 PM PST Reuters - CAMP ECHO, Iraq (Reuters) - Camp Echo's dusty motorpools are empty, its private contract caterers have long gone home and murals depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York's twin towers have been painted over. One of the last seven U.S. military bases in Iraq, Echo is in rapid handover to Iraqi hands as American soldiers there pack up and complete their final task - protecting the last few departing troops heading home south across the Kuwaiti border. Nearly nine years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, the U.S. ... Full Story Top Iraq mulling U.S. bid to keep custody of detainee Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:06 PM PST Reuters - ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities are weighing a U.S. request to allow the United States to retain custody of a captured Hezbollah operative, instead of handing him over to Baghdad by a December 31 deadline, the top U.S. military officer told Reuters on Wednesday. Last week, the United States handed over all its remaining detainees in Iraq to the Iraqi government - with the notable exception of Ali Mussa Daqduq, who is suspected of orchestrating a 2007 kidnapping that resulted in the killing of five U.S. military personnel. U.S. ... Full Story Top EU to blacklist Syrian oil firm: diplomatic sources Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:03 PM PST Reuters - LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union plans to add Syria's General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) to its list of sanctioned companies, diplomatic sources told Reuters on Wednesday, in a move designed to starve the government of President Bashar al-Assad of vital oil revenues. World powers are imposing tough economic sanctions on the Syrian government over a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. ... Full Story Top Congo's Kamerhe withdraws call to annul elections Wed,30 Nov 2011 01:56 PM PST Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese opposition candidate Vital Kamerhe on Wednesday withdrew his call for the November 28 presidential and parliamentary elections to be annulled on the grounds of widespread irregularities. The move means that both Kamerhe and veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, the other serious rival standing against President Joseph Kabila, appear happy to allow the ballot count to go ahead. Kabila's camp meanwhile accused its rivals of pre-empting official results and said security measures were being taken to contain trouble. ... Full Story Top

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