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News: China's Hu swears in Hong Kong leader, protests expected Tough, pro-Beijing Leung to lead wary Hong Kong ADB sees progress in resuming aid to Myanmar Mourners remember Rodney King as figure of healing Senegal's Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls Cameron attempts to woo eurosceptics on referendum UK's Cameron attempts to woo eurosceptics on referendum Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies Iceland's defiant president eyes record fifth term Mourners remember Rodney King at Hollywood hills funeral Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan Young Afghans seek solace from war in heavy metal rock Elton John urges Ukraine to stop attacks on gays Exclusive: Saudi dissident set to come off U.N. al Qaeda blacklist Georgian president names new PM as elections loom Mining claim markers killing millions of birds in U.S. West Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites Clinton says Syria deal means Assad must go World powers agree on Syria unity government Fort Bragg shooting victim identified as decorated war veteran Lagarde assures Morsi IMF ready to help Egypt Belarus frees journalist, seen as gesture to Poland Army hands over to Egypt's first Islamist president Palestinian leader Abbas postpones Israel meeting Syrian forces push into Douma, residents flee Airbus' Alabama plant to create 2,500 construction jobs Factbox: Timbuktu - heritage in danger France eyes computer screen tax to boost revenues Eyes on future ahead of Spain-Italy Euro final Raised on power, Assad risks all Germany denies Schaeuble talk of Greece euro exit Iran urges emergency OPEC meet as price drops UK orders bank review, calls Diamond to panel Dozens killed by al Qaeda mines in Yemen Egypt army to say it has kept pledge to cede power Sudan agrees to allow aid in rebel-held border areas Turkey's AK Party moves to scrap coup trial courts Britain seeks Security Council sanctions on Syria BMW to hire thousands of permanent staff: report China's Hu swears in Hong Kong leader, protests expected Sat,30 Jun 2012 06:33 PM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - New Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying was sworn into office on Sunday by Chinese President Hu Jintao for a five-year term in which he will confront challenges ranging from human rights to democracy after a tumultuous year of transition and protest. Security was tight at the same harbourfront venue where the British handed Hong Kong to back to China exactly 15 years ago, with hundreds of police, some with dogs, making a solid ring fence to ensure the isolated protests were out of sight and earshot. ... Full Story Top Tough, pro-Beijing Leung to lead wary Hong Kong Sat,30 Jun 2012 06:29 PM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao swore in Beijing loyalist Leung Chun-ying as Hong Kong's leader on Sunday, the third chief executive to lead the former British colony since it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. Leung, 57, is a self-made surveyor, former senior Hong Kong government adviser and known as a suave, and at times ruthless, political operator with close ties to China's Communist Party, particularly Hu's Youth League faction. ... Full Story Top ADB sees progress in resuming aid to Myanmar Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:39 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - When the Asian Development Bank cut off aid to Myanmar in 1988, troops had just crushed a pro-democracy movement, killing thousands. Today, Myanmar, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank are inching closer to a deal that would lead to a full-fledged resumption of aid, possibly within a year, a senior ADB official said on Saturday. ... Full Story Top Mourners remember Rodney King as figure of healing Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:22 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners remembered Rodney King, a symbol of racial tension in Los Angeles and catalyst for sweeping law-enforcement reforms after his 1991 beating by police officers, as a figure of national healing at a public memorial before his burial on Saturday. "He tried to use his scars to heal a nation," the Reverend Al Sharpton told a news conference outside the Forest Lawn Hall of Liberty in the Hollywood Hills, where the remembrance service was held. ... Full Story Top Senegal's Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - DAKAR (Reuters) - Party allies of Senegal's new President Macky Sall are tipped to win control of parliament in polls on Sunday, three months after Sall triumphed over veteran ex-leader Abdoulaye Wade in an election hailed as a success for African democracy. Victory for Sall's own Alliance for the Republic (APR) party and the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition backing him would help Sall, 50, push on with reforms seeking to boost employment and cut the cost of living for the poor, notably through food subsidies. ... Full Story Top Cameron attempts to woo eurosceptics on referendum Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron has raised the prospect of a possible referendum on Britain's future relationship with the European Union, potentially threatening trade with the bloc and opening up another front against the Conservatives' coalition partner. Britain has had a long and painful history of infighting and changes of heart over how closely to integrate with the EU ever since it joined its precursor four decades ago. It has often proven divisive both within and among Britain's main political parties as well as the public. ... Full Story Top UK's Cameron attempts to woo eurosceptics on referendum Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron has raised the prospect of a possible referendum on Britain's future relationship with the European Union, potentially threatening trade with the bloc and opening up another front against the Conservatives' coalition partner. Britain has had a long and painful history of infighting and changes of heart over how closely to integrate with the EU ever since it joined its precursor four decades ago. It has often proven divisive both within and among Britain's main political parties as well as the public. ... Full Story Top Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at U.S. calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96. The second longest-serving prime minister after Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion, Shamir clung to the status quo. Admirers saw strength and resolve in his position, while critics called him an intransigent naysayer who allowed Arabs to cast Israel as obstructing reconciliation. ... Full Story Top Iceland's defiant president eyes record fifth term Sat,30 Jun 2012 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's president Olafur Grimsson looks set to win a record fifth term in office, riding a wave of support for his defiance of Britain and the Netherlands over massive debts from a bank crash, initial election results showed on Saturday. Grimsson, 69, who also opposes joining the European Union, had led in recent opinion polls in the run-up to the elections, ahead of Thora Arnorsdottir, 37, a local television journalist. A first tally of 20 percent of the votes showed Grimsson with 52.5 percent while Arnorsdottir, got 33.2 percent. ... Full Story Top Mourners remember Rodney King at Hollywood hills funeral Sat,30 Jun 2012 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners remembered Rodney King, a symbol of racial tension in Los Angeles and catalyst for sweeping law-enforcement reforms after his 1991 beating by police officers, at a public memorial ahead of his burial on Saturday. "He tried to use his scars to heal a nation," the Reverend Al Sharpton told a news conference outside the Forest Lawn Hall of Liberty in the Hollywood Hills, where the remembrance service was held. ... Full Story Top Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan Sat,30 Jun 2012 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process. Peace envoy Kofi Annan said after the talks in Geneva on Saturday the government should include members of Assad's administration and the Syrian opposition and that it should arrange free elections. "Time is running out. The conflict must be resolved through peaceful dialogue and negotiations," Annan told reporters. ... Full Story Top Young Afghans seek solace from war in heavy metal rock Sat,30 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - On a dimly lit stage the godfather of Afghan rock prepares for the next song, as images of the French movie La Haine (Hate) flicker above and his audience is asked what song would they sing if they were lying in the gutter dying. For "District Unknown", Afghanistan's first heavy metal band, the answer could be "Two Seconds After the Blast", from their soon-to-be recorded first album, "A 24-hour life time". ... Full Story Top Elton John urges Ukraine to stop attacks on gays Sat,30 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - Elton John used an AIDS charity concert in Kiev on Saturday to make an emotional appeal to Ukraine to stop what he called persecution of gays. The 65-year-old singer broke off during a two-hour performance, part of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament co-hosted by Ukraine, to speak about reports of physical attacks on members of the former Soviet republic's gay community. John, a regular visitor to the country, drew cheers from thousands of Ukrainians watching his performance on huge street screens when he described Ukraine as "my second home". ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Saudi dissident set to come off U.N. al Qaeda blacklist Sat,30 Jun 2012 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council committee is set to remove Saudi dissident Saad al-Faqih from the United Nations' al Qaeda sanctions list this weekend if no council member demands that the 15-nation body intervene, U.N. diplomats said on Saturday. The London-based Faqih was added to the U.N. al Qaeda sanctions list in December 2004, days after the U.S. Treasury Department hit him with U.S. sanctions for suspected links to the late Osama bin Laden's militant network, which was responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. ... Full Story Top Georgian president names new PM as elections loom Sat,30 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT Reuters - TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili named his close ally, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, as the new prime minister on Saturday ahead of parliamentary elections due in October. Saakashvili, who faces growing competition from a newly-created opposition group ahead of the elections, said he wanted Merabishvili to tackle Georgia's 16 percent unemployment and implement agricultural and health care reforms. "It's important for our people to know what are and will be the government's priorities ahead and after the upcoming election," Saakashvili said. ... Full Story Top Mining claim markers killing millions of birds in U.S. West Sat,30 Jun 2012 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Millions of birds have died and millions more are in danger from an obscure but widespread hazard in 12 Western states - uncapped plastic pipes used to mark many of the 3.4 million mining claims on public lands, wildlife advocates say. Migratory birds from western meadowlarks and mountain bluebirds to screech owls and woodpeckers are mistaking the open ends of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, pipes for natural hollows suitable for nesting, roosting or congregating to generate body heat. ... Full Story Top Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in Sat,30 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - In a day full of memorable images, none on Saturday was more powerful than that of Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, flanked by generals at a military parade where he was formally handed authority to govern the nation. For six decades, Mursi's seat had been filled by presidents drawn from the ranks of the military. And for half that time, it was occupied by one man, Hosni Mubarak, a former air force chief who hounded and jailed members of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood. ... Full Story Top Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites Sat,30 Jun 2012 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked Mali Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes destroyed centuries-old mausoleums of saints in the UNESCO-listed city of Timbuktu on Saturday in front of shocked locals, witnesses said. The Islamist Ansar Dine group backs strict sharia, Islamic law, and considers the shrines of the local Sufi version of Islam to be idolatrous. Sufi shrines have also been attacked by hardline Salafists in Egypt and Libya in the past year. ... Full Story Top Clinton says Syria deal means Assad must go Sat,30 Jun 2012 11:03 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday strongly endorsed a new international plan for a political transition in Syria, saying it would send a clear message to President Bashar al-Assad that he must step down. "Assad will still have to go," Clinton told a news conference after international mediator Kofi Annan announced that major powers including Russia and the United States had reached a deal that calls for a transitional unity government to take power in Syria. ... Full Story Top World powers agree on Syria unity government Sat,30 Jun 2012 10:50 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - International powers agreed on Saturday that a national unity government should be set up in Syria to resolve the conflict between President Bashar al-Assad and opposition forces trying to oust him. Peace envoy Kofi Annan said after the talks in Geneva that the government should include members of Assad's administration and the opposition. But it was not immediately clear what role, if any, was envisaged for Assad. "It is for the people to come to a political agreement but time is running out," Annan said. "We need rapid steps to reach agreement. ... Full Story Top Fort Bragg shooting victim identified as decorated war veteran Sat,30 Jun 2012 10:48 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A soldier at the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Army base fatally shot by another member of his unit was identified on Saturday as Lieutenant Colonel Roy Tisdale, a highly decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Tisdale, 42, commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, was killed on Thursday by another member of his unit, who then turned the gun on himself. The shooter, who has not been identified, was in critical condition. A third soldier, Specialist Michael Latham, 22, suffered a non-life threatening wound. ... Full Story Top Lagarde assures Morsi IMF ready to help Egypt Sat,30 Jun 2012 10:08 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde called Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Mursi to discuss how the international lending body can best help Egypt, a spokesperson for the IMF said on Friday. "They discussed Egypt's economic situation and how best the IMF could help in the period ahead. The MD reiterated that the IMF stands ready to support Egypt and looks forward to working closely with the authorities," the spokesperson said. However, no timetable has been set for an IMF staff visit to Egypt to discuss a $3.2 billion IMF loan. ... Full Story Top Belarus frees journalist, seen as gesture to Poland Sat,30 Jun 2012 10:05 AM PDT Reuters - MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus officials conditionally released a Polish newspaper correspondent from jail on Saturday in a move seen as easing tensions before a likely meeting between Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and his Polish counterpart at the Euro 2012 soccer final. Andrzej Poczobut, a Belarussian citizen who works for Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza and is a prominent activist for the rights of the Polish minority in Belarus, was arrested a week ago in his hometown of Grodno. ... Full Story Top Army hands over to Egypt's first Islamist president Sat,30 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Mohamed Mursi was sworn in on Saturday as Egypt's first Islamist, civilian and freely elected president, reaping the fruits of last year's revolt against Hosni Mubarak, although the military remains determined to call the shots. The military council that took over after Mubarak's overthrow on February 11, 2011, formally handed power to Mursi later in an elaborate ceremony at a desert army base outside Cairo. ... Full Story Top Palestinian leader Abbas postpones Israel meeting Sat,30 Jun 2012 09:32 AM PDT Reuters - RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed a controversial meeting with Israeli Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz that had been scheduled for Sunday, Palestinian officials said on Saturday. The officials did not say when a new date might be set for what would be the highest-level meeting between the sides since peace talks broke down in 2010. "We know that Mofaz will bring nothing new," said Wasl Abu Yosef, a member of Abbas' Palestine Liberation Organization, who told reporters of the postponement. ... Full Story Top Syrian forces push into Douma, residents flee Sat,30 Jun 2012 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces pushed their way into Douma on Saturday after weeks of siege and shelling, and fleeing residents spoke of corpses in the streets of the town near the capital Damascus. The residents said hundreds of people were fleeing the town as government forces swept the streets in search of rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. They reported many bodies buried under the rubble of houses in the town of half a million people, 15 km (10 miles) from Damascus. ... Full Story Top Airbus' Alabama plant to create 2,500 construction jobs Sat,30 Jun 2012 09:13 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airbus should create about 2,500 construction jobs to build a new $600 million airliner assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, and 400 to 500 full-time jobs once production starts in 2017, a source familiar with the plans said on Saturday. The European planemaker, owned by EADS, is poised to announce plans to build the plant for its single-aisle A320 passenger jet that will begin producing four planes a month in 2017, according to multiple people familiar with the plans. The announcement may come as early as Monday. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Timbuktu - heritage in danger Sat,30 Jun 2012 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Armed fighters of Mail's al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine Islamist group on Saturday destroyed mausoleums of saints in the ancient trading city of Timbuktu, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site, witnesses said. Ansar Dine, which experts say has links to local al Qaeda factions, has gained the upper hand over its erstwhile rebel allies, the secular MNLA group, since the two routed government forces and seized control of Mali's desert north in April. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988, but tourism has suffered from years of security problems. ... Full Story Top France eyes computer screen tax to boost revenues Sat,30 Jun 2012 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is considering extending the television license fee to include computer screen owners to boost revenues for public-sector broadcasting operations, the culture minister said on Saturday. President Francois Hollande's Socialist government already aims to raise an extra 7.5 billion euros this year through tax rises included in an amended budget bill to be unveiled next week. ... Full Story Top Eyes on future ahead of Spain-Italy Euro final Sat,30 Jun 2012 08:29 AM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - UEFA soccer supremo Michel Platini ignited a debate over the future of the European Championship on Saturday as Italy and Spain prepared to do battle in the keenly awaited final of the current edition on Sunday in Kiev. The tournament in Poland and Ukraine, the biggest sporting event in eastern Europe since the fall of the iron curtain, has been a roaring success despite off the field rows over racist fans and the jailing of a Ukrainian opposition leader. ... Full Story Top Raised on power, Assad risks all Sat,30 Jun 2012 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - His father had a face of stone and a hard glare. He has a mild gaze and a weak chin. But there the dissimilarity ends. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has proved himself as uncompromising as the late Hafez, who ran the Arab republic with an iron fist for 29 years and bequeathed a formidable, police-state dynasty to his son in 2000. Bashar was only 16 when Assad senior ordered one of the bloodiest atrocities in modern Arab history: the 1982 massacre of at least 10,000 Syrians in Hama to crush a revolt by Sunni Muslims. The repression worked. The lesson may have been ... Full Story Top Germany denies Schaeuble talk of Greece euro exit Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT Reuters - KREFELD, Germany (Reuters) - A deputy German Finance Minister dismissed a magazine report saying Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble had told conservative members of parliament on Friday to prepare for a looming Greek bankruptcy and euro zone exit. "This report is nonsense," Deputy Finance Minister Steffen Kampeter told Reuters on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional meeting of Christian Democrats in the western town of Krefeld. Kampeter said that Schaeuble had spoken to the conservative MPs on Friday about the need for the austerity and reform measures in Greece to be implemented. ... Full Story Top Iran urges emergency OPEC meet as price drops Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi urged OPEC's secretary general to call for an extraordinary meeting amid falling oil prices, Iranian Oil Ministry's website SHANA said on Saturday. "In 161st meeting of OPEC it was agreed if oil prices fall below $100 per barrel it means that prices are in crisis, so we have urged secretary general of OPEC...to make preparations for holding an emergency meeting," Qasemi told SHANA. International crude benchmarks Brent and U.S. ... Full Story Top UK orders bank review, calls Diamond to panel Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:22 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The British government ordered an independent review into the workings of key lending rates between banks, after Barclays was found guilty of rigging them, and summoned the bank's boss to answer questions about the scandal. U.S. and British authorities fined Barclays $450 million for manipulating the London Interbank Offer Rate (Libor), the interest rate on loans that banks make to each other. Barclays was the first to settle in an investigation that is expected to name others and reaches across Europe, Japan and North America. ... Full Story Top Dozens killed by al Qaeda mines in Yemen Sat,30 Jun 2012 07:13 AM PDT Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - More than 50 Yemenis were killed by mines planted by al Qaeda-linked fighters as they fled two of their main strongholds in Yemen's restive south this month, the defense ministry said on Saturday. Ansar al-Sharia, a group which swears allegiance to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, seized control of several cities in Abyan province last year during a wave of protests that forced former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. Yemen's army drove the militants out of the provincial capital Zinjibar and strategic city Jaar this month, a major breakthrough in a U.S. ... Full Story Top Egypt army to say it has kept pledge to cede power Sat,30 Jun 2012 06:49 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling military council will say on Saturday that it is fulfilling its pledge made when it took over from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak to transfer power to an elected president, according to a statement obtained by Reuters. "The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced on February 11, 2011 it was not an alternative to legitimacy sought by the people, had no aspiration for power or to pursue it and would deliver power to a president elected by the national will," according to the statement to be issued later in the day. ... Full Story Top Sudan agrees to allow aid in rebel-held border areas Sat,30 Jun 2012 06:36 AM PDT Reuters - ADDIS ABABA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has agreed to allow humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-controlled areas of two war-torn border states where aid groups have warned of an impending famine, the African Union and Sudanese state media said on Saturday. Fighting in South Kordofan and Blue Nile has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes since last year, the United Nations and aid groups say. The clashes broke out between government forces and rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) around the time South Sudan declared independence last year. ... Full Story Top Turkey's AK Party moves to scrap coup trial courts Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:40 AM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling party is pushing through parliament a reform abolishing the special courts used in coup conspiracy cases against hundreds of military officers, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Saturday. "The proposal is ready and will be submitted today," said Bozdag, of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), state-run Anatolia agency reported. The change in regulation was expected to take place late on Saturday. However, the reform is not expected to affect the ongoing trials of hundreds of people accused of links to coup plots or to Kurdish militants. ... Full Story Top Britain seeks Security Council sanctions on Syria Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:27 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague called on Saturday for the United Nations Security Council to start drafting a resolution next week setting out sanctions against Syria. Hague, in a speech to a ministerial meeting in Geneva, obtained by Reuters, also said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his close associates could not lead a transition. Accountability for crimes must be part of such a process, he said. "The steps that we agree today and here I disagree with my (Russian) colleague Sergei Lavrov, will require swift endorsement from the U.N. ... Full Story Top BMW to hire thousands of permanent staff: report Sat,30 Jun 2012 05:12 AM PDT Reuters - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW plans to hire thousands of permanent staff after cutting the number of its temporary workers by half, a German magazine reported on Saturday. BMW's management has struck an agreement with the company's works council that will see the number of temporary workers fall to around 6,000 from about 12,000 currently, Wirtschaftswoche magazine reported in an article released ahead of publication on Monday. ... Full Story Top

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