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News: Secret Service agent's gun found in Romney's plane bathroom Low cost spy plane takes off as military budgets squeezed Mexican police attacked CIA officers, ambush likely: sources Ryan vows he and Romney will lead economic turnaround Abuse allegations mount against flagship Afghan police force Australia says six rescued, more than 140 missing from asylum boat Obama tells voters to watch Republicans, but he's not Three Australian soldiers killed by rogue Afghan soldier Judge to lift restrictions on Florida voter registration Arizona Republican's "Middle Easterners" comments spark debate U.S. increases drug monitoring in Guatemalan, Honduran waters: official Rapper Beanie Sigel arrested for drug, gun possession: report Second-quarter growth revised up, Fed still seen in play Venezuela investigates alleged massacre in Amazon tribal village Three foreign soldiers killed by rogue Afghan soldier Ryan promises he and Romney will lead America back TV audiences go social as Republican convention coverage wanes Trayvon Martin shooter wins appeal for new judge U.S. charges Saudi at Guantanamo with plotting to bomb oil tankers Navy SEAL's book gives different account of bin Laden death Yahoo! fires Washington news chief over Republican joke Mexican judge orders arrest of ex-governor on drug charges Obama talks beer, money, and war in online chat session Exclusive: China considers downgrading domestic security tsar in next line-up Contract law gives U.S. government options for automatic cuts: report Australia says survivors from suspected asylum boat spotted Ryan says he, Romney would attack fiscal woes Syrian opposition group not up to job, says ex-member Assad says Syria buffer zone "unrealistic" Top U.S. trade official heads to Southeast Asia for talks France extends euro zone olive branch to Berlin U.S. drone strike kills suspected militants: Yemen official Rabbi warns Dutch populist Wilders over ritual slaughter ban Libya assembly suspends 3 members for alleged Gaddafi links Republican convention helps Romney pull even with Obama Canada starts formal probe of CNOOC's Nexen bid Banks renew push for Congress to extend insurance program FDA approves wider use for J&J Nucynta ER pain drug Boy charged with attempted murder in Baltimore school shooting Georgia says 3 soldiers, 11 militants killed near Russia border Secret Service agent's gun found in Romney's plane bathroom Wed,29 Aug 2012 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A Secret Service agent on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign plane accidentally left a gun in the plane's bathroom. The gun was discovered in the restroom by a reporter traveling with Romney shortly before he departed the Republican convention in Florida to address the American Legion convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said on Wednesday that the "matter will be handled internally." "We're aware of the incident," Donovan said. ... Full Story Top Low cost spy plane takes off as military budgets squeezed Wed,29 Aug 2012 07:12 PM PDT Reuters - BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp, maker of the B-2 spy plane and the Global Hawk unmanned drone, will demonstrate a smaller, cheaper surveillance plane this week it hopes will be attractive to budget conscious U.S. law agencies and foreign countries. The new Air Claw system marks Northrop's latest effort to expand its overseas revenues and move into new non-military markets at home given the expected decline in U.S. military spending after a decade of sharp growth. ... Full Story Top Mexican police attacked CIA officers, ambush likely: sources Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:54 PM PDT Reuters - TRES MARIAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican federal police shot and wounded two CIA operatives last week, security sources said, in an apparently deliberate attack that could hurt U.S.-Mexico cooperation in their war against drug cartels. The two experienced officers were just south of the capital on their way to a Mexican Marine base on Friday, working with local authorities on a training mission, when federal police riddled their armored van bearing diplomatic plates with bullets. ... Full Story Top Ryan vows he and Romney will lead economic turnaround Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:53 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Paul Ryan, the running mate of Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, on Wednesday said they would lead an economic turnaround fueled by tough choices that will generate jobs and strengthen the middle class. Ryan will accept his assignment as Romney's pick for vice president at the Republican convention with the biggest speech of his political career - one that will introduce the little-known Wisconsin congressman to voters in a White House race he said would offer "the clearest possible choice" on economic remedies. ... Full Story Top Abuse allegations mount against flagship Afghan police force Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT Reuters - CHAR DARAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Fahima had just arrived home from school when members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP), a U.S.-trained militia charged with making Afghans in Taliban strongholds feel more secure, started hammering on the front door searching for her father. They elbowed it open and, frustrated at not finding him, started beating her younger brother, prompting 17-year-old Fahima to intervene. One of the men turned and shot her dead. ... Full Story Top Australia says six rescued, more than 140 missing from asylum boat Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:15 PM PDT Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers have pulled six people from the sea off Indonesia but authorities have grave fears for more than 140 more after a suspected refugee boat disappeared on its way to Australia, Australia's Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said on Thursday. Indonesian authorities are coordinating the search for the boat, which first reported to be in distress on Wednesday in Indonesia's Sunda Strait, with several merchant ships and rescue helicopters at the scene, around 42 nautical miles off Java. "Six people have been plucked from the sea. ... Full Story Top Obama tells voters to watch Republicans, but he's not Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:14 PM PDT Reuters - CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - The White House says President Barack Obama is not monitoring the Republican national convention this week. But the president told several thousand mostly college-age voters on Wednesday that they should be watching the event to help them decide how to vote in the November elections. "In November, your voice will matter more than ever. And listen, if you doubt that, pay a little attention to what's happening in Tampa this week," Obama said. ... Full Story Top Three Australian soldiers killed by rogue Afghan soldier Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:02 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Three Australian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday by a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform, the NATO-led coalition said, the latest in an alarming series of "rogue" shootings that have damaged trust between Kabul and its allies. The Australian Defence Force on Thursday confirmed the nationality of the soldiers who were serving in southern Uruzgan province, where around 1,500 Australian troops are based. It said families in Australia were being informed of the deaths. ... Full Story Top Judge to lift restrictions on Florida voter registration Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:48 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Wednesday he would issue a permanent injunction against controversial restrictions on voter registration drives in Florida put in place under a new state election law backed by the state's governor. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle temporarily prohibited Florida in May from enforcing parts of the law that tightened deadlines for groups conducting voter registration drives to submit registration forms. ... Full Story Top Arizona Republican's "Middle Easterners" comments spark debate Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:48 PM PDT Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Remarks by a conservative Arizona Republican congressional candidate that Middle Easterners' "only goal in life is to cause harm to the United States" have sparked a dispute over whether the comments amount to hate speech. Tea Party-backed Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, who was born in Mexico and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, won the Republican primary on Tuesday to run in an Arizona congressional district that flanks the Mexican border. She faces Democrat Raul Grijalva, a five-term incumbent, in the November general election. ... Full Story Top U.S. increases drug monitoring in Guatemalan, Honduran waters: official Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The United States military is ramping up anti-drug trafficking efforts in Guatemalan and Honduran waters to keep up with shifting smuggling routes, a top U.S. military official told Reuters on Wednesday. General Douglas Fraser, head of the U.S. military's Southern Command, said that the coasts along the two Central American countries are top transit spots for South American cocaine destined for the United States. "Key arrival points in Central America are the northeast coast of Honduras and then the Pacific coast of Guatemala," Fraser said. ... Full Story Top Rapper Beanie Sigel arrested for drug, gun possession: report Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested on Wednesday on drug and gun possession charges, celebrity website TMZ.com reported, days before he was headed to prison for tax evasion. The rapper, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was arrested during a traffic stop during which police found prescription pills, marijuana, a gun and cash in his car, TMZ.com said. Sigel, 38, best known for his collaborations with rapper Jay-Z and R&B artist R. ... Full Story Top Second-quarter growth revised up, Fed still seen in play Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy fared slightly better than initially thought in the second quarter, but the pace of growth remained too slow to shut the door on further monetary easing from the Federal Reserve. Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.7 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday, as stronger export growth offset a pull-back in restocking by businesses wary of sluggish domestic demand. While that was an improvement on the government's first estimate of 1. ... Full Story Top Venezuela investigates alleged massacre in Amazon tribal village Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's public prosecutor on Wednesday said it is investigating an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, after a tribal group told the government that a village of 80 natives was attacked in July from a helicopter. In a statement, the government said it had received word of the alleged attack by a group representing the Yanomami tribe, an indigenous people native to southern Venezuela. ... Full Story Top Three foreign soldiers killed by rogue Afghan soldier Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Three foreign soldiers were shot dead on Wednesday by a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led coalition said, the latest in an alarming series of insider shootings which have damaged trust between the allies. "The incident is currently under investigation," the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a Thursday statement giving no other details. NATO sources said the soldiers were killed in Uruzgan province, where around 1,500 Australian troops are based. ... Full Story Top Ryan promises he and Romney will lead America back Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan promised on Wednesday that he and running mate Mitt Romney would lead America out of the economic doldrums by making tough choices that would generate jobs and strengthen the middle class. Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, will accept his assignment as Romney's No. 2 at the Republican convention with the biggest speech of his political career - one designed to fire up conservatives while reaching out to independents still uncertain about the Republican team. "We will not duck the tough issues - we will lead. ... Full Story Top TV audiences go social as Republican convention coverage wanes Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Howling wind, driving rain and potential damage in New Orleans from Hurricane Isaac hasn't yet dampened U.S. Republican convention media coverage, but early TV ratings proved only so-so while many people instead "tuned in" to social networks. Republican fears that Isaac's battering of the U.S. Gulf Coast would steal the spotlight eased on Wednesday, a day after a key speech by Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, stole the show from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. ... Full Story Top Trayvon Martin shooter wins appeal for new judge Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida appeals court ruled on Wednesday that George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, should be granted a new judge in his case. The decision from the three-judge panel came in response to a motion filed by Zimmerman's lawyer asking the court to overturn a ruling by Judge Kenneth Lester refusing to step down from the case. "We direct the trial judge to enter an order of disqualification," the state's Fifth District Court of Appeal wrote in its opinion. One of the judges dissented in the decision. ... Full Story Top U.S. charges Saudi at Guantanamo with plotting to bomb oil tankers Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals have filed new terrorism charges against a Saudi prisoner accused of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up oil tankers off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Ahmed al Darbi could face life in prison if convicted on six charges that include conspiracy, aiding and abetting the hazarding of a vessel and aiding and abetting terrorism. Darbi, 37, is accused of working as a weapons instructor at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan in the late 1990s and meeting al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden there. ... Full Story Top Navy SEAL's book gives different account of bin Laden death Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL who has authored a first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says the al Qaeda leader was shot in the head as he peeked from a bedroom door, an account that diverges from the Obama administration's original description of the incident. The book, "No Easy Day," says bin Laden was unarmed when Navy SEALs found him during the raid on his Pakistan compound, according to a source who read the book, which is due to be released on September 4. ... Full Story Top Yahoo! fires Washington news chief over Republican joke Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Yahoo! News fired its chief political correspondent on Wednesday for an off the cuff remark about Republicans partying "with black people drowning". David Chalian, the Yahoo! News Washington Bureau Chief, made the comment privately during a webcast of the Republican National convention on Monday in partnership with ABC News, but it was picked up by a live microphone. With Hurricane Isaac approaching New Orleans as the convention got underway, Chalian was heard saying to an unidentified guest, "Feel free to say, 'They're not concerned at all. ... Full Story Top Mexican judge orders arrest of ex-governor on drug charges Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican federal judge has ordered the arrest of former state Governor Tomas Yarrington on suspicion of aiding drug traffickers, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Yarrington, a former Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) governor of Tamaulipas, has been a thorn in the side of the PRI since allegations surfaced this year he had worked with drug cartels. The centrist PRI, which ruled Mexico between 1929 and 2000, is due to return to power in December after the party's candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, won a July 1 presidential election. ... Full Story Top Obama talks beer, money, and war in online chat session Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tested his typing skills on Wednesday in an online chat with young people that covered the White House beer recipe, money in politics, and the war in Afghanistan. Obama has been courting students' votes on a two-day tour of colleges in the battleground states of Iowa, Colorado and Virginia, and his campaign is eager to have him appeal to young people in venues like "reddit," where he held the Internet chat session. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: China considers downgrading domestic security tsar in next line-up Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party is considering downgrading the role of domestic security chief as part of a move to a new and smaller top elite, reflecting fears that the position has become too powerful, sources said. Reducing the party's Politburo Standing Committee, the inner council at the apex of power, from nine to seven members would come as part of a once-in-a-decade leadership change expected in the next few weeks or months. ... Full Story Top Contract law gives U.S. government options for automatic cuts: report Wed,29 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little-known aspect of U.S. contract law may provide a road map for how the Obama administration can implement billions of dollars of automatic budget cuts due to take effect in January without having to pay massive change fees to its contractors. U.S. courts have found that the government has certain contractual rights because of its sovereign standing, including the right to unilaterally change the terms of its contracts, delay or stop work on contracts or terminate them outright, a congressional report found. ... Full Story Top Australia says survivors from suspected asylum boat spotted Wed,29 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Survivors from a suspected asylum seeker boat carrying about 150 people that appears to have sunk have been spotted in Indonesian waters, Australian maritime officials said on Thursday. Australian and Indonesian search and rescue teams are heading to the area, around 8 nautical miles southwest of Java, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said in a statement. A person on board the unidentified boat had contacted Australian rescue authorities by telephone on Wednesday, saying the vessel had engine trouble and needed assistance. ... Full Story Top Ryan says he, Romney would attack fiscal woes Wed,29 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Paul Ryan plans to tell Americans on Wednesday that he and Mitt Romney would try to resolve America's deep fiscal problems if elected, in a speech in which the Republican vice presidential nominee said he would not shy away from his tough budget proposals. "The work ahead will be hard," he planned to say in his evening speech to the Republican National Convention. Romney picked Ryan, a Wisconsin lawmaker, as his No. 2 to try to unify conservatives behind the Republican ticket and reach out to moderates worried about the country's debt and deficits. ... Full Story Top Syrian opposition group not up to job, says ex-member Wed,29 Aug 2012 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS/ANKARA (Reuters) - The opposition Syrian National Council has failed to overcome internal divisions and is not up to the challenge of overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, a prominent former member of the group has said. Assad, in a rare television interview, said he would need more time to defeat the rebels and dismissed talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory as unrealistic. ... Full Story Top Assad says Syria buffer zone "unrealistic" Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory was unrealistic and that the situation in his country was "better", though more time was needed to win the conflict against rebels trying to overthrow him. The bloody 17-month-old uprising against Assad, to which he responded with a brutal security force crackdown, has killed more than 18,000 people according to the United Nations. Turkey has floated the idea of a "safe zone" to be set up for civilians under foreign protection as fighting has intensified. ... Full Story Top Top U.S. trade official heads to Southeast Asia for talks Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:29 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will discuss how the United States can deepen trade ties with fast-growing nations in Southeast Asia in talks this week in Cambodia, U.S. trade officials said. Kirk will join trade ministers from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) at their annual meeting on Thursday and take part in the inaugural ASEAN-U.S. Business Summit focusing on innovation and the digital economy. His trip is also likely to include a stopover in Vietnam. ... Full Story Top France extends euro zone olive branch to Berlin Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France (Reuters) - France's Socialist government made a public show of unity with Germany on Wednesday with pledges to cooperate closely with Berlin on Europe, seeking to dampen talk that Paris was siding with southern European nations against austerity. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Paris was determined to press ahead with Berlin on stronger economic governance in Europe to resolve the debt crisis -- a persistent German demand but a divisive issue for the ruling Socialist Party in France, where many are reluctant to cede more authority to Brussels. ... Full Story Top U.S. drone strike kills suspected militants: Yemen official Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - A U.S. drone attack killed at least four suspected Islamist militants in a car in a remote province of Yemen, a security official said. The official, who did not want to be named, said the vehicle was struck in the al-Qatn district of the vast Hadramout province in eastern Yemen. Residents said the car was struck by one of three missiles fired from a plane and that charred bodies were pulled from it afterwards. It was not clear if there were other casualties in the attack. ... Full Story Top Rabbi warns Dutch populist Wilders over ritual slaughter ban Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Israel's leading rabbi has warned Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders that his party's support for a ban of ritual slaughter of animals in the Netherlands is "anti-Semitic" and could drive away the country's Jewish community. Wilders rose to prominence in the Netherlands denouncing the growing influence of Islam in the West, calling for a ban against Muslim immigrants, a halt to the construction of mosques and a ban on Muslim face-veils. Some of his most outspoken supporters are in the conservative, pro-Israeli movement in the United States. ... Full Story Top Libya assembly suspends 3 members for alleged Gaddafi links Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's newly elected national assembly on Wednesday suspended three members for having links with former leader Muammar Gaddafi's government, a spokesman said. Omar al-Hassabi, spokesman for the assembly's High Organisation for Transparency and Nationalism, said the suspensions had followed an investigation into the three. "We discovered the three representatives were either members of the Gaddafi Revolutionary Guards or involved in criminal anti-revolutionary activities," Hassabi told Reuters. ... Full Story Top Republican convention helps Romney pull even with Obama Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney pulled even with President Barack Obama in a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Wednesday, getting a boost from his party's nominating convention in Tampa this week. In a four-day rolling poll, Romney and Obama were deadlocked among likely voters at 43 percent each. That was an improvement for Romney from Obama's two-point lead on Tuesday and four-point lead on Monday. "There is movement toward Romney, which is traditional for a convention," Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said. ... Full Story Top Canada starts formal probe of CNOOC's Nexen bid Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:25 PM PDT Reuters - CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Despite some dissent in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet, the odds look favorable for China's state-owned CNOOC Ltd's $15.1 billion bid to take over Nexen Inc , the Canadian oil producer, as Ottawa starts a formal review of the deal. Harper, himself, has cautioned against presuming he will rubber stamp the takeover. But he has made high-profile overtures to China to attract the C$500 billion ($506 billion) in investment he says the country needs over the next decade to develop its natural resources, notably Alberta's vast oil sands. ... Full Story Top Banks renew push for Congress to extend insurance program Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Bank groups on Wednesday renewed a push to convince the Congress to extend a financial crisis-era deposit insurance program, arguing that businesses will withdraw funds if the program expires at the end of the year. A group of 80 state banking associations sent letters to leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate urging them to approve a two-year extension of the Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program. ... Full Story Top FDA approves wider use for J&J Nucynta ER pain drug Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday it received U.S. regulatory approval for a wider use of its Nucynta ER painkiller, for pain from nerve damage brought on by diabetes. Nucynta ER, an opioid, is already approved for extended use in moderate to severe chronic pain. But the expanded approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows Janssen to market the drug for pain tied to diabetic peripheral neuropathy, which affects up to 8 million Americans. ... Full Story Top Boy charged with attempted murder in Baltimore school shooting Wed,29 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a fellow student on the first day of classes at a Baltimore-area high school has been charged with first-degree attempted murder, but police say they do not know the motive for what apparently was a well-planned attack. Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. also left an ominous message on his Facebook page before heading off to Perry Hall High School in Baltimore's northeast suburbs on Monday morning. "First day of school, last day of my life," the posting read. It concluded: "fuck the world. ... Full Story Top Georgia says 3 soldiers, 11 militants killed near Russia border Wed,29 Aug 2012 12:48 PM PDT Reuters - TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian forces shot dead 11 gunmen, and three soldiers were killed in an operation to free hostages near the border with Russia, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. It said five soldiers had also been wounded near the frontier with Russia's Dagestan region, but did not give the nationality of the gunmen or say whether they had entered the country from Russia. ... Full Story Top

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