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News: Texas executes low-IQ inmate after Supreme Court refuses to intervene Insight: Syria rebels see future fight with foreign radicals Exclusive: China's president eyes ally for promotion to top body - sources Monsoon rains swamp Philippine capital U.S. officials in contact with New York on Standard Chartered Egypt moves to seal Gaza tunnels after border attack Protests erupt in Egypt's Al-Arish town: witness Scandinavian ship sails to challenge Gaza blockade Iran asks for U.N. help in freeing hostages in Syria, Libya Clinton warns against sectarian turmoil in Syria Job openings at four-year high in June but hiring slows Exclusive: U.S. sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks Congress to extend wind energy tax credit, says Senate's Reid Tucson gunman Loughner pleads guilty to rampage, spared death penalty Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Assad gets Iran backing as forces squeeze Aleppo rebels U.S. asks Bangladesh not to shut down humanitarian groups Mali mediator tells rebels to cut "terrorist" ties Obama says Midwest drought historic, seeks aid for region CIA chief Petraeus denies interest in elected office Senators press EPA to cut ethanol mandate S&P revises Greece's outlook to negative Democrats, White House wage coordinated attack on Romney taxes Wall Street watchdog suspends Wedbush Securities president Belarus charges two over teddy bear air drop "Shocking" pressure on top Romania court: Council of Europe As China prepares for Gu's trial, rule of law also in the dock Lawmakers urge Obama admin to OK natural gas exports Weapons cache found in home of Ohio man nabbed at "Batman" film Air Canada may be nearer pension deal despite tough Ottawa line Job openings at 4-year high in June but hiring slows Romney opens attack on Obama over welfare law Consumer credit posts tepid growth in June Bernanke: low rates still needed to help economic recovery Some Turks call foul over Obama-Erdogan bat photo Budget deficit running slightly lower than last year: CBO Pakistani policemen suspended for parading people naked House panel seeks alternatives to Volcker rule FAA eyes potential $162 million in American Airlines fines Disinformation flies in Syria's growing cyber war Texas executes low-IQ inmate after Supreme Court refuses to intervene Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:54 PM PDT Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a mentally retarded convicted murderer on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene a decade after it banned executions of such people as cruel and unusual punishment. Marvin Wilson, 54, was convicted of the November 1992 murder of a 21-year-old police drug informant, Jerry Robert Williams, and was sentenced to death in April 1994. Wilson had challenged his execution as unconstitutional under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that banned executing mentally retarded people but gave states some discretion in deciding who qualified for ... Full Story Top Insight: Syria rebels see future fight with foreign radicals Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:41 PM PDT Reuters - ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Abu Bakr, a Syrian rebel commander on the outskirts of Aleppo, is a devoted Islamist determined to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. But the radical allies that have joined the rebels in recent months alarm even him. "Let me be clear. I am an Islamist, my fighters are Islamists. But there is more than one type of Islamist," he told Reuters. "These men coming fought in insurgencies like Iraq. They are too extreme, they want to blow up any symbol of the state, even schools. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: China's president eyes ally for promotion to top body - sources Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is maneuvering to promote one of his closest allies to the Communist Party's inner sanctum, two independent sources said, in a bid to retain clout and preserve his legacy after retiring as party chief. Hu Chunhua, party boss of the northern region of Inner Mongolia, is a rising political star of the party's next generation of senior leaders. He is seen as a reformer and a close ally of Hu Jintao, although the two are not related. ... Full Story Top Monsoon rains swamp Philippine capital Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:18 PM PDT Reuters - MANILA (Reuters) - Deadly torrential rains submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday, forcing nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes with more flooding expected in the north of the country as a tropical storm passes through the region, officials said. Steady rains for the past 10 days, killing more than 50 people, are set to continue until Wednesday, the Philippines weather bureau said, fuelled by tropical storm "Haikui" in the Philippine Sea northeast of Taiwan. ... Full Story Top U.S. officials in contact with New York on Standard Chartered Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that the Treasury Department is in close contact with New York authorities on accusations that Standard Chartered Plc hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran. "Sanctions violations are something that this administration takes extremely seriously and has a strong record of action to this end. The Treasury Department remains in close contact with both federal and state authorities on this matter," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters when asked about the London-based bank. ... Full Story Top Egypt moves to seal Gaza tunnels after border attack Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:09 PM PDT Reuters - RAFAH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt began to seal off smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a security source said, two days after gunmen shot dead 16 Egyptian border guards in an attack blamed partly on Palestinian militants. Crowds of angry mourners wept at the military funeral of the slain guards in Cairo after the deadliest assault along Egypt's tense Sinai Peninsula border with Israel and Gaza in decades. ... Full Story Top Protests erupt in Egypt's Al-Arish town: witness Tue,7 Aug 2012 06:09 PM PDT Reuters - AL-ARISH, EGYPT (Reuters) - Protests erupted on Wednesday in Egypt's Al-Arish town in the Sinai Peninsula after clashes escalated between armed men and security forces, a few days after 16 border guards were shot dead in an attack blamed partly on Palestinian militants. "God is Great," hundreds of protesters chanted as they gathered in front of a governor's office, a Reuters witness reported. The protesters demanded state protection after a series of attacks on security checkpoints in town. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed in Al-Arish, writing by Yasmine Saleh in Cairo; Editing by Stacey Joyce) Full Story Top Scandinavian ship sails to challenge Gaza blockade Tue,7 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Scandinavian activist groups are launching an aid ship destined for Gaza on Tuesday, hoping to challenge the Israeli blockade and draw international attention to the conflict in a move reminiscent of the 2010 "Freedom Flotilla", organizers said. "We have the same goal as the previous flotillas, to put an end to the blockade of Gaza by challenging the Israeli navy," said Torstein Dahle, the leader of the Norwegian section of the activist group "Ship to Gaza". ... Full Story Top Iran asks for U.N. help in freeing hostages in Syria, Libya Tue,7 Aug 2012 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his help in efforts to free dozens of Iranian pilgrims and aid workers captured recently in Syria and Libya. "I would like to seek the cooperation and the good offices of Your Excellency for securing the release of these hostages," Ali Akbar Salehi wrote to Ban in a letter that Iran's U.N. mission provided to Reuters. ... Full Story Top Clinton warns against sectarian turmoil in Syria Tue,7 Aug 2012 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - PRETORIA (Reuters) - Syria must not be allowed to descend into a sectarian war, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday, and she warned against "proxies or terrorist fighters" being sent in to join the conflict. "We have to set very clear expectations about avoiding sectarian warfare," Clinton said, answering a question on Syria during a news conference in the South African capital Pretoria, her latest stop in a tour of Africa. ... Full Story Top Job openings at four-year high in June but hiring slows Tue,7 Aug 2012 05:10 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings rose to a four-year high in June, but a slowdown in hiring underscored recent weakness in the labor market that has been blamed on an uncertain economic outlook. Job openings rose by 105,000 to 3.76 million in June, the highest since July 2008, the Labor Department said on Tuesday in its monthly "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey" report. But hires fell by 100,000 from May. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: U.S. sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks Tue,7 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration, in a move aimed at reviving Afghan peace talks, has sweetened a proposed deal under which it would transfer Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for a U.S. soldier held by Taliban allies in Pakistan. The revised proposal, a concession from an earlier U.S. offer, would alter the sequence of the move of five senior Taliban figures held for years at the U.S. military prison to the Gulf state of Qatar, sources familiar with the issue said. U.S. ... Full Story Top Congress to extend wind energy tax credit, says Senate's Reid Tue,7 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Congress will vote to extend a $12 billion federal tax credit for utility-scale wind energy projects that is in danger of expiring at the end of the year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said at a clean energy summit in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The credit provides a production tax break for wind energy of 2.1 cents per kilowatt hour, an incentive that the industry says is essential to developing more wind farms and supporting jobs at wind manufacturing plants. ... Full Story Top Tucson gunman Loughner pleads guilty to rampage, spared death penalty Tue,7 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to killing six people and wounding 13 others, including then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, in an Arizona shooting rampage last year and will be spared the death penalty in exchange. Jared Loughner entered his guilty pleas in federal court in Tucson shortly after U.S. District Judge Larry Burns ruled that he was mentally competent to stand trial following over a year of treatment at a prison psychiatric hospital. ... Full Story Top Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Tue,7 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Armed men opened fire on a security checkpoint on Wednesday in Egypt's Al-Arish city in the Sinai peninsula, state media said, four days after 16 border guards were shot dead in an attack blamed partly on Palestinian militants. Exchanges of gunfire continued late into the night but there were no immediate reports of injuries, Egypt's MENA state news agency said. "Unknown armed men opened fire on a checkpoint on the main road between Al-Arish and Rafah (a city located at the border between Egypt and Israel)," MENA said in a report also carried on Egyptian state television. ... Full Story Top Assad gets Iran backing as forces squeeze Aleppo rebels Tue,7 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Iran has offered support to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as his forces tried to choke off rebels in the northern city of Aleppo. Seeking to restore his authority after suffering the gravest setbacks so far in the 17-month-old uprising, culminating in the defection of his prime minister on Monday, Assad was shown on television on Tuesday meeting a senior official from his key regional ally. ... Full Story Top U.S. asks Bangladesh not to shut down humanitarian groups Tue,7 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday called on Bangladesh to allow non-governmental organizations to continue providing aid to members of a minority group who have fled to Bangladesh to get away from violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state. "The United States is deeply concerned by the Government of Bangladesh's stated intent to shut down non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have been providing critical humanitarian aid to Rohingya residing in Bangladesh," U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Mali mediator tells rebels to cut "terrorist" ties Tue,7 Aug 2012 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The lead mediator in regional efforts to end unrest in Mali told rebels there that they had to cut ties to "terrorist movements" like al Qaeda before any peace talks could begin, when he traveled to the rebel-held north for the first time on Tuesday. Islamist militant groups control about two-thirds of Mali after hijacking a secular rebellion by Tuareg nationalists earlier this year. They were able to rapidly seize territory in the north in the wake of a March 22 military coup in the southern capital Bamako that toppled President Amadou Toumani Toure. ... Full Story Top Obama says Midwest drought historic, seeks aid for region Tue,7 Aug 2012 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The worst drought in half a century is slashing U.S. crop and livestock production, President Obama said on Tuesday as he called on Congress to pass a farm bill that will send disaster aid to more farmers and ranchers. During a meeting of Obama's rural council at the White House, he said the administration will do all it can to alleviate the impact of the drought. "It is a historic drought and it is having a profound impact on farmers and ranchers all across many states," Obama said. ... Full Story Top CIA chief Petraeus denies interest in elected office Tue,7 Aug 2012 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA director General David Petraeus has no plans to become a candidate for vice president or run for any other elected office, a spokesman for the spy chief said on Tuesday. "Director Petraeus feels very privileged to be able to continue to serve our country in his current position, and, as he has stated clearly numerous times before, he will not seek elected office," CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz told Reuters. The agency issued the statement in response to rumors which appear to have originated with a report on the widely read website Drudgereport. ... Full Story Top Senators press EPA to cut ethanol mandate Tue,7 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the worst drought in more than 50 years withers the Midwest corn crop, 25 senators urged the Environmental Protection Agency to cut the mandate that requires fuel blenders to add grain-based ethanol to gasoline. The senators representing 25 percent of the chamber urged EPA chief Lisa Jackson to adjust the Renewable Fuels Standard, or RFS, that requires fuel blenders to mix 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol into gasoline this year. The mandate rises steadily until peaking at 15 billion gallons per year in 2015 and holding that level through 2022. ... Full Story Top S&P revises Greece's outlook to negative Tue,7 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Tuesday revised Greece's outlook to negative, saying the debt-ridden euro zone country could need more help from its international creditors. "Following delays in implementing budgetary consolidation measures and a worsening Greek economy, we believe Greece is likely to require additional financing for 2012 under the EU/International Monetary Fund (IMF) program," S&P said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Democrats, White House wage coordinated attack on Romney taxes Tue,7 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Harry Reid and the White House may be taking different roads, but when it comes to Mitt Romney and his taxes, the destination is the same. That became clearer than ever Monday in the daily White House briefing by spokesman Jay Carney. While keeping a distance from Senate Majority Leader Reid and his claim that Romney failed to pay taxes for 10 years, Carney was happy to take advantage of all the attention, and questions, provoked by the allegation to drive home the administration's broader message. ... Full Story Top Wall Street watchdog suspends Wedbush Securities president Tue,7 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Wall Street's watchdog suspended the founder and president of Wedbush Securities for not adequately supervising the financial company's regulatory filings, which, in many cases, were late or inaccurate, according to an order. Edward William Wedbush, president of the Los Angeles-based financial company who founded it in 1955, was suspended from performing most of his supervisory activities for 31 days, according to a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority hearing panel decision. ... Full Story Top Belarus charges two over teddy bear air drop Tue,7 Aug 2012 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - MINSK (Reuters) - Two Belarussians have been charged with involvement in a pro-democracy stunt in which a Swedish light aircraft dropped hundreds of teddy bears over Belarus last month, the KGB state security service said on Tuesday. The stunt, mounted by a Swedish public relations company, led to Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko sacking his air defense chief and the head of the border guards, and caused a diplomatic rift in which Belarus expelled Sweden's ambassador. In a statement on its website www.kgb. ... Full Story Top "Shocking" pressure on top Romania court: Council of Europe Tue,7 Aug 2012 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Constitutional Court is under "shocking" political pressure ahead of its ruling on the validity of a referendum to impeach the president and has appealed to the Council of Europe for protection, a council official said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Victor Ponta's leftist Social Liberal Union (USL) is trying to oust suspended President Traian Basescu. Ponta accuses Basescu of abusing his position to block government legislation, but the European Union regards some of the government's tactics as undermining democracy. ... Full Story Top As China prepares for Gu's trial, rule of law also in the dock Tue,7 Aug 2012 02:02 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China holds its most sensational trial this week since convicting the Gang of Four over 30 years ago, putting Gu Kailai, the wife of deposed leader Bo Xilai, in the dock for murder. It took two months for the widow of Chairman Mao Zedong and three other ultra-leftist leaders to be found guilty of excesses in the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution after a show trial. Gu, a career lawyer who has championed China's swift, unblinking justice system, is likely to be dealt with even sooner. ... Full Story Top Lawmakers urge Obama admin to OK natural gas exports Tue,7 Aug 2012 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers ratcheted up pressure on the Obama administration on Tuesday to speed approval for companies to export natural gas, arguing it would help relieve a glut dampening output of the fuel. The Department of Energy, or DOE, "does not seem to have a set timeline for decisions or a sense of urgency," about approving exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, Representatives Gene Green, a Texas Democrat, and James Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican, said in a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. ... Full Story Top Weapons cache found in home of Ohio man nabbed at "Batman" film Tue,7 Aug 2012 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Police have found a cache of weapons and ammunition in the home of a man arrested after bringing a loaded 9mm Glock pistol and four knives to a late night showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Ohio. The case is the latest in a series of chilling reminders of the massacre in Aurora, Colorado on July 20, when police say James Eagan Holmes opened fire on a crowded midnight showing of the new "Batman" film, killing 12 people and wounding 58 others. ... Full Story Top Air Canada may be nearer pension deal despite tough Ottawa line Tue,7 Aug 2012 01:13 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Air Canada has won key union support for its bid for more relief on payments to erase its pension fund deficit, pressuring the Canadian government to agree even though Ottawa recently rejected similar requests from other companies. The pension deficit of the country's largest airline doubled to C$4.4 billion ($4.4 billion) during 2011, primarily because of unusually low interest rates rather than any sudden demand on assets. Unions recognize the danger that such a big shortfall presents for Air Canada even though the deficit has subsequently dropped by C$1. ... Full Story Top Job openings at 4-year high in June but hiring slows Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:56 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings rose to a four-year high in June, but a slowdown in hiring underscored recent weakness in the labor market that has been blamed on an uncertain economic outlook. Job openings rose by 105,000 to 3.76 million in June, the highest since July 2008, the Labor Department said on Tuesday in its monthly "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey" report. But hires fell by 100,000 from May. ... Full Story Top Romney opens attack on Obama over welfare law Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - ELK GROVE, Illinois (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new line of attack on President Barack Obama on Tuesday for waiving parts of a landmark welfare-to-work law, but Obama's team argued Romney had backed a similar move as Massachusetts governor. Romney targeted Obama's plan to let states seek a waiver from the work requirements of a 1996 welfare law that was a signature bipartisan achievement of former Democratic President Bill Clinton's administration. ... Full Story Top Consumer credit posts tepid growth in June Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer credit posted its weakest growth in eight months in June as Americans reduced credit card debt, a potentially negative sign for an economy that has struggled to create jobs. Consumer credit grew by $6.46 billion in June, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday. That was well below the $11 billion advance Wall Street economists had forecast in a Reuters poll. The Fed also said credit climbed slightly less during May than originally thought. ... Full Story Top Bernanke: low rates still needed to help economic recovery Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the U.S. economic recovery is still fragile and low rates are necessary to promote stronger growth and bring down the jobless rate. "Interest rates are low because our economy is still in a fragile recovery," Bernanke told a town hall meeting in Washington with educators. "Lower rates are intended to restore more normal levels of employment and growth." In addition, he said "the European crisis is slowing our economy," along with other factors. (Reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Neil Stempleman) Full Story Top Some Turks call foul over Obama-Erdogan bat photo Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama holding a baseball bat while talking on the phone to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was intended to show their close relationship, a White House spokeswoman said, after the photo caused a stir in Turkey. The two leaders spoke on Monday to discuss the crisis in Syria, after which the photograph of Obama seated at his desk, talking on the phone while holding a bat autographed by black-American baseball great Hank Aaron, was released by the White House. ... Full Story Top Budget deficit running slightly lower than last year: CBO Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government will report a budget deficit of about $975 billion for the first 10 months of the fiscal year, slightly less than the $1.1 trillion budget gap during the same period last year, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday. The deficit estimates appear in line with the latest projection by the White House of a $1.2 trillion deficit for the entire fiscal year ending on September 30. The CBO in January projected a $1. ... Full Story Top Pakistani policemen suspended for parading people naked Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Four Pakistani policemen have been suspended after allegedly parading a man and two women naked in a town in the deeply conservative Muslim country, police officials said on Sunday. It was unclear clear why the three were naked while being escorted to the police station in the southern town of Gambat on July 28. The man, businessman Mumtaz Mallah, 52, told Reuters police were punishing him for refusing to pay him a bribe. ... Full Story Top House panel seeks alternatives to Volcker rule Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Tuesday asked the financial industry to suggest alternatives to the hotly debated Volcker rule in advance of a planned fall hearing. Representative Spencer Bachus urged investors and market players to submit ideas to the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee before September 7, saying that the rule as currently proposed would have a "devastating" impact on the U.S. economy. ... Full Story Top FAA eyes potential $162 million in American Airlines fines Tue,7 Aug 2012 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities have notified a court handling the bankruptcy of American Airlines parent AMR Corp that they may seek penalties totaling more than $162 million against the airline for safety breaches. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it had acted to protect taxpayers' interests in cases involving both American Airlines and American Eagle, American Airlines' commuter subsidiary. Details of investigations into alleged safety violations were not made public because the cases remain open, the FAA said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Disinformation flies in Syria's growing cyber war Tue,7 Aug 2012 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - On Sunday, it was a hijacked Reuters Twitter feed trying to create the impression of a rebel collapse in Aleppo. On Monday, it was another account purporting to be a Russian diplomat announcing the death in Damascus of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. As the situation on the ground becomes ever more bloody, both sides in Syria are also waging what seems to be an intensifying conflict in cyberspace, often attempting to use misinformation and rumor to tilt the war in reality. On Friday, Reuters was forced to temporarily shut down its system for posting blogs on www.Reuters. ... Full Story Top

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