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MEDIA: PHOTOJOURNALIST SHOWS GLOBAL WEB OF SEX TRAFFICKERS
BUCHAREST, Jun. 29, 2009(IPS/GIN) – A seven year effort to unravel the web of sex trafficking has produced a multi-media project by photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, published by the U.S.-based Center for Investigative Reporting under the title ‘The Price of Sex.”
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TURKEY: TENSIONS RISE OVER PURPORTED MILITARY COUP PLANS
ANKARA, Jun. 29, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Less than two years after its discreet sealing, the truce between ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) seems to have ended.
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MIDEAST: NARCOTIC USE GROWS AMIDST POVERTY, DESPERATION
GAZA CITY, Jun. 29, 2009(IPS/GIN) - They are little white, yellow or green pills and are available almost anywhere. At the pharmacies or in the market, they are accessible, addictive and cheap.
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RIGHTS-US: OBAMA WEIGHS APPROVAL OF INDEFINITE DETENTIONS
NEW YORK, Jun. 29, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - The Obama administration, facing opposition from Congress over the release of Guantanamo prisoners in the U.S., is reportedly preparing an executive order giving the president authority to hold prisoners indefinitely without trial, according to weekend media reports.
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DEVELOPMENT: WESTERN AID DECLINES, FINANCIAL BAILOUTS MOUNT
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - As the world's poorer nations warn about the gravity of the global financial crisis on their fragile economies, the United Nations has exposed an apparent contradiction by Western donors who cry poverty even while they raise trillions of dollars to rescue their beleaguered financial institutions.
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ECONOMY: GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM NEEDS IMMEDIATE OVERHAUL
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - The world community must take immediate action to overhaul the current global financial system – that's what a vast majority of political leaders and policymakers from the developing world who are attending a three-day U.N. conference on the global economic crisis are saying.
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DEVELOPMENT: GREEN ENERGY FOR ALL BY 2030?
VIENNA, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - While industrialized countries struggle to switch from climate-damaging, carbon-based energy to greener energy sources, much of the world is desperately energy poor, with 1.6 billion people having no access to electricity and 2.4 billion relying on wood and dung for heat and cooking.
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MIDEAST: IRAN ELECTORAL CRISIS RIPPLES OUTWARD
WASHINGTON, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - As the political crisis that erupted after Iran’s Jun. 12 elections enters its third week, it is becoming evident that this crisis will have repercussions in many parts of the Middle East - and far beyond.
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RIGHTS: U.N. ASKED TO PROBE CIA RENDITION
NEW YORK, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Human rights groups are asking United Nations officials to investigate the case of an Italian citizen and victim of the "extraordinary rendition" program of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who is currently being held in a Moroccan prison based on a confession coerced from him through torture.
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IRAN: WOMEN DISPLAY NEW MILITANCY IN PRO-DEMOCRACY VIGILS
TEHRAN, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters ignored government warnings and gathered in Tehran's Baharestan Square in front of the Parliament building Wednesday. They were met with some of the harshest violence seen since Iran's post-election turmoil erupted nearly two weeks ago.
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Q&A: GAY RIGHTS ATTORNEY HAS HOPES FOR A NEW SOCIALIST CUBA
HAVANA, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Renowned for her work for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transvestite and transgender people, Mariela Castro advocates a fairer, more inclusive, and above all more participatory socialism in Cuba.
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SOMALIA: U.S. CONFIRMS ARMS SHIPMENTS TO BOLSTER BESIEGED GOV'T
WASHINGTON, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - The U.S. State Department Thursday confirmed that Washington is providing arms and ammunition to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in a bid to thwart its defeat by a loose coalition of radical Islamist militias which, according to some analysts, are linked to al Qaeda.
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US-IRAN: MISREADING THE PROTESTS IN TEHRAN
WASHINGTON, Jun. 25, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - After 30 years of enmity that closed off most lines of communication, the recent crisis in Iran has sparked a boom of U.S. interest in the Islamic Republic.
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DEVELOPMENT: U.N. MUST BE THE CENTER FOR REFORM, GROUP SAYS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun. 26, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - A coalition of civil society organizations called the Global Social Economy Group (GSEG) is calling for the immediate and long-term financing needs of developing countries to take center-stage at the U.N. Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis.
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AFRICA
Jun 30
HEALTH-SENEGAL: FISTULA SUFFERERS LEFT TO THEIR FATE
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Jun 30
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: MORE WOMEN THAN MEN SEND MONEY HOME
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AFRICA: MATERNAL MORTALITY, A HUMAN RIGHTS CATASTROPHE
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SOUTH AFRICA: YOUNG, EDUCATED AND UNEMPLOYED
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ZIMBABWE: 'MONEY COMES FIRST, HEALTH SECOND', PANNERS SAY
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Jun 29
KENYA: SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF KILLING, TORTURE AND RAPE
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Jun 27
POLITICS-EGYPT: NEW QUOTA PROMISES WOMEN 12 LEGISLATIVE SEATS
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Jun 25
TRADE-MAURITIUS: PARADISE ISLAND, PIRATES’ DEN
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Jun 25
ECONOMY-AFRICA: EXPERT URGES NEW AFRICAN STRATEGY
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Jun 25
POVERTY-MAURITIUS: JOB CUTS FORCE THOUSANDS INTO POVERTY
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Jun 24
POLITICS-SO SUDAN: WOMEN SEE THREATS TO THEIR POLITICAL GAINS
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ENVIRONMENT-MALAWI: HELPING ELEPHANTS OUT OF HARM'S WAY
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ECONOMY-NIGERIA: POPULATION FEARS FURTHER ECONOMIC PAIN
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RIGHTS-GAMBIA: WHO KILLED DEYDA HYDARA?
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ASIA
Jul 1
BURMA: U.N. CHIEF COMES CALLING WITH POLITICS ON HIS MIND
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HEALTH-LAOS: UNSANITARY TOILETS COSTING LAOS MILLIONS
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Jun 30
RIGHTS: GAY PRIDE PARADE DEFIES ANACHRONISTIC INDIAN LAW
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INDIA: CALLS FOR TROOP CUTS FOLLOW RAPE, MURDER IN KASHMIR
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POLITICS-US: PLAYING THE HAWK WITH NORTH KOREA
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SRI LANKA: JOURNALISTS PREPARE FOR NEW REPRESSIVE ATTACKS
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INDONESIA: PRE-ELECTION DEBATES DISAPPOINT WOMEN’S ACTIVISTS
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INDIA: REVERSE MIGRATION CASTS PALL OVER KERALA ECONOMY
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Jun 29
NEPAL: GAY ARMY CADETS ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS
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Jun 29
AUSTRALIA: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MAY BE FORCED FROM THEIR LANDS
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Jun 27
CLIMATE CHANGE: INDIA’S MONSOON PREDICTIONS MORE UNCERTAIN
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Jun 27
SOUTHEAST ASIA: REGIONAL RIGHTS BODY DISMISSED AS "TOOTHLESS"
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Jun 26
ENVIRONMENT: JAPAN TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN COPENHAGEN
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Jun 25
ASIA: DAMS ACROSS THE MEKONG COULD TRIGGER A ‘WATER WAR’
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DEVELOPMENT: CHINA LENDS SUPPORT TO U.N. FINANCE SUMMIT
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INDIA: CITIZEN OPPOSITION TO ‘NUCLEARISM’ BUILDS
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MIDDLE EAST
Jun 30
RIGHTS: NEGATIVE IMAGES OF WOMEN SEEN IN ARAB TV SOAPS
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Jun 30
US-IRAQ: IRAQI FORCES TAKE OVER FOR DEPARTING U.S TROOPS
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MIDEAST: WHEN DRONES BECOME INDISCRIMINATE
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IRAN: ANGER AND DESPAIR LINGER AFTER GOVT CONFIRMS POLL
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MIDEAST: NOT CORRECT SOCCER, BUT BETTER
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PAKISTAN: U.S. URGED TO BOOST EMERGENCY AID TO DISPLACED
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MIDEAST: ELDERLY RECEIVING BETTER CARE
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Jun 28
MIDEAST: DEAL ON GAZA MAKES HEADWAY
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Jun 27
IRAN: AN UNEASY QUIET ON TEHRAN’S STREETS
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Jun 26
MIDEAST: ARAB STATES SEEK CLOSER TIES WITH BAGHDAD
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Jun 26
IRAQ: LAME-DUCK LAWMAKERS UPHOLD KURDISTAN'S NEW CHARTER
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Jun 25
US-AFGHANISTAN: AIRSTRIKE REPORT BELIES "BLAME TALIBAN" LINE
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LEBANON: HOW NOT TO OPPOSE AN OPPOSITION
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MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN PRISONERS SHACKLED AND HIDDEN AWAY
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POLITICS: U.S. TO NAME AMBASSADOR TO DAMASCUS AFTER 4 YEARS
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LATIN AMERICA
Jul 1
PARAGUAY: SMALL FARMERS FIGHT BILL RELAXING PESTICIDE RULES
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US-HONDURAS: DICTATORSHIPS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS REVISITED
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HONDURAS: COUP LEADERS FACES INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION
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Jun 30
POLITICS: DEPOSED HONDURAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT U.N.
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Jun 30
COLOMBIA: JAIME GARZÓN’S MURDER; NO DIGGING ALLOWED – PART 2
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CARIBBEAN: DEPORTATION ROW TAKES CENTRE-STAGE AT CARICOM
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ARGENTINA: GEARING UP FOR A LIVELY PRESIDENTIAL RACE
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Jun 30
PERU: MINISTER TRIED TO PROMOTE POLICE LINKED TO MASSACRE
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Jun 29
HONDURAS: OBAMA DECLARES COUP "NOT LEGAL" AMID UNCERTAINTY
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Jun 29
CUBA: VIDEO REVEALS PARTY LOYALISTS MOCKING HISTORIC LEADERS
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Jun 29
HONDURAS: ANALYSTS CALL COUP A "RETURN TO THE PAST"
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Jun 29
CHILE: WHEN BEING A WOMAN IS A "HEALTH RISK"
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Jun 28
HONDURAS: PRESIDENT OVERTHROWN IN MILITARY COUP
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Jun 27
RIGHTS-PARAGUAY: JUSTICE SYSTEM TACKLES GENDER VIOLENCE
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Jun 26
HONDURAS: CRISIS BREWS OVER DISPUTED REFERENDUM
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Jun 26
ARGENTINA: EXPERTS DISPUTE ALARMISTS OVER H1N1 FLU
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Jun 24
GUATEMALA: JOURNALISTS A TARGET OF ORGANIZED CRIME
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ARGENTINA: REGION’S LARGEST BANK LOAN TO CLEAN UP DIRTY RIVER
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US & CANADA
Jun 30
LABOR-US: SENATE DIVIDED OVER BILL TO BOOST UNIONS
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Jun 30
ECONOMY-US: CONGRESS PUSHING FOR FEDERAL RESERVE AUDIT
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Jun 29
U.S.: ANTI-REGIME EXILES GALVANISED BY IRAN UNREST
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Jun 26
REPORT-PART 5: HOW FREEH BECAME "DEFENSE LAWYER" FOR SAUDIS
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U.S.: HOUSE PASSES CONTROVERSIAL CLIMATE LEGISLATION
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EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Jul 1
AUSTRIA: RACISM ON A SHARP RISE
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MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN FISHERS BESET BY ISRAELI GUNBOATS
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Jun 30
FRANCE: FRENCH STAND AMBIGUOUS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
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Jun 30
BALKANS: SHOCK TREATMENTS AT CHURCH CAPTURED ON VIDEO
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Jun 29
PAKISTAN: AN UNEXPECTED TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
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Jun 27
GERMANY: RIFT GROWS OVER WAREHOUSED U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBS
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Jun 26
RIGHTS-SLOVAKIA: NEW LEGAL BARRIERS TO ABORTION CONDEMNED
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GLOBAL / UNITED NATIONS
Jun 30
POLITICS: U.N. DECRIES AID SHORTFALL IN AFGHANISTAN
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Jun 30
US-COLOMBIA: URIBE PRESSES FTA IN FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH OBAMA
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Jun 30
ENVIRONMENT: PRACTICING THE ART OF 'SLOW LIVING'
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CLIMATE CHANGE.: U.S. CLIMATE BILL IS CLOSELY WATCHED IN EUROPE
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DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN FOOD CROPS DROPS 75%
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Jun 29
TRADE: ECOWAS DELAY ON EPA ALLOWS GHANA TO RE-THINK
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Jun 29
POLITICS: OBAMA BUOYED BY EXTRAORDINARY GLOBAL POPULARITY
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Jun 29
POLITICS: U.N. PLAN FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS DERIDED AS WEAK
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Jun 29
CLIMATE CHANGE: 2020 DEADLINE IS THE CRUCIAL "LITMUS TEST"
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Jun 28
US-IRAN: "OBAMA EFFECT" VERSUS "FREEDOM AGENDA"
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Jun 26
TECHNOLOGY: RARE METALS COULD TRIGGER NEXT TRADE WAR
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Jun 26
US-AFGHANISTAN: FORMER BAGRAM DETAINEES TELL OF TORTURE
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Jun 25
Q&A: WATER SCARCITY THREATENS HALF THE PLANET
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Jun 25
REPORT-PT 4: FBI IGNORED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF BIN LADEN ROLE
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Jun 25
ECONOMY: DEMOCRACY THE CURE FOR BROKEN SYSTEM, U.N. SAYS
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Jun 24
POLITICS: ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IS SLOWING, U.N. SAYS
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