| EPA Proposal To Gut Obama-Era Coal Plant Rule Could Cause 1,400 Premature Deaths Per Year Posted: 21 Aug 2018 06:06 AM PDT  The Trump administration proposed its plan Tuesday to gut a controversial
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| Why It Is Time for All U.S. Bishops to Resign Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:34 PM PDT  In the midst of the Catholic Church's latest reckoning
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| Manafort trial - live blog: Jury deliberates for third day without verdict as Trump hits out at Mueller probe Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:46 PM PDT  The jury in the financial fraud trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, are nearing the end of their third day of deliberations. Mr Manafort denies all the charges against him. It came a day after they asked for a definition of "reasonable doubt" and clarification on the law governing the reporting of foreign bank accounts.
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| Wildfire moves closer to Glacier National Park's scenic road Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:38 PM PDT  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire in Montana's Glacier National Park is forcing more evacuations and has burned within a half-mile of the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road.
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| Malaysia's Mahathir cancels China-backed rail, pipeline projects Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:53 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday that the Chinese-funded $20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and a natural gas pipeline project in Sabah will be canceled for now, according to media reports. Mahathir made the comments while addressing the media in Beijing during his five-day trip to China. The Prime Minister's office confirmed the comments Mahathir made to reporters in Beijing.
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| Eight hikers die as flash flood hits Italy's Calabria Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:46 PM PDT  Eight hikers died when a mountain river suddenly flooded in Italy's southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, local emergency services said on Monday. "We have eight dead but we can't rule out the toll increasing," the local civil protection unit told AFP. It also said there were two groups of 18 hikers at the site.
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| Taiwan loses third diplomatic ally this year as El Salvador defects to China Posted: 20 Aug 2018 10:03 PM PDT  Taiwan lost another ally to Beijing on Tuesday when diplomatic ties with El Salvador were severed, in another political victory for China as it attempts to isolate the self-ruled island on the global stage. The break with the Central American nation leaves Taiwan now with formal relations with just 17 countries worldwide, many of them poor nations in Central America and the Pacific like Belize and Nauru. Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on Tuesday said his government was refusing to compete with China in buying diplomatic support, condemning what he called Beijing's campaign of luring away Taiwan's allies with promises of vast financial aid and investment. "It is irresponsible to engage in financial aid diplomacy or compete with China in cash, or even in providing illegal political money. My government is unwilling to and cannot do so," he said in comments reported by the AP. In a separate announcement, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, El Salvador's president, whose party faces presidential elections in February, announced in a televised speech that the country was switching diplomatic allegiance to Beijing. Presidents Tsai Ing-wen and Salvador Sanchez Ceren are no longer diplomatic allies Credit: Marvin Recinos/AFP El Salvador is the third country to defect to China this year, and the fifth since President Tsai Ing-wen came to office in 2016. It follows Burkina Faso, the Dominican Republic, Sao Tome and Principe and Panama. China, which claims the island as its own territory, has aggressively tried to lure or pressure Taipei's diplomatic allies to cut ties since Ms Tsai's election, suspicious that her government will try to push for formal independence. Some analysts believe Beijing's relentless push to isolate Taipei internationally and exclude it from global forums is part of a determined strategy by Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, to bring Taiwan under his control during his tenure. Taiwan's population of 23 million meanwhile operates like any other democratic nation with its own elections, government, currency, military and foreign policy and the majority of citizens identify as Taiwanese. The news broke as President Tsai wrapped up a high-profile trip to Latin America, including stops in the United States that took in an unprecedented visit to Nasa's space centre in Houston, drawing broad criticism from China. "Taiwan would not bow to pressure. Pressure would only make us more determined and united. It would only boost our determination to go abroad," she said as she arrived at Taiwan's international airport late on Monday after the nine-day trip. The Pacific island of Palau is being punished economically by China for its ties to Taiwan Credit: Farah Master/Reuters Informally, Taiwan still enjoys strong relations with the US, UK and other Western nations, despite a lack of formal recognition. However, both China and Taiwan have engaged in chequebook diplomacy in the competition for official allies over the years, with Taipei offering generous aid and economic development packages, and once paying for a Taiwanese chef to cook for the King of Swaziland. But the island's recovering economy is now struggling to compete with China's larger wallet and the considerable political pressure it can exert. Reports have emerged that tourism on the tiny Pacific island of Palau, one of Taiwan's allies, has been decimated after Beijing branded it an illegal destination last year and banned tour groups from going there. Prior to the ban, Chinese tourists accounted for about half the visitors to Palau. Of the 122,000 visitors in 2017, 55,000 were from China and 9,000 from Taiwan, official data showed. "There is an ongoing discussion about China weaponising tourism," Jeffrey Barabe, owner of Palau Central Hotel and Palau Carolines Resort in Koror told Reuters. "Some believe that the dollars were allowed to flow in and now they are pulling it back to try and get Palau to establish ties diplomatically."
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| Could soccer moms swing the House? Democrats hope so. Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:29 AM PDT  Remember the "soccer moms"? That 1990s term for politically moderate suburban women has fallen out of usage lately, but they're still around, and a key voting bloc in the upcoming midterms. Frustrated with Washington and turned off by President Trump, they could deliver Congress to the Democrats in November. Or not.
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| Pregnant Woman Suspected Husband Might Be Cheating Before He Allegedly Killed Her: Friend Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:36 AM PDT  A pregnant woman found dead in Colorado last week had suspected her husband,
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| Alligator Kills Woman Walking Dog In South Carolina: Police Posted: 20 Aug 2018 11:50 AM PDT  A woman died Monday morning in a suspected alligator attack on Hilton Head
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| Missouri Teen Killed On Birthday Just An Hour After ‘I Made It To 17’ Facebook Post Posted: 21 Aug 2018 03:19 PM PDT  A Missouri teenager was senselessly killed after posting to Facebook about how
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| Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:41 PM PDT ![Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs]( "Crikey! Photographer gets up close with dangerous crocs") Alex Suh has traveled to Mexico's Banco Chinchorro reef twice in the past three years to get into the waters and capture the crocodiles in their natural habitat.
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| The Latest: Latest earthquake on Indonesian island kills 2 Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:20 PM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on earthquakes that have struck Indonesia's Lombok island (all times local):
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| Yahoo News explains: What's the other cause impacting global warming? Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:13 AM PDT  The authors of the study predict a 58 percent chance that the next few years will be "anomalously warm," with a 69 percent chance that earth's oceans will be too. The study found that that warming trend is not just the result of a steady increase in human-made climate change driven by emissions of greenhouse gases. The study used data from 10 climate-change models and found that natural variabilities were the cause of a global warming "hiatus" in the early 2000s.
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| Good Samaritans rescue two people, dog from sinking car Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:21 AM PDT  Witnesses say the vehicle crashed through a marina railing in Long Beach, California, and into the water.
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| Iran unveils new fighter jet as president says US 'knows the consequences' of an attack on Tehran Posted: 21 Aug 2018 06:30 AM PDT  Iran unveiled a new fighter jet as President Hassan Rouhani ratcheted up tension with the US by suggesting Washington would not attack the Islamic Republic because it was too powerful. Iran has expanded its military presence in the region by sending troops to support President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's civil war, but years of sanctions have reduced its air force to several dozen old aircraft. The new Kowsar, claimed to be a domestically-built jet, was unveiled at a ceremony as Mr Rouhani said Iran should be prepared to confront its enemies. "We should make ourselves ready to fight against the military powers who want to take over our territory and resources," he said. "Why does the United States not attack us? Because of our power, because it knows the consequences," he said. The new Kowsar fighter jet is claimed to be a domestically-built jet Credit: AFP Iranian television footage showed clips of the aircraft taxiing and taking off. It is named after a word that appears in the Quran which means "an abundance of good," and is interpreted by some as a reference to the Prophet Mohamed's progeny whom Shia Muslims revere. Iran had previously unveiled in 2013 another domestically built fighter jet dubbed Qaher - vanquisher in Arabic - but there were doubts that it could even take off. The Kowsar is capable of carrying various weapons and will be used for short aerial-support missions, according to state news agency Tasnim. Kowsar refers to a river in paradise and is the title of a chapter in the Koran. The ceremony on Tuesday came days after the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei also said Iran's military prowess would deter an armed confrontation with the US, which pulled out of an international deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme in May and reimposed sanctions. US President Donald Trump had warned Iran not to threaten his country. Last month, he wrote on Twitter in an all cap message that Iran would "suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered" if Tehran threatened the US. He has also has offered to meet Iran's leadership, saying "if they want to meet, that's fine, if they don't want to meet, I couldn't care less," in an interview on Monday with Reuters. Iran has rejected the offer and said the US could not be trusted. "It's not only us who do not trust America. Today even Europe and China do not trust them, even American allies like Canada have lost their trust."
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| 'National Disgrace!': Trump escalates attack on Mueller as jury mulls Manafort's fate Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:53 AM PDT  President Trump on Monday escalated his attack on Robert Mueller's Russia probe, labeling the special counsel "disgraced and discredited" and Mueller's investigators a "National Disgrace."
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| 58 people shot in Chicago over weekend as police hit out at 'cowardly' violence Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:46 PM PDT  Chicago police have hit out at "cowardly" and "senseless" gun crime after at least 58 people were shot in another violent weekend across the city. Six people were killed from the shootings that took place from Friday to Sunday night, Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a press conference. Tom Ahern, the assistant director of news affairs and communications at CPD reported that a three-year-old boy was among those wounded as a result of the shootings from the weekend.
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| 2 employees dead, including suspect, in workplace shooting at food warehouse in Missouri City Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:11 PM PDT  Officials say the woman walked into the Missouri City warehouse and started firing, killing a manager and wounding another employee.
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| Families Separated Since Korean War Reunite In North Korea Posted: 20 Aug 2018 04:44 AM PDT  Families divided during the Korean War tearfully reunited for the first time
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| Famously Thicc, High-Maintenance Cat Finds New Human As Extra As He Is Posted: 21 Aug 2018 02:43 PM PDT  Bruno is off the market, guys.
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| Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call Posted: 21 Aug 2018 06:06 AM PDT ![Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call]( "Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call") Man Forced to Choose Between Meth and Wife Makes Wrong Call There is no wrath like a woman scorned Don't do drugs, m'kay? If you do, be ready to deal with the consequences. I'm not talking about justice or prison here, I'm talking about an angry wife, which
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| Elizabeth Warren’s Far-Reaching New Bill Aims To Actually Drain The Swamp Posted: 21 Aug 2018 12:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled a sweeping plan on
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| Flash flood kills 10 hikers in Italian mountain gorge as rescuers say it hit like 'a tsunami' Posted: 21 Aug 2018 03:19 AM PDT  An eight-year-old girl survived a devastating flash flood in a canyon in southern Italy but was found next to a body that rescuers believe may be one of her parents. The girl, named as Chiara, was semi-conscious, covered in thick mud and suffering from hypothermia when she was found in the gorge in Calabria after it was hit by a "tsunami" of muddy water following a severe storm. The seven-mile-long canyon, located in Pollino national park, has 2,300ft-high sheer rock walls which in some places are just 13ft apart. At least two groups of hikers were caught up in the disaster on Monday. While some were able to scramble to higher ground, others were engulfed by the flash flood and drowned. Ten people were killed, with some bodies washed up to three miles downstream by the force of the torrent. Eleven people were injured, five of them seriously. Four children lost either one or both of their parents. A rescue helicopter in the gorge that was hit by a flash flood Credit: Francesco Arena/Ansa "She was semi-conscious but clearly in a state of shock. We found her next to a corpse and from what we know, her parents are almost certainly among the victims," said Pasquale Gagliardi, a doctor with the local helicopter rescue service. The little girl, who had swallowed mud and debris, was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Naples, hundreds of miles to the north. A girl is helped by a member of the National Alpine and Caving Rescue Squad as they (right) descend the gorge Credit: ANSA/AP "You're going to make it, little one," Dr Pasquale wrote on Facebook under a photograph of the girl's hand, covered in mud, on the shoulder of an alpine rescue specialist. The hand of the eight year old girl on the shoulder of an alpine rescue specialist Credit: Twitter The victims included a volunteer rescue worker who helped pull people alive from a hotel in central Italy that was hit by a deadly avalanche in January 2017. Antonio De Rasis, 32, was guiding hikers through the gorge when it was hit by the 8ft-high wall of water. "With his experience, he would definitely have tried to help the group as much as possible," said Antonio Carlomagno, the mayor of the town where Mr De Rasis came from. The flash flood also claimed the lives of two models, Miriam Mezzolla, 27, and Claudia Giampietro, 31, who were said to be inseparable and shared a passion for burlesque dancing. Rescuers work in the gorge of the Raganello stream in Civita Credit: WENN.com An investigation has been launched into the disaster, with questions asked about why people were allowed into the gorge when bad weather was forecast. "It was a real tsunami. These are events that happen once in a lifetime," said Giacomo Zanfei, a senior official with the mountain rescue service. Italy has experienced strange weather this summer, with torrid heat building up in the mornings and then giving way to thunder, lightning and torrential rain. Rescuers and citizens wait in the central square of Civita, a village in the Italian Calabria southern region Credit: AFP Climate experts say the summer is becoming less dry and more "tropical", with higher rainfall than before. "It is a shocking tragedy, linked to the terrible weather we've had this summer," said Mimmo Lo Polito, a local mayor. The canyoning disaster comes just a week after the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, which killed 43 people. Raganello gorges in Pollino National Park, Calabria Credit: DEA/V. GIANNELLA "Italy is tired of crying for the dead. Enough," said Sergio Costa, the environment minister, during a visit to the scene. "If what happened is the result of negligence, sloppiness or a lack of awareness of the risks, we are facing a serious situation that we need to get to the bottom of." "The whole country is deeply saddened by this new tragedy, which has caused many deaths and injuries in Pollino national park," said Sergio Mattarella, Italy's president.
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| Argentine Police Officer Breastfeeds Malnourished Baby in Kind Gesture Posted: 21 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT  She went above and beyond the call of duty.
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| Russia says U.S. refusal to rebuild Syria a ploy to slow refugee return Posted: 20 Aug 2018 06:35 AM PDT  Russia will help Lebanon return refugees to neighboring Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, accusing the United States of impeding the general repatriation process by declining to assist in Syria's reconstruction. Lavrov also called on opposition groups in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib to distance themselves from the Nusra Front group, formerly the local branch of al Qaeda.
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| Trump Speechwriter Fired After He's Linked To White Nationalist Event Posted: 20 Aug 2018 01:32 AM PDT  A White House speechwriter for President Donald Trump was fired last week
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| Top UNC leaders condemn Confederate statue toppling Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:25 PM PDT  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina university officials and a former governor condemned the toppling of a century-old Confederate memorial on the state's flagship campus by protesters who said its presence on campus was rooted in racism.
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| US inmates stage nationwide prison labor strike over 'modern slavery' Posted: 20 Aug 2018 10:00 PM PDT  On Tuesday, America's vast army of incarcerated men and women – at 2.3m of them they form by far the largest imprisoned population in the world – will brace itself for what has the potential to be the largest prison strike in US history. Nineteen days of peaceful protest are planned across the nation, organised largely by prisoners themselves. The strike is being spearheaded by incarcerated members of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a group of prisoners providing mutual help and legal training to other inmates.
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| A 46-Year-Old Woman Who Fell Off a Cruise Ship Was Rescued Alive 10 Hours Later Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:38 AM PDT  She credited her yoga routine with giving her the strength to survive
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| More Russian Hacking Uncovered Ahead Of Midterms — This Time Targeting Conservatives Posted: 21 Aug 2018 02:25 AM PDT  Microsoft announced Tuesday that it had uncovered -- and thwarted -- fresh
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| Pope steps up rhetoric over US clerical child abuse 'atrocities' Posted: 20 Aug 2018 07:47 AM PDT  Pope Francis condemned Monday the "atrocities" revealed by a far-reaching US report into clerical child sex abuse in the state of Pennsylvania issued last week and once again pledged action to combat the scandal which continues to rock the Catholic Church. "In recent days, a report was made public which detailed the experiences of at least a thousand survivors... the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests," the pope said in a letter made public by the Vatican.
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| Iran tells EU to speed up efforts to save nuclear deal Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:36 AM PDT  EU members Britain, France and Germany plus China and Russia - to avoid the agreement's collapse are struggling as Washington has said any firms dealing with Teheran will be barred from doing business in the United States. "Iran relies mainly on its own capabilities to overcome America's new sanctions," he told a news conference broadcast on state TV. European states have been scrambling to ensure Iran gets enough economic benefits to persuade it to stay in the deal, which Trump said was "deeply flawed".
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| Melania Trump's Anti-Cyberbullying Tweet Does Not Go Over Well Posted: 21 Aug 2018 01:42 AM PDT  Melania Trump's "Be Best" campaign continues to receive an icy reception.
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| Mollie Tibbetts' Father Reluctantly Returns Home After a Month Posted: 20 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT  Law enforcement encouraged the Tibbetts family to return to their regular lives.
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| Democrats Suing To Stop GOP Congressman Calling Himself A ‘Farmer’ On Ballot Posted: 20 Aug 2018 03:17 PM PDT  A California Democrats group wants to stop Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) from
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| Simulation report: Elon Musk unfollowed Grimes on Twitter Posted: 20 Aug 2018 08:55 AM PDT  It appears that Elon Musk no longer follows Grimes on Twitter. Time to freak out! The Tesla CEO, who's been in headlines lately for stuff like tweeting himself into a probable SEC investigation and calling a hero a "pedophile," unfollowed his girlfriend on Sunday, bringing the number of women he follows down to three. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk's muskiest moments of 2018, so far Of course, breakup rumors are now flying, but Musk's behavior on the platform has been so erratic lately that this surprise unfollow could mean nothing. It could mean everything. It could mean that he was looking at Grimes's profile fondly one night while he was definitely not hiding from Azealia Banks and accidentally hit the "unfollow" button. Who knows? We've reached out to representation for Grimes and Tesla, and will update should we hear back. We hope to see "anti-imperialist" back in Grimes's Twitter bio soon. UPDATE: Aug. 20, 2018, 12:02 p.m. A spokesman for Musk declined to comment. UPDATE: Aug. 21, 2018, 3:46 p.m. Musk deleted his Instagram account late Monday, several hours after Azealia Banks posted several Stories telling Musk "I need my phone back now" and asking him to contact her. Musk told Gizmodo he deleted the account because he "didn't like it." WATCH: Yes, Elon Musk and Grimes are dating and people think it's a simulation
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| The Taliban Have Taken at Least 100 People Hostage in Northern Afghanistan, Officials Say Posted: 19 Aug 2018 11:01 PM PDT  Women and children were among those seized during an ambush in the country's north
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| Tears as North and South Koreans meet after decades Posted: 20 Aug 2018 10:11 AM PDT  With tears and cries, dozens of elderly and frail South and North Korean family members met on Monday for the first time since the peninsula and their relationships were torn apart by war nearly 70 years ago. Many of the North Korean women were clad in traditional dresses, known as hanbok in the South and joseon-ot in the North, and all had the ubiquitous badges of the North's founder Kim Il Sung or his son and successor Kim Jong Il, while the Southerners wore their best suits. As soon as 99-year-old South Korean Han Shin-ja approached their table, her two daughters -- aged 69 and 72 -- bowed their heads deeply towards her and burst into tears.
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